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Old 12-25-2003, 03:24 PM   #1
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What are some wireless cards that work with Fedora?


I would like to run my machine with fedora...but my current 802.11b pci card is not linux compatible and im not very good with linux so i couldnot use the WLAN drivers

What are some 802.11b PCI cards that work with Linux(Fedora Perferably)

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Old 12-26-2003, 09:19 PM   #2
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Check out www.linuxant.com. It's not perfect but I can surf the net. Give it a try.
 
Old 12-26-2003, 10:42 PM   #3
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Can someone walk me through this,,,,im a noob when it comes to linux...
I have dlink520+...which uses the acx100(Texas instruments chipset)

Help...
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Old 12-27-2003, 09:39 AM   #4
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All the info is on the website. First thing you need to do is get a license key, then follow the install instructions. Most of this will be done in the terminal. Let me know if you get stuck.

AJ
 
Old 12-27-2003, 10:20 AM   #5
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Oh yeah, I almost forgot, use the TAR package for Fedora. I had trouble with the RPM install. Go to your home directory and make a new folder called "downloads" or something easy to remember. When you download the TAR file from Linuxant, save it in this new folder.
Now, open up a terminal "start>system tools>terminal(second from bottom). type su - and hit enter.
Enter your root password you chose during Fedora install and hit enter. Now you are "root" or administrator. Now you need to go to the folder where you saved the Linuxant TAR file. Type cd /home/username/filename then enter. (Note:replace the username with the account name you used during install and replace filename with the folder or directory of where you saved the Tar file. Also, you dont need to type the whole name of the path. Aftee you hit the / key, just enter the first letter of the next directory then hit the Tab button and it will fill in the rest of the word eg: /h tab/u tab/d tab
Once you get to the directory, type ls then hit enter. This will list all the files in that directory.
Now you need to unpack the TAR file.
tar -zxvf driveloader-1.52.tar.gz
cd driveloader-1.52 (cd d then tab)
./configure or make config
make
make install

The install readme from Linuxant says to {make install} after you cd into the directory. I dont remember if i did that or not but you can try it.

Asuming you dont have any install errors, run dldrconfig where you will be asked to enter some info. After that is done, open up Mozilla and put http://127.0.0.1:18020/ in the browser window. When the box comes up, puit in ROOT and your root password and follow the instructions at linuxant installation page.(provided you have access to the net. You'll need the DWL install disc as the install will need to use thw .ini and .sys files from the windoz driver.

If you can understand this and you get this far, then all you gotta do is open up network device control and make a new wireless connection and you should be good to go. Lemme know if you have any probs.

AJ
 
Old 12-27-2003, 10:37 AM   #6
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Thanks....Im a complete noob with linux....Is this easy enough for me to do?
 
Old 12-27-2003, 10:39 AM   #7
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Does LinuxAnt cost money?
 
Old 12-27-2003, 11:11 AM   #8
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It's easy enough but i'm not sure of how much you know. Use google.com/linux a lot and you can find a ton of stuff on everything you need to know.
As for Linuxant, the trial is free but you can buy a license for 20 bucks. For me thats worth it as I spent 3 weeks trying all the free stuff and only 30 min once I found Linuxant. Besides, these guys have jobs and bills to pay so $19.95 really is nothing considering that very few companies are writing drivers for linux right now and these guys are making life a lot easier me and other people.
Dont get me wrong.....free is great but I dont mind paying for something that is really worth it and I think Linuxant is.

AJ
 
Old 12-28-2003, 01:07 PM   #9
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Thumbs up Wired

No more help needed...IU couldnt get it to work so i just bought 50 feet of ethernet cable
 
Old 12-29-2003, 03:54 PM   #10
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I have a LinkSys WPC11. When I did a brand new install of Fedora onto my IBM Thinkpad T40, the wireless just worked! I didn't have to install or configure anything!
 
  


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