[PLUG] Wireless and Linux

[Robert Citek]

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 8:49 PM, John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net> wrote:
> Hardy upgrade was supposed to fix the random disconnects I had with the
>  Intel 4965agn wireless in my Lenovo T61. Instead the 4965agn no longer
>  works at all. :(

Bummer.  I've got a Lenovo T61 running Ubuntu 7.10 and 8.04 (among
others) and it works fine.

Here's info about my laptop:

$ uname -va
Linux 804a 2.6.24-16-generic #1 SMP Thu Apr 10 13:23:42 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

$ sudo lshw -C network
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: 82566MM Gigabit Network Connection
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 19
       bus info: pci at 0000:00:19.0
       logical name: eth2
       version: 03
       serial: 00:1c:25:18:ae:d5
       capacity: 1GB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp
10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000
driverversion=7.3.20-k2-NAPI firmware=0.3-0 latency=0 link=no
module=e1000 multicast=yes port=twisted pair
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       product: PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN Network Connection
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci at 0000:03:00.0
       logical name: wmaster0
       version: 61
       serial: 00:13:e8:e2:10:f3
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list logical
ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwl4965 ip=192.168.0.100
latency=0 module=iwl4965 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g

$ sudo lspci -v -s 03:00.0
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or
AGN Network Connection (rev 61)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 1010
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 217
	Memory at df3fe000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
	Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 3
	Capabilities: [d0] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable+
	Capabilities: [e0] Express Endpoint IRQ 0


How does that compare to yours?

Regards,
- Robert