Is wireless support any better with FC5?

Lyvim Xaphir knightmerc at yahoo.com
Thu Apr 27 15:52:53 UTC 2006


On Wed, 2006-04-26 at 14:18 -0700, Robert F. Chapman wrote:
> Would anyone have suggestions for the best supported/performance
> Wireless Notebook(pcmcia) Network Adapter to use in FC5.  I have two
> types and neither work or work well.
> 
> One is a Linksys Wireless G with Speedboost WPC54GS V1 and does not work
> at all. and the other is a really old leArity 802.11b which works, but
> without WEP encryption.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Robert

I would say, tentatively, try a dlink pcmcia wireless adapter with an
atheros chipset in combination with the win32 drivers and ndiswrapper.
That seems to be the most functional combination going.  Bear in mind
tho that my experience is mostly with desktop stuff and not laptops.

There is a compatibility list somewhere in relation to the ndiswrapper
driver.  I don't have it handy right now but if no one posts anything
I'll try to get one sent to the list here in the next 24 hours.

I've not had alot of luck with linksys equipment, it seems the quality
is of a cheap nature.

LX
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