Laptop WiFi so far
Karl Larsen
k5di at zianet.com
Mon Jul 9 17:45:03 UTC 2007
Ian Malone wrote:
> On 09/07/07, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I have been reading and learning from this list. And I now have 4
>> Hardware devices defined so a normal user can get WiFi working with
>> little help. Here is what I have:
>>
>
> This would undoubtedly be useful. You may be interested in
> http://linux-wless.passys.nl/
This web page is a wonderful asset! It is not just for Fedora but it can
be easy to check if your hardware will run on the version of kernel you
have that has the driver in it's module stack. This is just a simple
#modprobe filename.
> A more Fedora relevant list might try to give information on
> where the drivers could be found as preconfigured packages
> (for example if you get a driver as a package from Freshrpms
> or Livna it will usually make the necessary changes to
> modprobe.conf and the rest)
>
>>
>> Hardware Software modprobe
>>
>
>> IntelPro 3945 IEEE80211 ipw3945
> IntelPro 3945 IEEE80211 ipw3945 Freshrpms
> dkms-ipw3945 et al.
> or
> IntelPro 3945 MAC80211 iwl3945 Fedora 7 needs
> iwlwifi-firmware
>
Well we learn and find sources of information. It gets better every day.
Karl
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