installed intel 2200 wireless into my r31 and it freezes

[awong]

i saw a previous thread, where the same card onto an r31 had random freezing issues, this thread
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... highlight=

today I just installed one and am experiencing the same exact thing only I am using ubuntu. When I put in my pcmicia card instead and use it for wireless it does not freeze at all. Is it an issue with the specific card, or should another minipci wifi card be able to fix that? I suppose with the how the thinkpad only allows a selected list of cards, that an HP broadcomm wont work on my r31?

Btw, my r31 embedded driver is not at 3.11 but my bios is, is there a way to update it in ubuntu?

[awong]

just an update, it seems the intel cards cause the laptop to freeze, I tried a 2200b and a 2915 and both do the same thing, but I also got an athros chipset minipci and it is working so far for nearly an hour without any freezing. and under normal internet, FF 5 tabs. though in linux, it shows lower signal, but using iwconfig, the signal is actually normal. A common problem in linux from what I've read.

I guess next is trying out a broadcom minipci and selling the two intel cards

[elite-elitist]

It could be a compatibility issue with the R31.

Why not just use the atheros mini-pci card if you already have one and it works?

I have an atheros mini-pci card in an R40 running ubuntu, and the signal is a lot lower than what I would expect, but it works fine.

You can update the BIOS under Linux. Although I would do it in Windows to be safe.

http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/BIOS_Upgrade

[awong]

well i did just get the atheros today along with an intel 2915 minipci. And I just decided to keep the atheros, since the last post.