Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Centrino

2006-02-01 Thread Jim McQuillan
Well, it takes more than a driver. you need the firmware, and you need to put the kernel on something, along with an initrd. And, you need some code to detect and initialize the wireless nic, and set the parameters, such as essid, wep keys, etc. Jim. David Howdle wrote: Thanks. So in theo

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Centrino

2006-02-01 Thread David Howdle
Understand. Have been using wireless LTSP on laptops with Cisco Aironet cards up until now and just investigating the possibility of moving to Centrino. >>> Jim McQuillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02/02/06 2:19:44 pm >>> Well, it takes more than a driver. you need the firmware, and you need to put the

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Centrino

2006-02-01 Thread David Howdle
Thanks. So in theory, I could compile Centrino wireless support into the wireless LTSP kernel. >>> Jim McQuillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02/02/06 1:57:07 pm >>> Well, Centrino wireless comes with the same network booting problems that all the other wireless chipsets do. You can't boot via the wire

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Centrino

2006-02-01 Thread Jim McQuillan
Well, Centrino wireless comes with the same network booting problems that all the other wireless chipsets do. You can't boot via the wireless nic. You have to have a kernel stored locally to boot from. The other big problem is we aren't allowed to re-distribute the firmware, so we can't real

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Centrino

2006-02-01 Thread David Howdle
Jim, Apologies. Centrino wireless. Thanks. >>> Jim McQuillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02/02/06 1:49:19 pm >>> David, Centrino what ? Are you talking about Centrino wireless? or are you talking about other features of the centrino chipset, like the Pentium-M ? Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Centrino

2006-02-01 Thread Jim McQuillan
David, Centrino what ? Are you talking about Centrino wireless? or are you talking about other features of the centrino chipset, like the Pentium-M ? Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] David Howdle wrote: Hello All, ...just wondering if anyone out there has had a look at using Centrino wit

[Ltsp-discuss] Centrino

2006-02-01 Thread David Howdle
Hello All, ...just wondering if anyone out there has had a look at using Centrino with LTSP?? Many thanks. --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search en