klipp Posted August 27, 2005 Report Share Posted August 27, 2005 Is there a procedure or "How-to" for making WiFi work on the Toshiba M45-S165 Laptop? I have the ieee80211 module loaded and am trying to load the Intel IPW 2200/2915 Network Driver but it won't load. I also have the ethernet0 connection disabled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted August 28, 2005 Report Share Posted August 28, 2005 The HOWTO: find out what chip the wificard uses by typing: lspci -v. Use that information to find out what driver is needed. Go to the drivers website for install information. :) However most of the time that shouldn't be neccesary since Mandriva autodetects most hardware just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klipp Posted August 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2005 Hey devries, These latest Toshiba laptops come with what's called ATI RADEON Xpress 200M series Graphics chipset which also includes the Host Bridge, PCI Bridge, PCI controllers, SMBus, IDE Interface, ISA Bridge, Multimedia & USB! None of which work excepting IDE & Display! This possibly explains why, when doing the install, you have to use the "noauto" parameter. The wireless used by the Intel centrino uses the Intel IPW 2200/29i5 network driver using Atheros Communications Ethernet controller. The Intel wireless drivers won't install using MCC. Probably the more important issue here is how to get the ATI chipset to install and function correctly. Thanks for any help you can offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klipp Posted August 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2005 I found the correct kernel modules (SUPPOSEDLY) for the atheros wifi. They are included in the MADWIFI package. There is a How-To at: http://madwifi.sourceforge.net/doku.php?id...&rev=1123852927 These three (3) How-to's all work fine and get the atheros module installed & running on Boot-up and according to "dmesg" all is well & working ----- only one problem, try as I might, I cannot bring up a internet connection using ath0. If anyone has success making wifi work on the Toshiba M45-S165 could you please enlighten me as to how you did it. Likewise any information on how to make the ATI chipset in this laptop would also be greatly appreciated. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klipp Posted September 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 Problem Solved (sadly)! Apparently Mandriva can't cope with this latest ATI chipset and Atheros drivers, I installed SuSE 9.3 without incident and WiFi works fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 ndiswrapper might be able to get it working for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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