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From: laptop-bounces(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
[mailto:laptop-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Brian Morrison
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 9:05 AM
To: laptop(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
Subject: Re: USB Portable Wifi setup
On Thu, 28 Jun 2012 08:30:34 -0700
"Chris Capesius" <capesius(a)cox.net> wrote:
Hello.I am a newbie to Linux. I recently bought a portable USB Wifi
device. I verified it works on my Windows computer. I also verified
my key/password works too; as I was able to connect to The Internet
wirelessly via Windows with this device. How do I get my USB Wifi
to work via my Fedora 17 laptop? In the top corner I see my wifi
connection name, however my password/ key does not work when I try to
connect in Fedora? When I got it to work via Windows it was
plug/play, however the driver disk also came with an .exe file too if
needed. The disk, with drivers, also has a Linux driver folder,
however I'm guessing I can't connect, because I didn't install any of
these Linux drivers. How do I install the Linux drivers, because I
don't know how to do it without an .exe file? I have included what
the zip file looks like that was on the driver disk. Please help.
The simpler the instructions the better (I'm a newbie) if you think my
problem is missing drivers??.Thanks!..Chris
Did you manage to get your Intel built-in wireless hardware working Chris? You were asking
about that a couple of weeks ago and then it all went quiet.
The device you have uses the RTL8187 chipset, it should not be a problem to get it working
under Fedora 17 with the 3.x kernel series, but you do need to have the correct driver
packages installed so that udev recognises the hardware and loads the necessary modules
when you insert the device.
--
Brian Morrison
No, I was never able to get the Intel built-in wireless working, which is why I gave up
and thought a USB Wifi would solve the problem, yet here I am again. I downloaded the
driver for the Intel, but it wouldn't open, because I didn't have the software for
it to read the driver to open it. In Windows you download the driver and open it and it
works..Linux (for me anyway)..not so easy
Chris
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