bruce wrote:
Hi... Can anyone tell me of a natively working wireless adapter card for a Dell Notebook running Linux RHEL4. I'd simply like to find a card/adapter, buy it, insert it into the slot, and have it run. I don't really want to have to go find source, and rebuild the kernel, etc... If you have another solution that you've managed to actually use to get a wireless card up/running, I'd like to know.
Two days ago I would have said my little NetGear MA701 CF card with the CF-to-PCMCIA adaptor was just fine. I bought it for my Zaurus PDA, but when I got a Dell laptop, I just slid it in, ran system-config-network and clicked Wireless. I did have to give my home network name and WEP, but after that it just worked. However, after the shenanigans I just posted about, it looks like something, somewhere has downgraded both cardmgr's and sys-conf-net's ability to recognise cards, which is suboptimal to say the least. Your best bet is to find your local Linux User Group and ask there for someone using a card in your model of notebook. ///Peter
