Hi Eric, I have built in ipw3945a/b/g card in my laptop and it works great under linux and have had no problems with it, the only thing I have had to do to get the switch to work on the front of my laptop is to install the linux restricted modules so can use the switch to turn my wireless on and off and to get the LED to work.
Regards Dale On 8/29/07, Eric Waguespack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/28/07, Christer Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue Aug 28, 2007 at 04:00:28PM -0500, Eric Waguespack wrote: > > > There are lots of lists of "supported" wireless cards, but does anyone > > > know if > > > there are any wireless adapters / chipsets that work with fully gpl > > > drivers? > > > (no blobs / etc) > > > I am looking for one that can talk 802.11 abg > > Eric, > > > > The ipw intel series are generally well supported. I prefer intel hardware > > for my linux machines (video, wireless, audio, etc) due to its support. > > > > I have a broadcom 4306 in my current machine (works, but non-free) and an > > atheros on my macbook (works, but non-free). Just some thoughts. > > > > Generally I say stay away from broadcom though. > > > > Thanks for the response, I ordered a dell 1420n and if I ever receive > it, it will have a: > Intel 3945 WLAN (802.11a/g) Mini Card > > and this post appears to be relevant to the above card: > http://kerneltrap.org/node/7704 > > which indicates that a driver exists (or will soon) for Linux that > will not contain a proprietary regulatory daemon, but it will require > a new microcode image. > > I am hoping that I read this right, and that it will allow me to run > an untainted kernel. (since I also have the Intel gma x3100) > > -- > laptop-testing-team mailing list > laptop-testing-team@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/laptop-testing-team > -- [WWW] http://southernvaleslug.org/ [IRC] #southern-vales.lug on irc.freenode.net "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them" Albert Einstein -- laptop-testing-team mailing list laptop-testing-team@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/laptop-testing-team
