On Mon, 2007-11-19 at 10:57 -0500, Randy Yates wrote: > Also, if I get the driver working, e.g., via ndiswrapper, should I > be able to use Netmanager to manage my wireless connection? > > --Randy > Yes but it would be beter to get a Linux driver. By the way there is an article on page 46 of the December Linux Jounal discussing how to use ndiswrapper. > 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 > -- ======================================================================= Assembly language experience is [important] for the maturity and understanding of how computers work that it provides. -- D. Gries ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
