D-Link DWL-G630 and FC8.
Mike C
mike.cohler at gmail.com
Thu Nov 22 21:14:37 UTC 2007
Mike C <mike.cohler <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> Lonni J Friedman <netllama <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Your "old laptop" has a broken BIOS. Check to see if there's a newer
> > one. Beyond that, you're likely out of luck.
>
> Yes - you are right - I know the BIOS is not right - but there is no update!
I just switched tack - I updated to the latest f8 test kernel 2.6.23.8-62.fc8
and plugged in a usb wireless adapter (Edimax EW7318UG) which uses the rt73usb
driver that is now part of the in-kernel rt2x00 - and it works - beautifully!
So now I have a stable wireless connection with WPA2-PSK connecting to the AP
and despite a buggy BIOS this gives a working machine.... rather nice.
Anyone else needing the drivers being developed that are part of rt2x00 might
find giving the new test f8 kernel a try worthwhile. I have not tried ath5k with
this updated kernel but there have been a lot of updates in this new version.
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