802.11g madness

[Robert Meyer]

I'm using a Netgear WG511 card.  The only thing that I needed to do is to get a
copy of isl1390 and stuff it in /lib/hotplug/firmware.  End of story.  It works
fine.  I've been using it for about a year without problems.

BTW, it's a prism54 card.

Cheers!

Bob

--- 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!
> 


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