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<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>
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