Ubuntu 8.04.1 - Intel Pro/Wireless 3945AGB Solution (w/o Duct Tape)?

[NoOp]

On 07/24/2008 02:14 PM, NoOp wrote:
> On 07/20/2008 09:21 AM, Odean H. Goforth wrote:
>> I am wanting to migrate from Windows to Linux.  However my wireless card
>> will not work with the current release of Ubuntu.  I am using a Dell
>> Notebook E1505 with an Intel Pro/Wireless 3945AGB card.  This card worked
>> fine with Ubuntu 7.10.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Will this card be supported in the Linux community or not?  I have been able
>> to fine reference to many people having the same problem I am however I am
>> finding no solutions to the problem only "Duct Tape" fixes that don't work.
> 
> It appears that it is an issue with Intel:
> 
> http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/
>   http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1579
> [Bugzilla – Bug 1579 iwl3945 does not detect all AP's and is too slow
> for NetworkManager]

FWIW: I just had to roll back someone's Vista driver today for this
exact card on a Dell laptop. Ever since it had been updated to the 2007
driver the card would drop out on WPA2 connections; rolling it back to
the 2006 driver fixed the problem. So, it's not just an linux problem
with the card.