FC4 And Dlink DWL-G630 WiFi card

[Randy Wyatt]

On 5/18/06, Tomas Larsson <tomas at tlec.se> wrote:
> Think I found it.
>
> It seems that there is a native linux-driver avaible for this card
> As far  as I can tell it is rev E1 card. According to MadWiFi's homepage it
> is using a RaLink chipset.
> Which seems to be confirmed by the output from lspci.
>
> Now I have downloaded the tar-file (RT61) from RaLinks homepage, but
> obviously it is source code.
>
> My question is then, is there anything more to be done, apart from compiling
> the driver, do I need to re-configure the kernel or do I need to recompile
> it. It is a standard stock FC4 DVD-install.
> I guess I need to do a yum update first.
> Any recommendations for installing the TAR-file, compiling and installing
> the driver would help much.
>
>
>
> With best regards
>
> Tomas Larsson
> Sweden
>
> Verus Amicus Est Tamquam Alter Idem
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
> > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Tomas Larsson
> > Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:25 PM
> > To: 'For users of Fedora Core releases'
> > Subject: RE: FC4 And Dlink DWL-G630 WiFi card
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
> > > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Dan
> > > Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:13 PM
> > > To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> > > Subject: Re: FC4 And Dlink DWL-G630 WiFi card
> > >
> > > Tomas Larsson wrote:
> > > > Dear group.
> > > > Trying to get WiFi to work.
> > > >
> > > > What is needed to get a FC4-install to work with a DWL-G630 card.
> > > >
> > > > With best regards
> > > >
> > > > Tomas Larsson
> > > > Sweden
> > > >
> > > > Verus Amicus Est Tamquam Alter Idem
> > > >
> > > >
> > > What is the output of lspci (try to find the line for the card)?
> > > -Dan
> > >
> > /sbin/lspci gives the following output
> >
> > 03:00.0 Network Controller: RaLink: Unknown device 0302
> >
> > It is a PCMIA/Cardbus card for my laptop.
> >
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You may want to go ahead and do a
yum install kernel-devel

as it is more than likely required