RH, a wireless network, Linksys and an IBM ThinkPad

Paul Iadonisi pri.nhlug at iadonisi.to
Tue Dec 10 16:11:17 EST 2002


On Tue, 2002-12-10 at 15:25, Tom Buskey wrote:
> 
> Fritz Gibbs said:
> >Hello,
> >
> >I'm in the process of connecting my IBM ThinkPad 390X laptop running RH 7.2 to
> > a Linksys wireless network. Is anyone aware of a brand of wireless PCMCIA tha
> >t I can use and that is an "easy" install?
> 
> I've run into problems using a linksys card with a linksys access 
> point.  Other then that, just about any card should do.  Most are prism/
> 2 based.  Orinco are well supported.  I use an Addtron (prism/2) card and it 
> works well.  Just plug it in & Mandrake supports it.  RH should too.

  Ooh, you just hit a sore spot for me.  I had the same problem with the
WAPv2.2 and the WMP11.  Turns out it is a problem *known to Linksys*
since at least January, but there still wasn't any firmware update last
I checked in the August/September time frame.  To make matters worse,
those two items are the ones most prominently displayed at CompUSA. 
When I returned them, I told them that they should be aware that they
are selling two items that are supposed to work together that don't. 


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