Intel 3945 abg card (Was Re: Computer repair shop)

[Thomas Charron]

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-05-05 at 11:36 -0400, Thomas Charron wrote:
>  > On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 11:26 AM, Larry Cook <lcook at sybase.com> wrote:
>  > > Thomas Charron wrote:
>  > >  >   The 8.04 release was made recently, and greatly improves software
>  > >  > support.  If you do have an Intel 3945 abg card, however, make sure
>  > >  > you install the support daemon.
>  > >  According to this FAQ (see the third question), it sounds like newer
>  > >  versions of the 3945 don't need the daemon:
>  > >  http://intellinuxwireless.org/?n=FAQ&s=general
>  >   Not completed yet to my knowledge, however.
>  I beg to differ. :) Fedora has been shipping iwlwifi for a good while
>  now, works pretty damned good, and no regulatory daemon. I've got an
>  Intel 4965 abgn card myself, works great (and has for months now).

  I'm talking about the 3945, but after looking, you're right.  There
are now two ways apparently to drive the 3945, the ipw3945 driver
still uses the daemon, the iwlwifi driver doesn't.  Mine never kicked
over, it's still using the ipw3945 driver.

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-- Thomas