IwlWifi on Intel 3945 Works better than ipw3945
Hmm.. after a long line of trial and errors (and blunders) i am posting this off my wifi connection on my linux boot.. :) on my way in kicking Vista offff my laptop.. anyway, since i plan on doing this all over again, here are the steps: get the binaries of iwlwifi (http://intellinuxwireless.org/) iwlwifi-1.2.25.tgz mac80211-10.0.4.tgz (did not need this) iwlwifi-3945-ucode-2.14.1.5.tgz Get the kernel source: sudo apt-get install kernel-source-2.6.22 unziped the kernel, had to play a bit of stupid tricks such as sudo ln -s /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.22/ /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/source + copy the .config and build files from kernel-header-generic in /usr/src/... to the source directory.. then buidl iwlwifi: a simple "sudo make", copy the firmware: cp iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.1.20/iwlwifi-4965-1.ucode /lib/firmware/ and the same for 3945 sudo make install blacklisting the ipw3945 driver: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist add the line: blacklist ipw3945 edited my /etc/network/inter...