802.11g madness

Frank Kumro fkumro at gmail.com
Mon Sep 5 13:14:52 EDT 2005


I have a pcmcia card that just works in FC4. It is a linksys Instant
Wireless Network PC Card. Model No. WPC11 version 3

On 9/5/05, Richard Hubbard <hubbardr at adelphia.net> wrote:
> I am going mad.  I am looking for an 802.11 cardbus/pcmcia card for my
> laptop.  My dlink almost works, but with the release of fedora core 4,
> it seems that redhat moved all the sources to different locations, and
> the drivers no longer want to compile.
> 
> I have coding to do  for in my Operating Systems class that I really
> don't want to be bothered with this crap.
> 
> Does anyone know of an 802.11 card that meets any or all of the
> following requirements:
> 1. Just _WORKS_ in FC4 without any other fuss
> 2. Drivers install with a VENDOR SUPPLIED RPM so that it will just work.
> 3. Drivers work with an OS Community supplied RPM so that it just works.
> 
> The issue with FC4 is that I am teaching a class which is based on RH
> linux, and it is easier to demonstrate similar utilities with Fedora.
> 
> If necessary, I'll bail and go back to FC3 which worked. But if anyone
> can help, I would be most grateful.
> 
> Bob, didn't you have an 802.11 card that just works?
> 
> Thanks!
> 


-- 
Frank
Shenanigans!!




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