Ubuntu - T410 with 6250 Wifi/WiMax

[abester1]

Hello All,
I realize the drivers are fairly new... posted on June 2.... Has anyone tried getting the 6250 Card working under linux ??
if so, how was your experience ?

http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/?n=Downloads

thank you in advance...

[Volker]

I'll put back my 6250 card and will try it in the next couple of days. Two gotchas from the README:

* This firmware supports WIFI only.
* Your kernel needs to support USB suspend or the WiMax interface will continously draw power.

[abester1]

@Volker - thanks for the reply. I've actually tried it myself and seems "fairly" stable.... sometimes networkManager does not find or read the correct firmware code and the machine complains about it in the system log files. when that happens, the wifi never successfully connects to the access point. (but oddly enough its sees various Access points advertised over the waves).

I also noticed another odd behavior.... when i hit the physical switch to turn off wireless for a few seconds, then re-enable the wireless support. seemed to fix the wireless association problem mentioned above.

I have to double check the USB Suspend support on my T410, Im not sure if im affected by the power draw or not.

Would be great to hear about your experience.. .

thanks