Subject: Re: Lucent/Orinoco wireless cards on -current?
To: Steve Bellovin <smb@research.att.com>
From: Eric Haszlakiewicz <erh@jodi.nimenees.com>
List: current-users
Date: 03/25/2004 14:53:43
Steve Bellovin <smb@research.att.com> wrote:
>
> I've seen occasional notes complaining about wi0 problems on -current.
> How are things now? I'm contemplating upgrading my laptop from 1.6.2
> to -current, but reliable wireless support is a "must have" for me.
>
I have a:
wi0 at pci2 dev 3 function 0: Intersil Prism2.5 Wireless Lan
I used to have a script that did an "ifconfig down; ifconfig up" every
10 minutes that needed to be running to keep things working. Several
months ago I removed it and haven't needed it since. Something has
certainly improved.
eric