Details

ManufacturerIntel
ModelPRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
Buspci
TypeNetwork controller
Id8086
Info24222
Info38086
Info41020

Ratings

Overall rating: 3.5 x 18

By Linux distribution:

  • Ubuntu 7.04 i386: 4.0 x 2
  • Fedora Core 6 i386: 3.0 x 1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 i586: 5.0 x 1
  • Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9 GenuineIntel: 5.0 x 1
  • Debian lenny/sid x86_64: 5.0 x 1
  • Ubuntu 7.10 i386: 5.0 x 2
  • Slackware 12.0.0 Slackware 12.0.0: 3.0 x 1
  • Fedora 8 x86_64: 3.0 x 1
  • Fedora 8 i386: 5.0 x 1
  • Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 1.12.10 GenuineIntel: 5.0 x 1
  • Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 2.0.0_rc6-r1 GenuineIntel: 3.0 x 1
  • Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 1.12.11.1 GenuineIntel: 5.0 x 1
  • Fedora 8 x86_64: -3.0 x 1
  • Ubuntu 8.10 i386: 5.0 x 1
  • Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 2.0.1 GenuineIntel: 5.0 x 1
  • Ubuntu 10.04 x86_64: -3.0 x 1

Comments

Working PCI wireless cards on Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9 GenuineIntel (kernel: 2.6.21-suspend2-r5) by Borealid (5):

Intel proprietary driver

Working PCI wireless cards on Fedora Core 6 i386 (kernel: 2.6.20-1.2962.fc6) by colesen (3):

add ieee80211, ipw3945 and wpa_supplicant from livna.

using Linksys WRT54G router.

also, works with Logitech v270 bluetooth mouse.

Working PCI wireless cards on Slackware 12.0.0 Slackware 12.0.0 (kernel: 2.6.23.1-smp) by theoffset (3):

Slackware 12 includes the driver (along with instructions by Pat on how to set it up) under /extra.

Working PCI wireless cards on Fedora 8 x86_64 (kernel: 2.6.23.1-42.fc8) by davdunc (-3):

Requires passing “noapic” on the kernel to install the firmware.

Working PCI wireless cards on Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 1.12.11.1 GenuineIntel (kernel: 2.6.24-gentoo-r3) by bob921 (5):

use kernel drivers.

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