I am trying to get a PN-11 and a PN-15G wireless module running on a Shuttle SN41G2 (AMD and Nforce 2) and a Shuttle SN25P -Nforce 4 /Athalon 3500 x86_64 using Fedora Core 3 with the most current kernel: 2.6.10_1.770_FC3.

Using ndiswrapper almost works: (much better than the Shuttle Linux beta which crashes with 50+ errors executing make) See below:


The big ( trivial ) question is how do I get the browser (and the OS) to vector to and use the working wireless connection?

eg: What is the command that is equivalent to the Win2k/XP:
ipconfig /renew

so that the OS and browser will recognize that the wireless is there?

I can unplug the RJ-45 cable and then plug it in again and have the same problem.. the Fedora Core 3 does not realize that the network is actually there.

Thanks

I can ping the wireless router using the following:
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Kernel: Shuttle SN41G2V2 Nforce 2 chipset
Fedora Core 3 (2.6.10-1.770_FC3) (32 bit)

Scan for the wireless port

[root@localhost ~]# iwconfig wlan0 essid ESSID
[root@localhost ~]# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:09:5B:6E:732
ESSID:"NETGEAR"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.462GHz (Channel 11)
Quality:0/100 Signal level:-57 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Encryption keyff
Bit Rate:1Mb/s
Bit Rate:2Mb/s
Bit Rate:5.5Mb/s
Bit Rate:11Mb/s
Bit Rate:32.5Mb/s
Bit Rate:32Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0


[root@localhost ~]# iwconfig wlan0 essid "NETGEAR"
[root@localhost ~]# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"NETGEAR"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462GHz Access Point: 00:09:5B:6E:732
Bit Rate:11Mb/s
RTS thr:-1070129888 B Fragment thr:-1070129888 B
Encryption keyff
Power Management max timeout:0us mode:All packets received
Link Quality:100/100 Signal level:-57 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

ifconfig
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0A:E9:04:CD:93
inet6 addr: fe80::20a:e9ff:fe04:cd93/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:26 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:3123 (3.0 KiB) TX bytes:378 (378.0 b)


Ping the wireless network:

[root@localhost ~]# ping 192.168.0.2
PING 192.168.0.2 (192.168.0.2) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.0.2: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.038 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.033 ms

That answer would depend upon what browser you are talking about, but in general the setting would be under Preferences (Connection Settings) in Firefox via Edit on its toolbar and then in KDE you would have to Configure Konqueror's network settings.