Re: [gNewSense-users] Problem going wireless, please help, thanks!

[Morne Alberts]

Hi Guido,


On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 3:52 PM, guido mezzalana <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> My compliments for the gnewsense distro!
>
> Unfortunately I cannot enjoy it because i do have only wireless connection.
>
> I have a IBM Thinkpad t60 with iwl3945 as driver.

That chip requires non-free firmware to work. gNewSense does not ship
with non-free firmware. The best solution is to buy a USB wireless
stick that does not require non-free firmware. Thinkpad laptops are
picky about replacing the internal wifi card, so it is much easier to
use a USB stick.

My Thinkpad T61 also requires non-free firmware for the wireless, so I
got a USB stick. Have a look at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open-source_wireless_drivers
 to see which chipsets are fully free. I got such a USB stick from
ThinkPenguin, www.thinkpenguin.com (I am not affiliated with them. I
hope mentioning them is not against the list rules). The owner, Chris,
is very helpful and they've been selling/working with free hardware
for a few years now. If you buy a stick elsewhere, be sure to find out
what firmware it uses so you can determine if it will work without
non-free firmware.

> Please, could you help me to connect via wireless?

If you do not get a free wireless replacement chip/stick, then you
will have to figure out how to add the non-free firmware yourself.

> Thanks in advance for your time and help!
>
> Cordially,
>
> Guido
>
>
>
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Regards,
Morne Alberts