WiFi doesn't work on Lenovo T61

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Hi,

No, switch is on.  If I reboot into Vista it works.. Also tried the Fn-key combination of course.

It happens both on my home Wifi as well as company wifi.

I don't even see the networks out there, so that's wrong even before I could get to entering the WEP key.  (HEX 64/128 bit)


On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 11:21 AM, Albert Charron <albert at albertcharron.name> wrote:
> custom at freenet.de wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just received a Lenovo T61.. I thought it'd be a pretty mainstream
>> choice, but to my horror the wifi refuses to work; I don't see any networks
>> and when entering the network details manually it doesn't work either.
>>
>> According to lspci, the netword card is:
>>  Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)
>>
>> If I look in /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules then I see:
>> # PCI device 0x8086:0x4227 (iwl3945)
>> SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*",
>> ATTR{address}=="00:1c:bf:ae:b4:08", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="wlan*",
>> NAME="wlan0"
>>
>> Help... any Ubuntu version I used since Hoary/Breezy worked with any
>> laptop I threw at it, mostly smaller brands.. I thought it'd be a no-brainer
>> with such a common model like the Thinkpad..
>>
>>
>>
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>
> Just to let you know that this card is supposed to work out of the box. I
> have the same card in one of the laptops I manage and it works perfectly.
>
> Maybe a detail you can check, do you have a "wifi" switch? (maybe the
> antenna is simply switched off?)
>
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