On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 15:15, TroyGeek wrote: > There's always a debate as to whether to buy or build (get it working on > your own) when it comes to software. As i've already spent over 10 hours > just trying to get a wireless card to work with no avail, there comes a > time when you have to decide whether you want to spend many more hours > trying to get this to work or to buy. Not everyone has ample time to sit > and try to get device drivers working, but yes I always try to search > the web and mailing lists when I have trouble. However, when all the > options found on the Internet for getting this to work are exhaughted, > paying a little money to fix the problem and saving potentially hours of > more work which I don't have seems like a viable option. Giving up on > using Linux because I haven't been able to get a wireless card working > yet wasn't the route I wanted to go in. > > thank you though. > > ~ T r o y ~ > > > gkn wrote: > > >Then you are using the wrong OS and I strongly sugest you become a WINDOWS > >user! > >That way you wont have to learn the OS at all as mr Microsoft and his bunch > >will do it for you! > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] > >On Behalf Of TroyGeek > >Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 11:46 AM > >To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >Subject: List of laptop (pcmcia) wirelss network cards > > > > > >Does anyone have a list of pcmcia wireless networking cards (for my > >laptop) that work with fedora (currently running core 2) out of the box? > >I have three cards all of which I couldn't get working or the drivers > >don't work with the 2.6 kernel. I'd rather go to Best Buy, CompUSA, or > >some other store and buy a fairly inexpensive card and not have to tweak > >files, compile drivers, etc. > > How about a vintage (not proxim) orinoco (gold/silver) off of ebay? I have two 802.11b gold cards that work out of the box. Travis Fraser
