On Tue, 2006-07-11 at 17:24 -0700, Jim Lowman wrote: > While I'm not inclined to bash the tremendous effort > of many volunteers over many years to bring us a free > and stable OS, this wireless card issue is a hot topic > with me. > > As to Windows, this last week when on vacation, I took > my laptop. While I was able to get a network > connection at two hotels, I could not get on the > Internet to save my life; not even with a dial-up > connection. So much for Microsoft and plug-and-play. > Booting FC5, at the hotel where there was an Ethernet > connection, I was on the 'Net without a problem. At > the next hotel they offered only wireless access, so I > was SOL since my wireless card is not compatible with > Linux. > > Yesterday I asked the question, both on this list and > on LinuxForums, about what a reliable Linux-compatible > wireless card for a Dell 8500 laptop would be, without > having to resort to a custom kernel or ndiswrapper. > The sum of my responses: 1. > > So, I'm puzzled about the lack of response to the > question, since most questions I've seen here get > several responses within the next couple of digests. The Digests are harder to thread through, IMHO. Myself I know nothing about wireless, although at some future point I will have to be a guru on the subject. But, when Dell and Laptop hit the subject line I tend to put it to ignore as I'm not at that timeline yet, and I have other fish to fry that are more immediate and all consuming, <grin> selfish SOB that I am. But, I will toss out this. Is your pcmcia device being handled and recognized? Check this out: http://linux.oldcrank.com/tips/wpc11/ googled on: linux pcmcia wireless dell The 'OldCrank' has step by step instructions for RedHat 9 so it should work just fine with Fedora. He tells how to check out that the card is even being recognized. Good first step I would think. Then he proceeds from there to a working wireless on a Dell using RedHat and the card (chipset) of his choice. Nifty. Great Googley Moog! Right there in a nutshell from a google search by a blithering idiot. <cackles> I sure hope that works for you, or I'll really be one for having said that! <grinning> Ric
