<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am not sure which email message list, and hence which people I should send this message to, but I would like additional wireless support (an up-to-date driver) included as part of the next release of Fedora core.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A problem exists if someone is using a very fast, bleeding edge wireless setup if all network and internet services lie purely on the other side of the wireless adapter. Especially</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>if there is no linux driver for that someone's wireless card,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>as part of Fedora Core on anywhere else on the internet. Certain brands of Wireless hardware have been known to be discontinued very quickly, and so these especially get overlooked.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have an example of one driver I would love to see included. Ithe <STRONG>DLink dwl-520 rev.b</STRONG> card.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Go to:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="http://support.dlink.com/products/view.asp?productid=DWL%2D520">http://support.dlink.com/products/view.asp?productid=DWL%2D520</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There is a Linux driver available here, but installing it requires re-compilation of the kernel.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Which requires access to the kernel source.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Which is on the internet.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Which is on only accessible through the wireless adapter and access point.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Neither of which can yet be used.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So I suggest this, and maybe a few more drivers like this be included.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Or perhaps as well, a better more generic aproach be formulated to work with many</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>more wireless cards APART from using NDISWRAPPER, which can be unreliable</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and lead to frequent drop-outs.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please email me back, say what you think, or forward this on to anyone who is</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>in a position to see this driver and others be included in the next release of Fedora Core.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Zac.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>