Is wireless support any better with FC5?

[Robert F. Chapman]

Would anyone have suggestions for the best supported/performance
Wireless Notebook(pcmcia) Network Adapter to use in FC5.  I have two
types and neither work or work well.

One is a Linksys Wireless G with Speedboost WPC54GS V1 and does not work
at all. and the other is a really old leArity 802.11b which works, but
without WEP encryption.

Thanks,

Robert

On Wed, 2006-04-26 at 17:46 -0400, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 10:22 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Friday 21 April 2006 10:13, Alexander Mamchenkov wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > > I have a Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100, and the ipw2100 driver is now in the
> > > > kernel (Later FC4 kernels also have it). It appears rock solid (although
> > > > the version in the current FC5 kernel is 1.1.3 and thus does not yet
> > > > support WPA I think... WEP should be fine though.)
> > >
> > > I have Intel(R) PRO/WIreless 2200 and it works pretty fine with ipw2200.
> > > The only thing I had to do was to update the firmware. I also found out
> > > that I have some problems on newer kernels (after I do update), but it
> > > works pretty fine on the kernel supplied on FC5 installation CDs
> > >
> > > > I also use NetworkManager, which I would also suggest is much more stable
> > > > in FC5 than it was in FC4 - With this running things really did "just
> > > > work" for me after installing FC5, which was not the case for FC4. I
> > > > haven't had to do a single bit of network setup and the wireless connects
> > > > fine, and plays well with my ethernet connection "Broadcom 4400
> > > > 10/100BaseT"
> > >
> > > Since I use KDE I use KWifiManager and it works fine.
> > >
> > Do you use encryption?  I have a laptop with the same ipw2200, which will be 
> > upgraded soon, and I want to use WPA-PSK, just as I can in the windows setup.
> 
> Anne, have you looked at ndiswrapper?  It allows you to use the wireless
> win32 drivers under linux.  Therefore you gain all the capabilities
> thereof, including WPA-PSK.  Livna maintains the ndiswrapper packages.
> 
> There is one caveat.  You have to recompile the kernel to raise the
> stack level from 4 to 16.  They recommend at least 16 stacks for
> win32/ndiswrapper drivers.  There may be someone out there that's
> already packaged the latest FC5 kernel with 16k stacks.
> 
> BTW, subject change...you should pick up the latest copy of that UK
> magazine, LinuxUser & Developer; they've got a section called "The Linux
> Invaders", How free software took over Hollywood.  Over half the
> magazine is themed about Linux in Hollywood; I figured you might find
> that interesting.  It's issue #59 and it was still in Barnes & Nobles as
> of last night.
> 
> LX
> 
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