In talking with various tech support people,
I've come to the conclusion that the Intel
wifi chipset, notably 2915bg, works; there
are reported problems with the atheros
chipset. The ThinkPad Z series has the
intel stuff, the ThinkPad T series has the
atheros stuff.
I'll probably buy the ThinkPad Z, although
HP seems to have a better commitment to
Linux at this point (Lenovo techies sound
like Linux testing is coming their way, and
they sound glad about it).
On May 26, 2006, at 6:54 AM, Phil Schaffner wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-05-25 at 11:20 -0400, Max H. wrote:
>> Rodrigo Barbosa wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Anything without an Atheros based Wifi. Mine is Intel IPW2200, and
>>> works
>>> nicely. Everyone I know with atheros based is having problems.
>>
>> I have an IBM Thinkpad R40 with an Atheros based wifi chipset, running
>> on CentOS 4.3 (it's been running on it since 4.0) without any
>> problems.
>> I have to load the driver set from a seperate RPM, though.
>>
>> <http://atrpms.net/dist/el4/madwifi/>
>>
>> Without loading the Madwifi drivers, however, I was never able to get
>> CentOS to see my wireless. The only annoyance I have is every kernel
>> update, I have to update the RPM. But if that's all it takes to have
>> it
>> working, I'm not going to complain.
>
> Have been using CentOS on a Lenovo (Chinese outfit that bought out IBM
> PC business) ThinkPad T42p for some time (with a Netgear WG511T PCMCIA
> -
> no built-in WiFi in this model), and concur with the above except that
> madwifi seems to be incompatible with the proprietary Cisco VPN module
> I
> have to use to connect to work when out of the office. Wireless works
> until an attempt is made to start the VPN at which point the machine
> hangs hard - as in nothing works but holding down the power button for
> several seconds to power down. The open source VPN clients don't seem
> to be compatible with our server. Cisco module works fine on
> hard-wired
> Ethernet.
>
> (Am going to be ordering another card to replace the Atheros-based one.
> Any recommendations appreciated.)
>
> Next laptop I buy will likely have the Intel WiFi.
>
> Phil
>
>
>
>
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