Intel Releases Linux Driver For Centrino WLAN

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The folks over at Slashdot are reporting that Intel has released a Linux Driver for Centrino!

Finally Intel has made their different announcements about Linux support for the WLAN part of the Centrino technology become true. Though not yet officially announced an Open-Source driver with included firmware is available at SourceForge. The driver is still experimental and supposed to work with 2.4 Kernels as well as with 2.6 ones."

News source: Slashdot

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(1 reply) #1 123_kid on 10 Mar 2004 - 22:00

Good news! Maybe I can actually use my laptop running suse 9 on my school's wireless

#1.1 mipra on 10 Mar 2004 - 22:58

Intel finally realize that they need a new 'backup' partner

#2 Floyder on 10 Mar 2004 - 22:28

yeah, same here with gentoo

(1 reply) #3 Emon on 10 Mar 2004 - 22:57

still doesnt support WEP though ..

#3.1 divertom15 on 10 Mar 2004 - 23:38

lol

#4 mipra on 10 Mar 2004 - 22:58

MS will scream the hell out.......

(3 replies) #5 mr_da3m0n on 10 Mar 2004 - 23:48

I hope it works better than on windows.

my experience with centrinos was very bad, the connection would drop every 5 minutes or less because Window's WiFi Configuration Zero would keep searching for a "better" access point.

#5.1 madhon on 11 Mar 2004 - 00:45

Q828940 mayby ?

#5.2 UKer on 11 Mar 2004 - 03:05

I've been able to borrow centrino laptops from my department at the university of sheffield (I'm a PhD student there so get certain nice privileges like loaned laptops), and the connection has been flawless, especially useful when you go for an early pint at the union, which is all covered by wifi, you never miss an important email, details of our uni's system, for those interested, is at http://www.shef.ac.uk/sheffield/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=569&a=13297

Never had a single dropped connection and been on for 2+ hours, then I'm normally too drunk to even email

EDIT for a more technical overview of the network see http://www.shef.ac.uk/cics/services/network/wireless

Last edited by 9179 on 11 Mar 2004 - 03:29

#5.3 mr_da3m0n on 11 Mar 2004 - 20:43

QUOTE (#5.1)

Not really.
It would look for a better access point, find the exact same, drop the connection and reconnect to the _exact same access point_ dropping your telnet (ugh.. i know) terminals in the meantime.

All the programmers with their centrino laptops would have this problem while I sat two offices away never standing a disconnection on my iBook over my Airport card.

I suspect it's more of a Centrino + Linksys WAP-Gs problem -- in any case, anything else than centrinos would work fine.

(1 reply) #6 xStainDx on 11 Mar 2004 - 01:06

This driver is experimental and will be developed further over the next few months.

QUOTE

A development snapshot of the Linux driver for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 is now available for download. This is an experimental driver with limited functionality, but it is a start and will be under heavy development over the next few months to provide full WLAN capabilities.

http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/

#6.1 markjensen on 11 Mar 2004 - 03:05

QUOTE (#6.0)

As a 100% Linux user, I can say that a great many things are experimental and under development. Doesn't necessarily mean that they are broken or are bad. Just changing all the time.