On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 04:16:38PM -0800, DJA wrote: > Lan Barnes wrote: > >I've become completely frustrated with madwifi for wireless. I had it > >working with Airlink equipment despite error messages on reset (whatever > >that means) with FC3, but upgrading to FC4 broke it completely. > > The Madwifi driver seems to be troublesome for many. Apparently, the > driver maintainers are not up to speed some things (Wireless Extensions?) >
Now I'm told! > > >I have tried every RPM in the known universe; yum; and compiling from > >the subversion tip of the project. Several tips. > > > >I have pored over their on-line guide, FAQ, and both lurked and asked on > >their mailing list. I have bought (at some expense) D-Link equipment to > >see if that helped. It didn't. > > I'm using a Netgear WG602v3 Access point with no problems. I tried a > Linksys WRT54 but couldn't get it to work with my existing Netgear > Ethernet router (due to my ignorance, no doubt). > > A few questions in random order: > > o What kind of output do you get from iwconfig? > o Does the driver load? No. It falis on unable to reset, "3" > o Does the driver recognize the card? yes > o Any helpful info in Dmesg? same as above > o How is your AP set up? I assume you're not using any encryption in > testing. yes but also without. the damn driver doesn't stay loaded. > o Can you see or connect to anyone else's network? see above > o What do the GUI tools say (e.g. system-config-network, NetworkManager, > KWifi, etc.)? > All of Gnome and THE DAMN DRIVER DOESN'T STAY LOADED. > > >Are there any alternatives to madwifi for Linux wireless? What about > >that ndiswrapper thingie? Anything else? Any madwifi gurus out there? > > > ><sobs on desk> > > Have you looked here?: No. Thanks. I'll check it out. > http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html > > This has a list of lists of Linux-supported wireless cards: > http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Wireless.html#whard > > Prism chipsets seem to be pretty popular and well supported. > I can't just keep buying HW. All the stuff I got was on the good-to-go list. > > I have an Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG in my laptop. But don't bother > looking for it at your local computer shop: it's only available as part > of the Centrino package (although I've read that Intel still makes an > IPW200 card but that it's very scarce). > must be nice > Ndiswrapper lets you use your native Windows driver in Linux. It's a > last resort solution. > > "last resort" ... that just about describes where I am. > -- > Best Regards, > ~DJA. > I always appreciate your replies. Sorry I shouted. Grumpy. Need to eat ... -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 Tcl/Tk Enthusiast -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
