pcmcia wifi card for FC2/FC3

[Don Levey]

Lloyd wrote:
> ---- Original Message ----
> From: "Don Levey" <fedora-list at the-leveys.us>
> To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 3:33 PM
> Subject: RE: pcmcia wifi card for FC2/FC3
>
>> Curt Goff wrote:
>>> Can anyone recommend a pcmcia wifi card that's known to work in FC2
>>> and FC3?  A specific card brand and model would be helpful.  Thanks.
>>
>> Now that I've gotten MadWiFi to work (thanks, Satish!), my D-Link
>> DWL-G650 works well with my Dell Inspiron 1100, running FC3.
>
> Hi Don,
>            Could you share your notes on how you got the DWL-G650 to
> work on your laptop?
> I have the same card and is very much interested in using it with FC3
> on my Toshiba 2405 laptop.
>
> Thanks,
> Lloyd

Lloyd (et al):
It ended up being quite simple, I think (that machine is at home).  First,
make sure you download the current MadWiFi package:

	http://madwifi.otaku42.de/2004/11/

is what I downloaded.  Then, the standard "make" and "make install".
These built the package and modules, and then installed those modules.
One thing I did need: a valid file for
/etc/sysconfig/networking-scripts/ifcfg-ath0
For the most part, I think I copied the entries in the ifcfg-eth0 script; as
I said, the machine isn't here right now so I can't say for sure.  I may
have restarted the machine (just to make sure - too many years running MS),
but it came up with no problem.

I just installed a new kernel on that machine this weekend; I needed to
rebuilkt MadWiFi because of it, but because I already had the ath0 file it
was a quick and easy process.

 -Don