Redhat and wireless nics

[Rick Stevens]

Tate Austin wrote:
> Okay, I have a fedora core2 install and I got
> madwifi(http://sourceforge.net/projects/madwifi/) from their CVS repository
> and installed it for my wireless nic.  It worked just fine except that it
> was at the other end of my house from the my 802.11b router, which has
> limited range.  So I got an 802.11g router.  I can confirm it works with my
> windows boxes, but suddenly I can't seem to get my wireless nic to pick up
> the connection.  I don't have WEP enabled, so there isn't any security to
> prohibit the connection?  My nic is a netgear 311T and my new router is a
> Super G 108 wireless router.  Does anyone out there have any relevant
> experience?

When you say "can't pick up the connection", what do you mean?  Do you
mean you're not getting an IP from the router or what?  Can you do an
"iwlist wlan0 scanning" and see the access point?
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