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I have a Thinkpad T43p with a built-in wireless card that uses the ipw2200 driver. NM identifies the card as "Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection". It connects to hidden networks fine. I'm using Gutsy.
I also have an Atheros PCMCIA card - "ath_pci" driver, "Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212/AR5213 Multiprocessor MAC/baseband processor". I normally use it with Thinkpad T20, running Hardy. It connects to my hidden network - but disconnects after a few seconds. Sometimes it won't connect at all. It connects fine to all other networks - even with WPA, etc.
Before, when I used Gutsy, it didn't connect to a hidden network, either. It would get stuck trying to connect, and "iwconfig" would not show the network name. If I told it to connect again, while it was already trying to connect, it would set the network name correctly, but wouldn't connect. If I did it the third time, it would actually connect - but not for very long.
However, if I plug it into my T43p (with Gutsy), it works perfectly there. It connects immediately, and stays connected.
Not sure what is happening here. Does the rest of the hardware make a difference? Did some bug in Gutsy get fixed after I installed Hardy on T20?