Wireless thinkpad

[Darren Critchley]

Senectus . wrote:

>On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 10:58:49 -0500, rolf <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:
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>>Hmm.  I'd guess drivers, but it's a shot in the dark.  Have you tried [url]http://packages.debian.org/testing/admin/linux-wlan-ng[/url]?  More info at http://www.linux-wlan.com/linux-wlan/.
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>Ok I found a site (with much googling) that mentions that the Hermes
>driver is not what I should be using and I should use the "Prism2"
>driver...
>Whats the best way to do this?
>Download the source and build the module from that or is there an easier way?
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Here is more information:
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Linux.Wireless.drivers.802.11b.html

And the wlan-ng drivers are available in unbuntu through synaptic, I 
just don't remember if they are native or if they are in universe, but 
prism2 is supported.

Darren