Network Card SMC2635W (ADM8211 Chipset) Setup
Michael Gargiullo
mgargiullo at warpdrive.net
Thu Apr 29 20:43:14 UTC 2004
> On Thursday 29 April 2004 14:07, Ian Wallace wrote:
> > I've searched the archives and tried numerous things however I don't
> > seem to be able to get my wireless card to work with Fedora Core 1.
> >
> > I've downloaded the driver source from ADMtek and compiled it using the
> > kernel sources for the kernel I'm running (2188.nptl). That works ok,
> > and when I pop in the card I can see in /var/log/messages that it
> > recognizes the card, and loads the 8211 driver.
> >
> > Beyond that though ... nothing. The power / activity light comes on, it
> > tries to associated itself with eth0 however never receives an IP from
> > the access point.
> >
> > I've tried the wireless howto's and am a i bit confused if this should
> > be showing up as wlan0 or eth0, or eth1. Would someone be so kind as to
> > point me the correct direction for information on how to configure
> > this? Or where else things might be going wrong?
> >
> > TIA
Not sure if it helps, but I have a SMC2632W, and it works fine from the
get go. I had it in while I was installing fedora though.
I didn't have to compile any drivers for it manually.
When I modified the wep key I used the redhat-network-config tool.
worked well.
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