iwlwifi in kernel 2.6.21-1.3125 (was Re: F7t4 KDE live CD test report)

[dragoran]

Peter F. Patel-Schneider wrote:
> dragoran dragoran wrote:
>>
>> can you try the kernel from here:
>> http://people.redhat.com/davej/kernels/Fedora/fc7/RPMS.kernel/
>> iwlwifi works fine for me using this (and the previous one) the 
>> version in the livecd does not even connet to  my wpa/wpa2 ap.
>> but no everything seems to work with it, traffic, ping etc.
>>
>
> The iwlwifi in the kernel from davej is much better, but all is not 
> sweetness and light, at least when running Network Manager.  I have 
> attached my observations to this message, but they boil down to two 
> things:
>
> 1/ Connection strengths don't seem to be correct.
noticed this too:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=117809490027074&w=2
> 2/ It is impossible to change wifi networks.
>
only with nm (have not tested it yet;lack of aps...) or also when you do 
it by hand (wpa_supplicant or iwconfig for unencrypted aps) ?

and please file a bug with the description you wrote