Linux WiFi Manual

[Karl Larsen]

Rogue wrote:
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> Hi Tim
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> Timothy Murphy wrote:
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>> Nelson Strother wrote:
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>>     
>>>   In Fedora 7, some of the planned
>>>
>>>   http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureRockSolidWireless
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>>> robust wireless behavior has been implemented.  Completing this effort
>>> is not currently shown as being in the Fedora 8 plan.
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>> What exactly do you mean by "robust wireless behaviour"?
>>
>> As I have said many times, if NetworkManager works, it is fine;
>> but if it does not work you are up the swanny.
>>
>> What is needed in my view is a simple program, or just a recipe,
>> which tells you exactly where WiFi is failing, if it is failing.
>>
>>     
>
> Would it be possible to have a UI application, that could give the end
> user information on whether the various devices on his system are
> currently supported OOTB or not?
>
> Since with Fedora 7 onwards, we are requesting users to install smolt
> and send system profiles, I think it would be easier to get a
> compilation of hardware devices that work OOTB!
>
> If a particular hardware device is supported, we could provide
> context-specific help documentation in the various system-config-*
> applications, and if documentation is ambiguous, we could always
> redirect the user to come to our wiki, which could potentially have user
> experience compilations.
>
> Karl,
>
> Thank you for writing an article that puts forward an approach on the
> basic steps for getting WI-FI working on a laptop, but with all due
> respect, I would not recommend hosting this document right away. I
> personally feel that the flow of language is not smooth.
>
> A little bit of editing could make your efforts a valuable contribution.
>
> Just my views,
>
> later,
> Rogue
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Feel free to rewrite it. I think it's easy to read.

Karl