Max Hetrick wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > John Summerfield wrote: > >> I actually have two:-) The Acer, with OpenSUSE 10.0 gave 32. or so >> mbytes/sec, the Thinkpad with 10.2 and two or less on the same network. >> >> The Thinkpad's not new, I got it at auction. >> > > John, > > The RPMs that I have loaded are as follows in case you need them for > reference: > > madwifi-0.9.3-33_r2088.el4.at > madwifi-kmdl-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL-0.9.3-33_r2088.el4.at > madwifi-hal-kmdl-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL-0.9.3-33_r2088.el4.at > > The only glitch I've ever encountered is after you load the new RPMs, > you then reboot for the system to see the new hardware. Sometimes the > system tries to create the new wireless device as wifi0 which my laptop > doesn't like, in face it'll sometimes hang while trying to bring up the > network device. > > If that happens, I boot into single user mode and set it to not start at > boot time, then move on to the next step. > > I have to then go into the network config and delete this device, then > create a new ath0 device and it works great. > > Again, this doesn't always happen. > > I have an older ThinkPad R40, so just let me know if you need any > hardware specs, config files, or such to compare/troubleshoot yours. Mine's a TP R40 2722-gdm. From its specs, I think it's one of the better R40s. It will be another day or so before the download of the beta finishes then there's finding the time.... To move the topic a little, do you have any problems with the DVD drive in the Ultrabay? Mine played up with every distro I tried, Xubuntu 6.10, FC6, RHEL5b2, and does with OpenSUSE 10.2. Missing interrupts, "the drive is confused..." -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Please do not reply off-list