Re: a little help with linux

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On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 21:51 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote:

> The best advice for you is to just throw out whatever screwy wireless 
> hardware you have that apparently requires you to compile and install some 
> cockamamie drivers.  Chalk it off as a learning experience.  Go back to 
> Google, and find a wireless card that's been natively supported by the 
> modern Linux kernel for at least a year now, buy it, plug it in, and have 
> everything Just Work™.

> There are plenty of wireless cards out there with native Linux support.

Most cards that are *supported* by Linux can't be plugged into a Fedora
box and "just work".  You might not have to compile some of the drivers,
but you probably still have to hunt and find firmware.

Is this the driver and firmware the original poster might need?

http://linux-lc100020.sourceforge.net/

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