where to start to set up wireless?

[ByteEnable]

Trevor Smith wrote:

> On September 13, 2004 10:48 pm, ByteEnable wrote:
> 
> 
>>If you need to setup the NDIS wrapper also check out
>>
>>http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/20040507104718960
> 
> 
> Thanks for the pointer. I have (as expected) run into a problem that I barely 
> understand. Naturally I have no idea how to proceed.
> 
> The instruction:
> 
>     * verify the utils were installed:
>           o whereis loadndisdriver ndiswrapper wlan_radio_averatec_5110hx
> 
> does not produce the expected output. In fact, I first tried 'make rpm' and it 
> complained "RPM build errors: File not 
> found: /usr/sbin/wlan_radio_averatec_5110hx" and sure enough, 'make install' 
> also seems to be completely missing this file.
> 
> [root at localhost ndiswrapper-0.10]# whereis loadndisdriver ndiswrapper 
> wlan_radio_averatec_5110hx
> loadndisdriver: /sbin/loadndisdriver
> ndiswrapper: /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper /usr/share/man/man8/ndiswrapper.8
> wlan_radio_averatec_5110hx:
> 
> Questions: what the heck is wlan_radio_averatec_5110hx, why would I need it 
> (my laptop is compaq, not averatec, and these instructions look to be 
> generic, not brand specific), should it have been present in the ndis file, 
> in my FC2 distro or what, and how can I find it?
> 
> sigh.
> 

You need to have the kernel source installed in /usr/src/.

Byte