[lug] [LongNet] that last step - Linux & wireless (fwd)

[Hugh Brown]

On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 18:17, Bob Collins wrote:
> Clark I am forwarding this to the Linux User Group.  I recommend your
> friend join the group or at least monitor this forum.  Much of learning
> about Linux is learning how to use the vast array of help that is a part
> of Linux.  You won't get far if you don't learn about it.
> 
> Bob
> 
> Bob,
> 
> This is from a friend, from the LongNet job search group, that is
> starting
> up a company,
> 
>                 Clark Anderson
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 08:16:28 -0700
> From: "PCMagick, Inc." <bobmeetin at pcmagick.com>
> Reply-To: LongNet at yahoogroups.com
> To: longnet at yahoogroups.com, bouldernet at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [LongNet] that last step - Linux & wireless
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Any of you been successful in getting RedHat Linux
> to work with wireless?  Thanks to a neighbor I am now
> running redhat8.0 on one of my PC's.  I have a wireless
> card that is supposed to be compatible with this install -
> I downloaded and installed the drivers.  However,
> the Linux way is not to offer user-friendly procedures
> in configuration.
> 
> Any advice is appreciated.
> 
> Thx, Bob
> 



The initial thing to check is that there is a listing for the card in
the file /etc/pcmcia/config.  With redhat 8.0 I had to add a listing for
my card and then things worked mostly well (I didn't have to download
drivers).  When I upgraded to RH 9 things worked flawlessly (all that
was really needed in my case was an upgraded kernel driver).

Hugh