On 4/3/2023 8:12 PM,
vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:
I'v run sev versions of Linux on this machine and they find the WIFI right away, but nothing I do (drivers & al) gets it to work with XP. Any ideas?
It helps if you tell us the make and model of laptop,
and since there can be variants, what the make and model
of Wifi is.
Using the laptop name, helps to track down "troublesome" designs,
where the laptop manufacturer is at fault. It isn't always
possible to track down an issue purely by Wifi make and model.
Wifi modules tend to sit in a socketed interface, with coax cables
leading to the radio outputs. A person can change out a Wifi module,
with another one. This is a mistake on certain Intel platforms, because
the BIOS has been designed to "blacklist" foreign Wifi modules and
prevent them from working. This is part of an Intel "branding strategy"
for their higher end platforms.
Of course, this is not the case with yours, as Linux detects it.
And if the chip select had been turned off at BIOS level,
it might not be detectable after that.
Intel does this on designs, where most of the parts are made
by Intel. Intel Wifi module, being part of that. They get fancy
names like Centrino or Ultrabook. If the machine had a Realtek Ethernet
chip and an Atheros (Qualcomm) Wifi, there would be no such tricks involved.
It would just work.
Paul
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