On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 09:56 +0800, Edward Dekkers wrote: > J.L. Coenders wrote: > > Hi, > > Does anyone have experience with getting this thing working on FC4 or Linux in > > general? > > Or have any other good recommendations of wireless lan cards to buy which > > work? > > > > Help with links explaining wireless networks with Linux are welcome. I have > > googled around, but still am a bit in the dark what to install for security, > > etc. > > > > Regards, > > Jeroen > > > > It all comes down to chipset Jeroen. > > You need to find out which chipset your card is. I'd recommend lspci to > find out but I don't know whether that works for PC cards? > > There's really two main projects I've worked with in the past: one was > mentioned by the other poster - madwifi. This only works with Atheros > chip based cards. The other popular one is ndiswrapper. It is a pain to > compile, as you will need the source RPMs for the kernel, expand the > tree, copy the config file and run make before you can even start with > compiling the ndiswrapper. > Way to complex a description for compiling ndiswrapper. Install kernel-devel and forgo the kernel source and all the other hoops you describe. Ndiswrapper will compile and install easily. > However, it uses NDIS drivers. These drivers ship with most Wifi cards, > and indeed, even my weird D-Link G122 USB (Prism Chipset) now works on > my old notebook using these drivers. > > When they're set up they work really well. > > There's a list of supported cards and chipsets on the ndiswrapper site. > > P.S. When you find out what chipset your card is, you MAY want to see if > there's a native Linux driver available for it first. > > Regards, > Ed. > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
