[FC4] How to configure PCMCIA wireless network card?

[John Summerfied]

Leon Pu wrote:
> --- Leon Pu <leon_xf_pu at yahoo.com.cn> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Hi all,
>>
>>I learned that Kernel 2.6 supports wireless network card, but I
>>failed
>>to configure D-Link DWL-650 card on my Compaq PRESARIO B2000 laptop
>>in
>>Fedora core 4.
>>
>>After plugging the PCMCIA card, I use iwconfig to show the wireless
>>device. But I got following result.
>>
>># iwconfig
>>lo      no wireless extensions.
>>etho    no wireless extensions.
>>sit0    no wireless extensions.
>>
>>Could you anybody tell me why? Do I need to install other software
>>likes ndiswrapper or madwifi? Is it possible to use wireless device
>>without installing them?
>>
>>My Fedora Core 4 kernel version is 2.6.15-1.1830_FC4.
>>
> 
> 
> Here is the information after I run command "lspci -v".
> 
> 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212
> 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
>         Subsystem: D-Link System Inc: Unknown device 3a12
>         Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 10
>         Memory at 54000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled]
> [size=64K]
>         Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

Oh, good. www.madwifi.org.

You will need to rebuild the driver for each new kernel, but it's pretty 
simple.




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