There's definitely a good deal of hardware that doesn't work on Linux, but you can't exactly blame Linux for that. Sometimes hardware vendors just won't share specs, for example. There are other excuses, too. Nevertheless, you shouldn't generalize about Linux support for wireless just because it isn't working on your hardware. If you were to get a supported device, you'd find that it works splendidly--better than Windows, arguably. It certainly works for me. However, you should skin this cat as is easiest for you to do. In other words, there's nothing wrong with a mixed environment where some connections on your lan are wired, while others are wireless. I do that all the time. So, consider some cat 5 cable from any ethernet cards to your router. Can you do that? cris writes: > From: "cris" <filastin48 at hotmail.com> > > Hi folks, > I have been trying to get a wireless connection on my linux box using fedora to work, but all my effort so far has failed. I think that linux is week in the area of wireless connections, there are not enough linux drivers for most of the PCI wireless cards in the market. My microsoft windows computer is connected to the internet via a wireless connection and is running well. Therefore, I am wondering if it is possible to connect my fedora box to my windows computer through a network router, and have my linux connect to the internet through my windows connection. I will appreciate any suggestions. I know it is a bit of a challenge, but will give it a try. > Cheers, > Cris > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Email: janina at rednote.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Director, Technology Research and Development American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) http://www.afb.org Chair, Accessibility Work Group Free Standards Group http://accessibility.freestandards.org
