Thinkpad and a SMC wireless card
Forum: Networking
Topic: Thinkpad and a SMC wireless card
started by: bravo-uniform-golf
Posted by bravo-uniform-golf on April 03 2006,21:11
Hi,I have an old IBM thinkpad i1452 (P2 333) that I aquired from work. I had xUbuntu running on it and the wireless card working as well. But I wanted something a bit quicker/snappier. And I always liked the DSL project. So... I installed 2.2b.
Works great... Just not the wireless card. I know the card will work with the madwifi drivers (had them working almost autmatically in ubuntu).
I understand 2.2.b+ has the madwifi modules in the kernel already(?). If so they don't recognize the card (from ctrl panel it says 'no adapter installed').
And I can't seem to find the /opt/madwifisetup.sh script mentioned in the forums. Was it removed since it is now in the kernel??
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
d.
Posted by dare2dreamer on April 03 2006,21:46
Can you tell us the make and model number of the card? It helps to trace down issues because SMC is notorious for putting a different chipset in each of their cards every revision/week/phase of the moon.
Posted by bravo-uniform-golf on April 03 2006,22:05
Sorry about that.. Of course that would help out a bit.it is a SMC card.. the model escapes me write now (at work) but I will check that out tonight. It was (or at least it worked with) the Atheros chipset drivers (madwifi)
I hope that could give you a clue. Is there something I can at least try out tonight...
I guess I shoudl mention I have it at my gfriends place and she has no (gasp) internet connection. I am using the cafe's next door's free access. But I can bring it into work (or home) to do some more troublshooting if need be.
much thanks again,
d.
EDIT: The exact model number is "Smcwcb-g"
I will check the chipset under Ubuntu to double check Athero.
Posted by bravo-uniform-golf on April 04 2006,21:05
I am still looking for any suggestions (point me in a direction) to help me with this. 
And some more info on the Wifi card:
Chipset:ATHEROS 5212
Interface:Cardbus (32)
Antenna Connector:Integrated (no Antenna)
Device Information:manfid:0x0271,0x0012
Notes: OK with Slackware 10.0 Kernel 2.4.29 && madwifi 2005-07-07 NOT WITH LATEST (surprisingly). The latest version keeps complaining about "wifi0: no wireless extensions", whereas version 20050707 works well (and calls the device ath0, as I expected). The URL below is for SMCWCBT-G (see the final "T"). Strangely enough, I have not found my very card.
URL: < http://www.smc.com/index.c....id=1448 >
cheers,
d.
Posted by doobit on April 04 2006,22:22
You might try DSL-2.1b and the madwifi.dsl package.