New sub-forum: Linux - Wireless Networking

A Linux - Wireless Networking forum has been added to LQ. Anything related to installing, configuring or using wireless networking in Linux is fair game. Have fun!

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...php?forumid=41

--jeremy

Thank you for this subforum.

I spent two weeks attempting to install a Cnet CWL 311 wireless pci card into my mandrake linux machine...no success. And I researched that this card does work in linux. I am appalled at the difficulty in installing this. I've posted to half a dozen different forums asking for help. And the problem is not totally with the card, but with things not being where people said they would be. For example, the linux kernel wasn't in /usr/src. And as for any step by step instructions on how to install a driver in general in linux, haven't found a single thing. Does one have to compile the whole kernel to install a freaking driver? Man, linux is slightly better than it was 4 years ago when I tried it. But it is still a very foreign entity in my opinion. And I'm not the type not to RTFM. Oh, I've read, I've purchased 4 books, taken an online course, referred to the man pages...the man pages are a waste of time. I've read hundreds of pages, on hard copy and online. To no avail. And I ain't no dummy. I've worked on every pc computer since the original IBM 16 meg pc. Windows may be buggy, full of holes, poorly designed, bloated, but god it's easy to use, install stuff and run. Sorry for the rant...

Cool!

hnash53

Don't give up, you need the kernel source to build kernel drivers. Every build a kernel driver in windows?

Originally posted by DavidPhillips Cool! hnash53 Don't give up, you need the kernel source to build kernel drivers. Every build a kernel driver in windows?

We had to modify the NTosKernel from NT4 sp4 at work several years ago. Took myself, another PhD EE and 2 software engineers from MS over a week to get a stable working version, and oh god was it pricey.........

Yes, the company I used to work for back paid over 30k for a dos program.

I just saw this announcement on the frontpage...wow...great idea!

Thanks Jeremy