Re: [ipw3945-devel] iwl3945 doesn't work

[Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>]

On Thu, Nov 15 2007, Pablo Sanchez wrote:
> On Thursday 15 November 2007 at 4:39 am, Jens Axboe penned
> about "Re: [ipw3945-devel] iwl3945 doesn't work:
> 
> > I'll second that, using todays snap still requires me to do an
> > iwlist scan before I can use the network.
> 
> Same here and for now, I've given up on using the Intel card on my
> laptop.  I slapped an El Cheapo 3COM card.  While less mW's and
> sensitivity, the MadWifi support is awesome for this atheros based
> card.
> 
> Under stress, my ping times are within 100ms (unlike what I reported
> previously), throughput is at 5Mbps and it works well with
> KnetworkManager.
> 
> I'm not complaining about the Intel support, just noting for now the
> problem isn't pressing for me.  I'll happily test new drops as they
> come out and address the issues I reported.
> 
> I'd appreciate even an acknowledgment though (rather than the old
> /dev/null treatment).

I'll revert to using ipw3945, it worked flawlessly for me. Hopefully the
iwl3945 driver will work sometime in the future, but as you note, not a
lot of progress appears to be happening. So I wont hold my breath.

-- 
Jens Axboe