Also, if I get the driver working, e.g., via ndiswrapper, should I be able to use Netmanager to manage my wireless connection? --Randy Randy Yates <yates@xxxxxxxx> writes: > "John W. Linville" <linville@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 11:29:43PM -0500, Randy Yates wrote: >>> Does F8 support wireless networking out-of-the-box, including some sort >>> of driver scheme for specific cards/chipsets (similar to the >>> functionality provided by ndiswrapper)? If so, then how do I get my >>> NetGear WG311v3 (Marvell chipset) working without using ndiswrapper? >>> I installed F8 and it has not recognized it. >>> >>> lspci -vvv yields >>> >>> 00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88w8335 [Libertas] 802.11b/g Wireless (rev 03) >> >> There is not driver in the Fedora kernels that supports this hardware. >> I'm sorry. You may have success with ndiswrapper, but I am not in >> a position to support that. Others on the list will probably be >> willing to help you. > > I seem to get 98 percent of the way with ndiswrapper and Marvell's > 64-bit driver under > > Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.23.1-49.fc8 #1 SMP Thu Nov 8 22:14:09 > EST 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > That is, I see wlan0 under iwconfig, I can run iwlist wlan0 scan and > see two essids (one being my own), I can iwconfig wlan0 to my > parameters, but finally when I ifconfig wlan0 up and ifconfig eth0 > down, I lose connectivity. > > Any ideas? > -- > % Randy Yates % "Rollin' and riding and slippin' and > %% Fuquay-Varina, NC % sliding, it's magic." > %%% 919-577-9882 % > %%%% <yates@xxxxxxxx> % 'Living' Thing', *A New World Record*, ELO > http://www.digitalsignallabs.com > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- % Randy Yates % "The dreamer, the unwoken fool - %% Fuquay-Varina, NC % in dreams, no pain will kiss the brow..." %%% 919-577-9882 % %%%% <yates@xxxxxxxx> % 'Eldorado Overture', *Eldorado*, ELO http://www.digitalsignallabs.com
