True, I forgot some systems like to lock into only approved cards. Even on mine, using the intel card, I loose the ability to use the hardware keys to easily shot the wireless on/off (has to be done via software commands).
On Wed, 2006-05-24 at 09:40 -0400, David Brain wrote: > I'm not sure if this is the case for the system in question, but at > some point didn't certain vendors BIOS limit the PCI IDs of WIFI > cards, such that only 'blessed' cards would work. I seem to recall > that being an issue a while back. > > Having said that I replaced the card in my laptop just with a 2915 - > works fine. > > David. > > On 5/24/06, David A. Cafaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You can purchase the 3945 and 2915 Intel mini-pci cards from many > > vendors. And you don't necessarily need a centrino compatible system to > > use them. > > > > I purchases an Intel 2915ABG card from newegg and it is happily running > > in my Transmetta Efficeon based laptop (about as for from centrino as > > you can get). The Intel drivers are built into the newer kernels and > > the firmware is an easy download. > > > > Here's the card: > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833106220 > > > > I had been using a Prism54 based card but got tired or not being able to > > use WPA with it. I'm not happily using WPA with the Intel based card. > > > > -David > > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
