>>>> "John" == John W Linville <linville(a)redhat.com&gt; writes:

I bought a card that said Fedora on the box. Well, i couldn't follow the install instructions (they were for FC4 but referenced a directory on the CD that didn't exist). It's a Ralink rt73, so I followed the instructions at http://fedoramobile.org/fc-wireless/rt2x00-wireless-lan-chipset (but I downloaded the rt73 CVS snapshot) and everything goes fine until in the dialog when I press the new button, and select wireless card - the only card shown is "Other wireless card". Trying to use that takes me to ethernet stuff. So I abandoned that, and did an lsmod - rt73 is loaded OK. Clearly i'm almost there. Probably I can do this by editing config files now. But how? Any help much appreciated.

Jesus Jr M Salvo wrote: > > 2008/8/6 Bill Davidsen <davidsen(a)tmr.com&gt;: >> >> Jesus Jr M Salvo wrote: >>> >>> 2008/8/1 bruce <bedouglas(a)earthlink.net&gt;: >>>> >>>> hi... >>>> >>>> for my $0.02.... >>>> >>>> i would argue for getting a cheap ~$40 linksys G usb wireless dongle... >>>> >>>> i have a laptop, amd x64, running fedora8, and after trying for a few >>>> days >>>> to get the madwifi/atheros stuff working, i got the usb dongle, plugged >>>> it >>>> in, and lo and behold.. up/running in a matter of 5 mins!!! >>>> >>>> good luck... >>>> >>>> >>> I second that .. I just bought a Linkys WUSB54GC and it worked right >>> out of the box with Fedora9 x86_64. >>> It is using the rt73usb driver / module ... and the rtx drivers have >>> been included in main-line kernel 2.6.22(?) since about Jan 2008. >>> >> I was ordering this and started reading reviews, really doesn't get a lot >> of >> love from people who have it: >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16833124187 >> >> I don't suppose anyone has tried the newer WUSB600N or WUSB300N, they >> both >> got decent reviews, support 802.11n (not a requirement), 256 bit >> encryption, >> and WPA2. The last could be an issue to connect at some customer sites. >> I'd >> love to have the features, the size of the 300N isn't an issue, and the >> price is less important than the reliability. >> >> Most of the complaints are about signal, I'm spoiled, my old ACER laptop >> with ipw2200 and whatever firmware was around when FC4 was new will work >> at >> home from my office to the library, through a floor with 2x8 joists and >> three real (plaster and lathe) walls, and will hear two routers in the >> apartment house down the road and three in the college, at least 400' and >> two brick walls away. People who say they have problems through a >> sheetrock >> wall make me think the sensitivity is lacking. >> >> Google finds many questions on these adaptors, and only minimal success >> using ndiswrapper, which is not a long term solution. Well, newegg has >> these >> WUSB54GC on sale, I'll take a chance on getting one and see if it holds >> up. >> Maybe someone else will get a driver for the fancy new devices in the >> meantime. >> >> Thanks for the part number. >> > > Well ... my experience is different from those in the reviews ( maybe > they were using windows as some were talking about re-install? ). > Signal strength is about 75% according to network-manager when I have > direct line-of-sight to the wireless router. I have not tried walking > around the house to see how far I can get a signal from my wireless > router ( also a Linksys ... WRT54GL ) > > FWIW, I am also running with the latest kernel for F9 x86_64. > Well, after a vast amount of hacking around with settings, I finally get mine working, and it works fine just where I need it, at the far end of a big old Victorian house, through floors and real walls. I'll be using it tonight while I watch the first Giants game. ;-)

Bill Davidsen wrote: > Actually, since this is all "noarch" stuff which doesn't depend on > release, that's irrelevant, other than his needed to download it by > hand. I think it is quite relevant, especially for someone looking for wireless firmware. He'd be exposing a system that has not had any security updates for over a year wirelessly. That's not a wise idea at all, and one that I think should be discouraged on this list.

> Since some hardware vendors haven't moved beyond FC6, a lot of > people need to stay with it. Ubuntu has a better idea here, to make > a version every once in a while a LTS version, to encourage vendors > to support it. The effort to support such a release is quite high. I rather like Todd Denniston's suggestion that RHEL/CentOS releases are comparable to Ubuntu's LTS releases in many ways.

But for better or worse, Fedora releases are only supported for ~13 months. And I think it's a disservice to encourage anyone to run them on a network after they've been EOL'd. (I say this as someone that has some ancient RHL servers in production still. But I assume all the risks and effort required to keep them properly updated.)

hi... for my $0.02.... i would argue for getting a cheap ~$40 linksys G usb wireless dongle... i have a laptop, amd x64, running fedora8, and after trying for a few days to get the madwifi/atheros stuff working, i got the usb dongle, plugged it in, and lo and behold.. up/running in a matter of 5 mins!!! good luck...

Todd Zullinger wrote: > Colin Paul Adams wrote: >> It doesn't seem to be available for FC6. > > Fedora Core 6 is not supported and hasn't been for well over a year. > Actually, since this is all "noarch" stuff which doesn't depend on release, that's irrelevant, other than his needed to download it by hand. > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/LifeCycle/EOL > Since some hardware vendors haven't moved beyond FC6, a lot of people need to stay with it. Ubuntu has a better idea here, to make a version every once in a while a LTS version, to encourage vendors to support it.

Bill Davidsen <davidsen <at> tmr.com> writes: > My Acer say: > 05:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4310 USB Controller > (rev 01) > Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Unknown device e003 > > and that doesn't work, even loading the b43, or b43legacy, or b44 > driver. So now I have a lovely postable desktop, until I find a USB > wireless which works. Did you download the (unfortunately non-redistributable) firmware correctly?

Please install b43-fwcutter if you don't have it yet and read /usr/share/doc/b43-fwcutter-011/README.Fedora (and follow the instructions in it).

My Acer say: 05:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4310 USB Controller (rev 01) Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Unknown device e003 and that doesn't work, even loading the b43, or b43legacy, or b44 driver. So now I have a lovely postable desktop, until I find a USB wireless which works.

On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 06:23:10AM +0100, Colin Paul Adams wrote: > I want to connect an AMD64 machine (currently running 32-bit Fedora > Core 6, although I might upgrade to Fedora 9 64-bit or 32-bit) to a > wireless LAN. Can I just buy any cheap wireless LAN card, or are there > gotchas to be aware of? Wireless is a tangle. Not all work and not all parts have the same devices on the inside despite having nearly the same make and model on the outside. Is your machine a laptop? What wireless bands, frequencies, types etc are important. You are in the UK so my US centric history may miss the mark so here are some general thoughts. Have you done a net search and found: http://fedoramobile.org/wireless/ you will find four types of card and some 32bit .vs. 64 bit issues to double the problem space. unsupported and unsupportable reverse engineered ndiswrapper over windows driver fully disclosed public driver. Shop for hardware in the fully disclosed public driver class that maps to your wireless needs. Look at vendor sites and write letters and email asking for Linux support if you cannot find it. Linux users do need some help from the wireless vendors.... some are stepping up so do look and do fill out the "was this helpful" survey.... Do it from each new DHCP address you get and from each 'hotspot' you visit... and all the throw away email addresses you have ;-) If you can find a supported/works USB wireless device you will find that to be the quickest to test. About 20% of the USB devices just work. A USB device can be very handy on the 'next' laptop. I have some that don't but were only $9. "lspci" tells me that this laptop has a: 03:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02) The driver is the b43 driver. "A Linux driver for the Broadcom b43 wireless chips. Broadcom never released details about these chips so this driver is based upon reverse engineered ..." http://fedorasolved.org/mobile/fc-wireless/bcm43xx-yum-extras Wireless is the primary reason I have a 32 bit version of fedora on this laptop and not a 64 bit version....

I want to connect an AMD64 machine (currently running 32-bit Fedora Core 6, although I might upgrade to Fedora 9 64-bit or 32-bit) to a wireless LAN. Can I just buy any cheap wireless LAN card, or are there gotchas to be aware of?

Jesus Jr M Salvo wrote: > > 2008/8/1 bruce <bedouglas(a)earthlink.net&gt;: >> >> hi... >> >> for my $0.02.... >> >> i would argue for getting a cheap ~$40 linksys G usb wireless dongle... >> >> i have a laptop, amd x64, running fedora8, and after trying for a few >> days >> to get the madwifi/atheros stuff working, i got the usb dongle, plugged >> it >> in, and lo and behold.. up/running in a matter of 5 mins!!! >> >> good luck... >> >> > > I second that .. I just bought a Linkys WUSB54GC and it worked right > out of the box with Fedora9 x86_64. > It is using the rt73usb driver / module ... and the rtx drivers have > been included in main-line kernel 2.6.22(?) since about Jan 2008. > I was ordering this and started reading reviews, really doesn't get a lot of love from people who have it: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16833124187 I don't suppose anyone has tried the newer WUSB600N or WUSB300N, they both got decent reviews, support 802.11n (not a requirement), 256 bit encryption, and WPA2. The last could be an issue to connect at some customer sites. I'd love to have the features, the size of the 300N isn't an issue, and the price is less important than the reliability. Most of the complaints are about signal, I'm spoiled, my old ACER laptop with ipw2200 and whatever firmware was around when FC4 was new will work at home from my office to the library, through a floor with 2x8 joists and three real (plaster and lathe) walls, and will hear two routers in the apartment house down the road and three in the college, at least 400' and two brick walls away. People who say they have problems through a sheetrock wall make me think the sensitivity is lacking. Google finds many questions on these adaptors, and only minimal success using ndiswrapper, which is not a long term solution. Well, newegg has these WUSB54GC on sale, I'll take a chance on getting one and see if it holds up. Maybe someone else will get a driver for the fancy new devices in the meantime. Thanks for the part number.