Wireless Guide / NTFS Guide / New writing

Mon Jul 3 08:56:15 UTC 2006

Hey all,

Reading some of these posts on a server guide [Re: Updated Server Guide for 
Fedora Core 5], i would like to submit, or rather enquire as to the validity 
of adding a guide on wireless internet installation using ndiswrapper, and 
also touch on some of the built in wireless support, such as IPW2200...

I have written recently, and refined, a guide for Fedora Core 5, for the 
installation and configuration of a wireless network using ndiswrapper, that 
includes how to configure WEP/WPA/TKIP security encryption, and how to 
install ndiswrapper using yum and repos, manual compiles, and from cvs.

This guide has been the culmination of extensive work, based on problmes 
many many people have with wireless internet, and using ndiswrapper. In fact 
most dont even know what ndiswrapper is, or what it does, let alone how to 
use it. To date, i have yet to see any official fedora instructions for this 
type of problem, and only scattered wiki pages that are often mish mashed 
together on [1].

My wireless guide is written in HTML, and is viewable here [2] and is 
detailed and split into sections, for ease of reading. If some one can have 
a look over this guide. I would cleans this guide up, and re-write in the 
third person, should this guide be of use as an official document. I already 
have had my guide linked to a number of times by various places, including 
fedoraforum.org, and also [3] fedorazine.

[1]http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net
[2]http://www.manix-place.co.uk/wireless.html
[3]http://www.fedorazine.com

I feel this guide could help many more fedora users, and could do with being 
made "official", given the lack of information on the web about wireless 
unless you know what you are looking for, and how to use it. This guide 
simplifies the mass of information into 7 sections that guide you through 
preparations to installations and finally configurations, with 
troubleshooting, and useful links sections. POlease feel free to comment on 
this and let me know what can be done about making this official.

And further, with respect to this:
>I usually withhold my more blatant and gushing enthusiasm until such
>time as additional folks step up to help whip these documents into
>fighting shape.  Looking at our contributor list[1], I see a lot of
>names that popped up for roughly five minutes on the mailing list and
>then were never seen again.
>
>Would you be interested in joining in the effort[2]?  Your enthusiasm
>could be contagious if followed up with some elbow grease!  :-)
>
>= = =
>[1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/Contributors [2] 
>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/NewWriters
>
i have been involved as much as i can, admittidly not as much as i had 
hoped, but i actually never thought this guide, or anything else could be of 
use. I have an NTFS guide on the same website (listed in my sig) should this 
also be of any use, and have many more lined up, which is why i have not 
been as active. However i have been trying to edit wikis in the games 
sections as often as i can, and work with the docs projects. I am eager to 
write more and could to with some guidance from those more experienced. I am 
also not adverse to elbow grease, so i think you will enjoy the final 
products i produce, under the right guidance and criticisms.

Sorry for the extensive reply, and i hope someone can help guide me, and 
comment on this work??

Mr Adam L Moreland (MAniX) | Registered Linux User: #417406
BA (Hons) Media Studies, 2nd Year, UoN
WEB: http://www.manix-place.co.uk
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>From: Miles Brennan <miles at brennan.id.au>
>Reply-To: For participants of the Documentation Project 
><fedora-docs-list at redhat.com>
>To: For participants of the Documentation Project 
><fedora-docs-list at redhat.com>
>Subject: Re: Updated Server Guide for Fedora Core 5
>Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2006 22:34:11 +1000
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>Paul W. Frields wrote:
> >>> 1.  The document is licensed as CC BY-NC-SA, so you would need to
> >>> relicense it as OPL 1.0 [2] for the Fedora Documentation Project to 
>use
> >>> it.
>
>I've had a read of the OPL, am I able to choose options with the license?
>
> >>>
> >>> 2.  The document would benefit from style editing.
> >> While I don't disagree with your comments,
> >> I would be much more enthusiastic about this document.
> >
>
>That's ok, I knew what Paul meant.
>
> > I did use the word "commendable" in there somewhere... ;-)  These days,
>
>I did note that ;-)  thank you.
>
> > I usually withhold my more blatant and gushing enthusiasm until such
> > time as additional folks step up to help whip these documents into
> > fighting shape.  Looking at our contributor list[1], I see a lot of
> > names that popped up for roughly five minutes on the mailing list and
> > then were never seen again.
> >
> > Would you be interested in joining in the effort[2]?  Your enthusiasm
> > could be contagious if followed up with some elbow grease!  :-)
> >
> > = = =
> > [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/Contributors
> > [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/NewWriters
> >
> >
>
>The document didn't get submitted last year because I didn't have time
>to bring it up to the latest version (FC4) and to then start preparing
>for the next revision before it's scheduled release.
>
>May I suggest that we possibly prepare this document "as is" for FC5,
>obvioulsy fixing any major technicalities, and then start working on the
>next revision ready for the final release of FC6. This may also allow me
>time to finish off the extra 3 chapters on my TODO list.
>
>My wiki account is "MilesBrennan" and my cvsdocs is "mbrennan" (waiting
>approval).
>I hope you have a good backup, I have used neither of these before ;-)
>
>
>Regards,
>Miles
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