Wifi weirdness
I’ve tried running Linux on the 9400 a few times before and gave up when I couldn’t get the Intel 3945 wifi controller working. When I installed Ubuntu 7.04 everything worked great.
Kind of.
I had to go into network admin (System, Administration, Network) and turn off roaming mode. I manually picked my SSID and everything came good. I should say that I do not have any form of security on my wifi router (for a reason). I haven’t yet tried connecting to a secure connection, but I’m hopeful that will work. I’ll know next week.
One thing that does seem a little quirky is that if I suspend the laptop, when it wakes up again I have no wifi connection, even though the LED is lit. Futzing around with the network settings doesn’t seem to bring it back to life, either. It’s reboot time. This certainly isn’t a deal breaker, but it is a little annoying. Right now I’ve got power management setup so the laptop won’t suspend. I don’t mind that though, because it takes less time to shut Ubuntu down and restart it than it does to suspend and revive WinXP on this laptop.
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