anyone have an Acer TravelMate notebook or anything with an Atheros wifi chip?

[Lonni J Friedman]

On 11/29/07, Kelly Miller <lightsolphoenix at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Nov 29, 2007 11:36 AM, Lonni J Friedman <netllama at gmail.com> wrote:
> > So you did try using it with ndiswrapper?  If so, I'd like to try that
> > out before I spend any more money, but I don't see AR5007EG listed on
> > the ndiswrapper website.  Which driver did you use, and where did you
> > get it?
> >
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> Yes, I did, actually.  Though technically it does work, sometimes the system
> just forgets the wireless is installed, and sometimes ndiswrapper just
> refuses to connect to any wireless hub.  But if you want to try it, you can
> get the XP drivers from
> http://www.atheros.cz/download.php?atheros=AR5007EG&system=1
> ; they do work with ndiswrapper.
>
> Also, you may want to search for and install the acer_acpi program...

Excellent, thanks.  I'll definitely give this a try tonight.