RBW wrote:
DJA wrote:
RBW wrote:
Lan Barnes wrote:
On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 07:15:02PM -0800, DJA wrote:
Lan Barnes wrote:
Thanks for the reply. I have a lot to digest here. I'm not as
comfortable in this territory as others.
I did do the usual ldmod's etc and establish that what I expected
(HAL,
etc) was loading. If I'm reading you right, the ones I have may
be out
of date and/or broken. So I should either update or roll back.
I don't mind leaving the safety of rpm's but I am not sure where
to go
for source tar balls or which to get. Perhaps if you or someone out
there has madwifi working with any kernel, you can give me the
specs on
your stuff and I could try making my machine comply. You already
indicated that my kernel might need upgrading.
My laptop uses an Intel Pro/Wireless 2200BG (built-in) card, so I
can't help you with your wireless chipset. But you might start here:
*******Start of Quote*********
[Note: the following is quoted from a timely post on the HostAP
mailing list today]
The official madwifi site is http://www.madwifi.org/
The first time user's guide for madwifi is at...
http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/FirstTimeHowTo
That did it! It may have been the updated code; it may have been the
clean-it-out utilities; it may have been the newbie HOWTO. But I'm on
the air!
Many thanks, DJA!
Lan is this Intel Pro/Wireless 2200BG the WiFi card you got last
Saturday after the Installfest?
For how much and where did you get it?
I need a G card to run under FC4 also...
RBW
Not to speak for Lan, but the Intel card mentioned above is in my
laptop - it's internal and naturally came with the laptop.
While I've no experience with wireless other than on my laptop, I
would definitely recommend the IPW2200BG to at least myself (i.e. I'd
buy another one).
In following wireless-related dev mailing lists, it's my impression
that only the older Prism-based cards are better supported for the x86.
Of course, I'd be interested in hearing others' experiences about and
recommendations for various wireless chipsets.
Here is a recent interesting review of "The who's who of Wireless LANs
under Linux" by Jean Tourrilhes dated 12Dec05...
Hmmmm... Linux has 802.11a support now??
RBW
The link...
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Linux.Wireless.drivers.802.11ag.html
RBW
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