> On Thursday 29 April 2004 14:07, Ian Wallace wrote: > > I've searched the archives and tried numerous things however I don't > > seem to be able to get my wireless card to work with Fedora Core 1. > > > > I've downloaded the driver source from ADMtek and compiled it using the > > kernel sources for the kernel I'm running (2188.nptl). That works ok, > > and when I pop in the card I can see in /var/log/messages that it > > recognizes the card, and loads the 8211 driver. > > > > Beyond that though ... nothing. The power / activity light comes on, it > > tries to associated itself with eth0 however never receives an IP from > > the access point. > > > > I've tried the wireless howto's and am a i bit confused if this should > > be showing up as wlan0 or eth0, or eth1. Would someone be so kind as to > > point me the correct direction for information on how to configure > > this? Or where else things might be going wrong? > > > > TIA Not sure if it helps, but I have a SMC2632W, and it works fine from the get go. I had it in while I was installing fedora though. I didn't have to compile any drivers for it manually. When I modified the wep key I used the redhat-network-config tool. worked well.
