<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2653.12"> <TITLE>ThinkPad R40 Centrino Wireless NIC Success</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><FONT SIZE=2>I thought I''d let y''all know that, courtesy of <A HREF="http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/" TARGET="_blank">http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/</A>, the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 (IPW2100) mini PCI adapter on my ThinkPad R40 now works under CentOS. I had to compile and install the hostap driver, the Wireless Extension and Tools, and the IPW2100 driver itself. You do not need to compile a new kernel - the stock kernel works fine though you do need to: a. install the kernel source b. generate a ''.config'' file, and c. make a single, small change to ''.config''. The docs as provided by the project website provide all the cooking instructions you''ll need.</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>I had tried to use ndiswrapper previously but it caused X to freeze anytime an application tried to use anti-aliased text. No problems with ipw2100 thus far, but I''m not very familiar with the actual use of the tools yet.</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>The laptop does not restore from suspend successfully with the ipw2100 driver loaded.</FONT> </P> </BODY> </HTML>