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Latest Atheros Driver 5.0.100.112d (7/13/2006)
I bought the Gigabyte WI01GT 802.11b/g AR5006EGS mini PCI-express wireless adapter couple of weeks ago and installed into my Dell Inspiron E1405 laptop. Installed Atheros driver 5.0.0.107 from the lizzi555.dyndns.org ftp download site. This driver is not totally stable on my laptop. I've been getting BSOD every couple of days. I have since found a more updated Atheros driver from the Lenovo website and this driver has been much more stable for me so far.
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/si...cid=MIGR-52527
I used 7-zip for extract the contents. Then I installed it by going into device manager and doing "Update Driver".
The change log at lenovo shows:
<5.0.100.112d> [77WC73WW]
(Driver version in Windows Device Manager)
5.0.100.112 (Windows XP)
5.0.100.112 (Windows 2000)
- (New) Support for Access Connections 4.22.
- (Fix) EAP-FAST connection fails.
- (Fix) EAP-TTLS Single Sign-On connection fails.
- (Fix) PEAP Single Sign-On connection fails.
<5.0.100.112c> [77WC71WW]
(Driver version in Windows Device Manager)
5.0.100.112 (Windows XP)
5.0.100.112 (Windows 2000)
- (New) Support for ThinkPad X60 Tablet.
- (Fix) ACS.exe crashes intermittently during suspend/resume.
I think my BSOD was due to the "ACS.exe crashes intermittently during suspend/resume" bug which was fixed in the 5.0.100.112c version of the driver.
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Re: Latest Atheros Driver 5.0.100.112d (7/13/2006)
Another improvement I noticed is that the wireless LED lit up on my laptop with the new lenovo driver but not with the driver from lizzi555. Performance also seems improved subjectively (faster response time).
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Re: Latest Atheros Driver 5.0.100.112d (7/13/2006)
I've been using the driver from the Gigabyte website without issue. Or at least none that I have noticed. It will cause the Wifi light to flash when the adapter is on and it will be solid when connected to a network. In addition you can control the radio using the Fn+F2 key combination if you wish.
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Re: Latest Atheros Driver 5.0.100.112d (7/13/2006)
Thanks for the link geekydude. Kept the 5.0.0.107 Client Utility and just did a manual driver update in Device Manager. The 5.0.100.112d doesn't have a Client Utility in it.
The LED control is editable in the driver .INF file.
Also, Fn+F2 has worked for me with all Atheros drivers I've tried.
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Re: Latest Atheros Driver 5.0.100.112d (7/13/2006)
Thanks for the link geekydude. Kept the 5.0.0.107 Client Utility and just did a manual driver update in Device Manager. The 5.0.100.112d doesn't have a Client Utility in it.
That's what I did too. Lenovo has their own client utility called Access Connections and there's a new version with similar date as the driver too, but I don't think it'll work on my Dell laptop. If anyone would try it out on a Dell laptop, please let me know how well it works. =)
Now that I know it's cross-compatible with the Lenovo Atheros driver, this $29 Gigabyte WI01GT card looks like an even better buy to me. Gigabyte seems to lag behind on their drivers but I'm pretty sure Lenovo would always have the latest Atheros drivers since they're such a significant player in the laptop market.
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Re: Latest Atheros Driver 5.0.100.112d (7/13/2006)
Well, at first I did a full uninstall of the 107 driver and a full install of the 112d driver, and I couldn't find any client utility. That's why I fully reinstalled the 107 driver to get the client utility back and just did a manual driver update. The new driver seems to be acting OK with the old client utility.
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Re: Latest Atheros Driver 5.0.100.112d (7/13/2006)
Here's the Lenovo client utility:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/si...id=MIGR-4ZLNJB
Correct me if I'm wrong, but even without any client utility installed, you can also use the Windows wireless network utility and I'm pretty sure it'll work just fine.
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Re: Latest Atheros Driver 5.0.100.112d (7/13/2006)
I've never really liked the Windows Wireless Client that much.
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Re: Latest Atheros Driver 5.0.100.112d (7/13/2006)
I've never really liked the Windows Wireless Client that much.
How come?
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Re: Latest Atheros Driver 5.0.100.112d (7/13/2006)
It takes too long when logging on to connect to a preferred network. The Atheros client is already connected once logon is complete.