i can see now why Ruairi said "ndiswrapper yuck" - i changed a
parameter in my ifcfg-wlan0 file and i got a kernel panic -i had
changed the network type from "Managed" to "Ad-Hoc"
yikes!
out with the knoppix cd so....
On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 18:06:57 +0000, Ruairi Newman <ruairi at tech-mad.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 17:04 +0000, justin flavin wrote:
> > strange thing is , is that the mandrake kernel actually comes with
> > intel ipw2200 drivers - it detects it ok , but the darn thing fails to
> > load.
> >
> > currently in the middle of figuring out how to use ndiswrapper
> > instead. aargh....
> >
>> ndiswrapper, yuck. Used it myself for a while before the Intel ipw2100
> drivers became usable, but you lose monitor mode etc. Have you grabbed
> the latest ipw2200 drivers and given them a go? What exactly happens
> (or doesn't happen)?
>> Regards,
>> Ruairí
>>
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