Wireless Network Card Installation Unsecured

[Mike Sacauskis]

----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Stevens <ricks at nerd.com>
To: redhat-install-list at redhat.com
Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 05:22:23 -0700
Subject: Re: Wireless Network Card Installation Unsecured

> On 05/23/2010 08:56 PM, Mike Sacauskis wrote:
> > Thanks, Not sure what I'm going to do.  I did get a wireless b to work, 
but I
> > can't really us it because of the security I'm using.  I thought Linux
> > would have something as basic as wireless worked out.
> 
> That's not the problem.  This particular card has been a problem in the
> past on a lot of systems with older kernels.  Remember that Linksys
> (and a lot of other manufacturers) do not give out details on how their
> cards work.  Most of the open software support for the cards has had to
> be reverse engineered.
> 
> It's been sorted out a bit more in later kernels (specifically the last
> few under Fedora 12 and now Fedora 13).  RHEL is quite far behind the
> current kernel releases and you will have issues in support for newer
> cards.  You might see if you can find later firmware files for the card.
> Upgrading to one of the more current kernels (you'll have to build it
> yourself) is another option.
> 
> As to security, whether it's a B, G or N card has nothing to do with it.
> True, some older B cards may not support the wireless security protocol
> you're using (I'm guessing WEP/WPK2), the _type_ of network is
> irrelevant--it only refers to the frequencies used and the bandwidth
> available.
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Thanks for the explanation.