Re: Wireless NIC Help

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On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 16:39, Brian Lalor wrote:
> Keith Morse wrote:
> 
> > I'm think that the  WPC11 does work, but not 100% sure.  If it is, I'd 
> > suspect that the wlan-ng project would have support.  I also suspect 
> > you'll find linux support for the card if you go to linksys's website.
> 
> I'll be damned!  The WPC11 (v3, at least) *is* supported without having to 
> download anything extra (ie. wlan-ng) with the latest RH9 kernel.  The wlan-ng 
> stuff was required with 7.3 and for some reason I never managed to get that 
> adapter to work when I upgraded to 9.  I'm happy to have ditched wlan-ng 
> because I can use redhat-con(fig|trol)-network and the profile feature.  I'm 
> not so lazy that I can't just change a couple of config files every time I 
> associate with a new AP, but-- actually, I *am* that lazy. :-P
> 
> It looks like the wlan-ng stuff is required to use Kismet and Tim Miller[1] 
> provides RPMs that will work with RH9 (and 8 and 7.3), but I like not having 
> to dicker with another set of dependencies when I upgrade my kernel (alsa's 
> bad enough).
> 
> Linksys does have drivers for that card on their site, but that's just a link 
> to an old version of the wlan-ng package.
> 
> Hope that helps,
> B
> 

My old WPC11 1.5 works out of the box on my old laptop and 9.



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