Fedora & Ndiswrapper & Mimo Wireless

[Paul Hoy]

Thanks for your email, Lloyd. I plan to take a look at your  
information at LinuxQuestions.org.

I actually tried to use two wireless modems with ndiswrapper, but  
I've been unsuccessful. I had thought that this was related to the  
fact that mimo is relatively new. I've also downloaded the Linuxant  
kernels and have recompiled my own, but to no avail.

As I write from my Mac :), I'm currently installing Suse 9.3 in a  
desperate attempt to run the wireless modem. If it doesn't work, I'll  
do what you suggested: install FC4, and immediately install the  
Linuxant kernels. Suse looks good, but it appears their focus is on  
KDE, rather the Gnome. I really like what Fedora has done with Gnome.

Thanks again.
Paul












On Jul 24, 2005, at 8:24 PM, Lloyd Hayes wrote:

>
>
>
>>
>> Is anyone aware of a FAQ or webpage that provides ndiswrapper
>> information specific to Fedora?
>>
>> I'm currently trying to get a mimo-based wireless card to work with
>> FC4. It's active, but I haven 't been able to make it connect.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>
> I assembled a lot of information about getting Ndiswrapper to work  
> with
> Fedora which is posted on LinuxQuestions.org. You can read them there.
>
> Unfortunately, I have not been able to get Ndiswrapper to work with  
> FC4
> yet myself. You have to download your kernels from Linuxant, which are
> free, to get the wireless cards to work. I just installed FC4 the  
> other
> day on one of my laptops and the kernel on my computer is newer  
> then the
> ones on Linuxant. Their kernels won't install until they get a newer
> version then what I have on my computer.
>
> I'll replay events. In installed FC4, then yum updated all. I should
> have gotten a kernel from Linuxant 1st before updating.
>
> In general over the past couple of days, I have found FC4 to be  
> nothing
> more then a testing version of an operating system which is filled  
> with
> bugs. I don't believe that it should have released as a user  
> version at
> this time. I have corrected a few of the bugs. But I can't be sure  
> that
> what I did actually corrected anything. Plus I have a bunch more bugs.
> Permissions seem to be a problem. If I can't get things working  
> smoothly
> within the week, the computer gets reverted back to FC3.
>
> One bug on FC4 that is driving me up the wall is that when I move the
> mouse pointer from the lower right part of the screen in an upper left
> direction, web pages, workspaces, or whatever goes back to what I was
> doing before. It's like a backup button. I'm sure some IDIOT thought
> that this was great idea. I hate this!!!!
>
>
>
> Good Luck
>
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