[TriLUG] Re: Dell Latitude D620 laptop

[David A. Cafaro]

You can purchase the 3945 and 2915 Intel mini-pci cards from many
vendors.  And you don't necessarily need a centrino compatible system to
use them.

I purchases an Intel 2915ABG card from newegg and it is happily running
in my Transmetta Efficeon based laptop (about as for from centrino as
you can get).  The Intel drivers are built into the newer kernels and
the firmware is an easy download.

Here's the card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833106220

I had been using a Prism54 based card but got tired or not being able to
use WPA with it.  I'm not happily using WPA with the Intel based card.

-David

On Tue, 2006-05-23 at 14:45 -0700, Douglas Ward wrote:
> Is that something that you purchased from Dell?  I wonder if I can
> order that card and replace it myself?
> 
> On 5/23/06, Pat Regan <thehead at patshead.com> wrote:
> > Douglas Ward wrote:
> > > Has anyone successfully gotten the wireless card to work on a Dell
> > Latitude
> > > D620 laptop?  I would prefer to install it using Mandriva but am willing
> > to
> > > switch distros if necessary.  My friend in another state and I have done
> > all
> > > that we know to do with ndiswrapper but cannot seem to get the card to
> > > work.  We are working with the Dell Wireless 1390 internal card.  If you
> > are
> > > reading this over the wireless card on your D620 laptop please let me know
> > > how you installed it...
> > >
> > I just received my Dell Inspiron 6400 last week.  I specifically
> > upgraded to the Intel 3945 chipset because I didn't see any success
> > stories with the 1390.  :(
> >
> > Pat
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
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