Wireless suggestion - tired of madwifi
Jason Brown
jason at ftcsys.net
Thu Jun 2 07:48:59 UTC 2005
sorry the netgear wg511 NOT wt511.
Jason Brown wrote:
> Try ndiswrapper, this is a ndis kernel wrapper that uses the windows
> .inf file as a driver. I have used this with quite a few different
> cards and have found it quite easy. Only thing I have found is I have
> needed to re-install it when I have installed new kernels via up2date.
> My work around was to manually download the kernel update and upgrade
> the existing kernel, up2date installs the new one seperatelty.
> the netgear wt511 uses the prism driver and is also quite easy to get
> going with out using ndiswrapper.
>
> hope this helps.
>
>
> Jason
>
> Robert Locke wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 21:14 -0400, Bill Johnson wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I recently posted about problems I was having with Madwifi. It was
>>> a horrible struggle to set it up under FC1, and now I'm going nuts
>>> again after installing FC3. I am not particularly happy with an
>>> 802.11A network anyway. My working distance from the access point
>>> is only a few feet.
>>> So, I'm thinking of canning the current setup and going to an
>>> 802.11B or G setup.
>>> My question for the list - is there a PCMCIA 802.11B or G card that
>>> will work with Fedora Core RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX? In other words, I
>>> want to just plug it in and configure it using the built in network
>>> configuration tools of fedora, with out having to compile or make or
>>> any other such stuff. I used to enjoy that stuff, and actually make
>>> my living doing it, but just simply don't have time for it right
>>> now. I need a working laptop now.
>>> Thanks in advance for any recommendations.
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> Hey Bill,
>>
>> Taking a peak in /lib/modules/<version>/kernel/drivers/net/wireless....
>>
>> It looks like cards based on Cisco Aironet (airo) and Prism II (orinoco)
>> are supported out of the box.... There also appear to be some files
>> related to supporting Intel Centrino stuff too....
>>
>> Take a look at running modinfo against each of the .ko files you find in
>> there.....
>>
>> Hope that helps....
>>
>> --Rob
>>
>>
>>
>
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