[gutsy] recommendation for pcmcia wireless on T21

NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Tue Nov 6 04:02:12 UTC 2007


Anyone have a recommendation for an inexpensive PCMCIA wireless card
that works out of the box with Gutsy on a IBM T21 Thinkpad?

My son is a few hundred miles away & uses a Linksys WUSB11-B ver 2.8 on
the Feisty desktop (Sony Vaio) that I gave him. Works like a charm, no
added drivers, just plugged it in and it works. Recently on his way home
from the Southern California fires (he's a firefighter) he stopped by
and I gave him a T21 that I'd upgraded from Feisty to Gutsy and had
working perfectly with a direct ethernet connection on the T21 ethernet
port - however I'd not tested with wireless. When he got home he tried
the WUSB11 on the T21; the device lites up and is recognized in lsusb,
but no network. The usb port is good; wireless mouse works instantly
when plugged in to the usb.

I'm in the process of having him download the Gutsy .iso and will have
him do a complete reinstall in the next few days as I can't figure out
the problem remotely. I'd rather not do that (have him reinstall) but
that seems to be the only option at this point. In the meantime I'm
thinking of just getting him a PCMCIA wireless card that he can use
instead. I'm hesitant to do this unless I know of one that will just
plug in and go w/Gutsy on the T21. Any suggestions?

Gary





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