802.11g madness

Cyber Source peter at thecybersource.com
Tue Sep 6 16:58:02 EDT 2005


The dlink should work with the ndiswrapper. Check it out at 
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net. See if your card is on the list at
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/List
It may not be a pure way of doing it but it does work well.
Richard Hubbard wrote:

>thanks.  I'm saving this email, if i can't get my
>dlink $%#$@!#$%^ card working, I'm out to buy the
>netgear!
>
>--- Robert Meyer <meyer_rm at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>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:
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>>>I am going mad.  I am looking for an 802.11
>>>      
>>>
>>cardbus/pcmcia card for my 
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>>>laptop.  My dlink almost works, but with the
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>>release of fedora core 4, 
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>>>it seems that redhat moved all the sources to
>>>      
>>>
>>different locations, and 
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>>>the drivers no longer want to compile.
>>>
>>>I have coding to do  for in my Operating Systems
>>>      
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>>class that I really 
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>>>don't want to be bothered with this crap.
>>>
>>>Does anyone know of an 802.11 card that meets any
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>>>
>>or all of the 
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>>>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.
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>>>3. Drivers work with an OS Community supplied RPM
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>>so that it just works.
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>>>The issue with FC4 is that I am teaching a class
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>>>
>>which is based on RH 
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>>>linux, and it is easier to demonstrate similar
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>>utilities with Fedora.
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>>>If necessary, I'll bail and go back to FC3 which
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>>worked. But if anyone 
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>>>can help, I would be most grateful.
>>>
>>>Bob, didn't you have an 802.11 card that just
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>>works?
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>>>Thanks!
>>>
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>>>
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