Centrino wireless (Dell D600)

[Sean Estabrooks]

On Mon, 24 May 2004 12:56:05 +0800
Chris Kloiber <ckloiber at ckloiber.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 2004-05-24 at 11:47, Joe Clifton wrote:
> > Does anyone know of drivers or problems with using the built-in wireless
> > in the Dell D600 laptop?  It's the Intel Centrino.  It shows up in
> > windows as:
> > 
> > Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3A Mini PCI Adapter
> > 
> > Any helps would be appreciated!
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Joe
> 
> Intel hasn't released any binary drivers for linux or documentation for
> Centrino wireless have they? You might have luck with ndiswrapper and or
> driverloader along with the Windows driver, but probably not due to 4k
> stacks. 
> 

Better!  They've released a GPL driver and have committed to better
support for GPL in future products as well.   Looks like Intel is 
becoming an even better friend to the open source community.

The driver is still in early development however.   Check out:

http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/

Cheers,
Sean

P.S.   Never recommend ndswrappers without adding "ya poor bastard" 
afterword.  :o)