Precision M4300 / wifi intel 3945 / NO success (Bruno Friedmann)

[Bruno Friedmann]

Hello all and Roy,

I've made some tests with the mandriva live CD.
I've got the same trouble than opensuse.

The network is constantly linking the AP and disconnect in less than a 2 second period.

I'm a bit frustrated. Opensuse & intel have mad a good progress in kernel and drivers
and everybody having a trouble is now successfull.

But not me ... argh. What's wrong ???

Is someone having a 4300 have the same trouble ?


Roy Jackson wrote:
> You are welcome Bruno,
> 
> The livecd that worked great out of the box for my m6300 was the Mandriva
> x86_64 live cd. I am responding using it right now. It detected all the
> hardware automatically.  Wireless  worked  using the ipw3945  kernel module.
> I just click on the ethernet icon on the status bar to select my access
> point and inserted my encryption key. The sound card was automatically
> configured, I just had to turn the volume down on one of the mux inputs.
> 
> I am not sure what the problem with the ipw3945 kernel module between the
> different distributions, but the ipw3945 works fine as setup by Mandriva.
> I've tried Fedora 8, Ubuntu and Mandriva, all 64 bit versions, but not
> Opensuse. Mandriva worked best. I am using Ubuntu because I previously had
> it installed on my Inspiron 1100 and this was a hardware upgrade for me. I
> backed up my home directory and restored it onto the m6300. I may dual-boot
> to Mandriva and try it out some time in the future.
> 
> 
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