Would anyone have suggestions for the best supported/performance Wireless Notebook(pcmcia) Network Adapter to use in FC5. I have two types and neither work or work well. One is a Linksys Wireless G with Speedboost WPC54GS V1 and does not work at all. and the other is a really old leArity 802.11b which works, but without WEP encryption. Thanks, Robert On Wed, 2006-04-26 at 17:46 -0400, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 10:22 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Friday 21 April 2006 10:13, Alexander Mamchenkov wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > > I have a Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100, and the ipw2100 driver is now in the > > > > kernel (Later FC4 kernels also have it). It appears rock solid (although > > > > the version in the current FC5 kernel is 1.1.3 and thus does not yet > > > > support WPA I think... WEP should be fine though.) > > > > > > I have Intel(R) PRO/WIreless 2200 and it works pretty fine with ipw2200. > > > The only thing I had to do was to update the firmware. I also found out > > > that I have some problems on newer kernels (after I do update), but it > > > works pretty fine on the kernel supplied on FC5 installation CDs > > > > > > > I also use NetworkManager, which I would also suggest is much more stable > > > > in FC5 than it was in FC4 - With this running things really did "just > > > > work" for me after installing FC5, which was not the case for FC4. I > > > > haven't had to do a single bit of network setup and the wireless connects > > > > fine, and plays well with my ethernet connection "Broadcom 4400 > > > > 10/100BaseT" > > > > > > Since I use KDE I use KWifiManager and it works fine. > > > > > Do you use encryption? I have a laptop with the same ipw2200, which will be > > upgraded soon, and I want to use WPA-PSK, just as I can in the windows setup. > > Anne, have you looked at ndiswrapper? It allows you to use the wireless > win32 drivers under linux. Therefore you gain all the capabilities > thereof, including WPA-PSK. Livna maintains the ndiswrapper packages. > > There is one caveat. You have to recompile the kernel to raise the > stack level from 4 to 16. They recommend at least 16 stacks for > win32/ndiswrapper drivers. There may be someone out there that's > already packaged the latest FC5 kernel with 16k stacks. > > BTW, subject change...you should pick up the latest copy of that UK > magazine, LinuxUser & Developer; they've got a section called "The Linux > Invaders", How free software took over Hollywood. Over half the > magazine is themed about Linux in Hollywood; I figured you might find > that interesting. It's issue #59 and it was still in Barnes & Nobles as > of last night. > > LX > > -- > °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° > Kites rise highest against the wind -- not with it. > -- Winston Churchill > Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ > °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° >
