Re: [CentOS] Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility - mini-pci wireless card 1390

2007-12-01 Thread Dan
Andy -- I am currently running a bcm 4306 with 2.6.23.1-49.fc8 and it still doesn't include "drop in" support. I had to use fwcutter to set it up but it has so far worked almost flawlessly, a big time improvement from earlier versions. I know this is not exactly relating to Centos but it is like th

Re: [CentOS] Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility - mini-pci wireless card 1390

2007-12-01 Thread Barry Brimer
Thanks Barry, Some recent CentOS-list emails have implied that if CentOS 5 is fully updated, it will be (effectively) CentOS 5.1, but this is clearly not the case! I've looked again at the Release Notes at http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.1 and see that CentOS 5.1 isn't relesed

Re: [CentOS] Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility - mini-pci wireless card 1390

2007-12-01 Thread Andrew Allen
On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 15:13 -0600, Barry Brimer wrote: > Quoting Andrew Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Mon, 2007-11-19 at 15:52 -0600, Barry Brimer wrote: > > > Quoting Andrew Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > On Sun, 2007-11-18 at 19:41 -0600, Barry Brimer wrote: > > > > > > > > > I h

Re: [CentOS] Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility - mini-pci wireless card 1390

2007-11-30 Thread Barry Brimer
Quoting Andrew Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, 2007-11-19 at 15:52 -0600, Barry Brimer wrote: > > Quoting Andrew Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > On Sun, 2007-11-18 at 19:41 -0600, Barry Brimer wrote: > > > > > > > I have a Dell laptop that I believe has the same card. The CentOS 5 > > >

Re: [CentOS] Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility - mini-pci wireless card 1390

2007-11-30 Thread Akemi Yagi
> I've now upgraded the kernel to CentOS 2.6.18-8.1.15.e15, so assume my > OS is now effectively CentOS 5.1. However, I'm afraid I'm still at a bit > of a loss as to how it supports my Dell laptop wireless card (bcm43xx > card?), as it's still not listed in the list of supported adapters in > Netwo

Re: [CentOS] Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility - mini-pci wireless card 1390

2007-11-30 Thread Andrew Allen
On Mon, 2007-11-19 at 15:52 -0600, Barry Brimer wrote: > Quoting Andrew Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Sun, 2007-11-18 at 19:41 -0600, Barry Brimer wrote: > > > > > I have a Dell laptop that I believe has the same card. The CentOS 5 > > > kernel did not appear to support it, but the RHEL 5.1

Re: [CentOS] Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility - mini-pci wireless card 1390

2007-11-19 Thread Barry Brimer
Quoting Andrew Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sun, 2007-11-18 at 19:41 -0600, Barry Brimer wrote: > > > I have a Dell laptop that I believe has the same card. The CentOS 5 > > kernel did not appear to support it, but the RHEL 5.1 (and subsequently > > upon its release) the CentOS 5.1 kernel does

Re: [CentOS] Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility - mini-pci wireless card 1390

2007-11-19 Thread Andrew Allen
On Sun, 2007-11-18 at 19:41 -0600, Barry Brimer wrote: > I have a Dell laptop that I believe has the same card. The CentOS 5 > kernel did not appear to support it, but the RHEL 5.1 (and subsequently > upon its release) the CentOS 5.1 kernel does support it. You will need to > drop the firmwar

Re: [CentOS] Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility - mini-pci wireless card 1390

2007-11-18 Thread Barry Brimer
Is there any way I can find a driver and/or get the above wireless card working in CentOS 5 on my Dell laptop (Inspiron 1501). I've installed ipw2200 from RPMForge, but it now appears that this won't work because the card is not an Intel PRO/Wireless card. Dell seem to support only MS Windows Vist

Re: [CentOS] Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility - mini-pci wireless card 1390

2007-11-18 Thread thad
or for $15 bucks at e-bay you can buy an Intel Pro/Wireless, its worth it, :) On 11/18/07, Alain Spineux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 18, 2007 8:40 PM, Andrew Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there any way I can find a driver and/or get the above wireless card > > working in CentOS 5

Re: [CentOS] Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility - mini-pci wireless card 1390

2007-11-18 Thread Alain Spineux
On Nov 18, 2007 8:40 PM, Andrew Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there any way I can find a driver and/or get the above wireless card > working in CentOS 5 on my Dell laptop (Inspiron 1501). I've installed > ipw2200 from RPMForge, but it now appears that this won't work because > the card is n

[CentOS] Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility - mini-pci wireless card 1390

2007-11-18 Thread Andrew Allen
Is there any way I can find a driver and/or get the above wireless card working in CentOS 5 on my Dell laptop (Inspiron 1501). I've installed ipw2200 from RPMForge, but it now appears that this won't work because the card is not an Intel PRO/Wireless card. Dell seem to support only MS Windows Vista