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Does Intel WiFi Link 5100 work under Hardy Heron?

Asked by Sebastian Gaul on 2008-10-18

I've just ordered a new notebook, HP's Compaq 6530b. For wlan there's a "Intel WiFi Link 5100" in it. I heard it's good but I've heard also about problems with Linux. In a german Ubuntu forum i have read that it doesn't work under hardy without ndiswrapper but under intrepid ibex it does.

Has anyone experiences about that? Could there be a way to make it work under a general Hardy? Or is this kernel specific and so intrepid or it least it's kernel will be needed? I hope somebody can tell me more about soon, so I could send the laptop back if there would be so much problems...

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : #1

Hi,

The following link seems to confirm your suspicions and answer your question:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=950376&highlight=WiFi+Link+5100

So, it seems that this card works out of the box on Intrepid Ibex, but not in Hardy Heron.

Regards,

Mark

Remo (ubuntu-remo) said : #2

Another solution is to use wicd instead of network-manager.. On my Dell works like a charm.. More info about wicd available at wicd.sourceforge.net..

Cheers..

Sebastian Gaul (n-admin-mgvmedia-com) said : #3

Uh... Do you have an Intel Wifi Link 5100 in it? I can't really believe that the support of this card depends on the network manager... Or does wicd more than only "manage" networks?

Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : #4

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