Thanks for all the suggestions folks. I am actually out of action (and out of Australia) at the moment so opportunities to try out the wireless connectivity are limited.
I will get the system set up so I can try it out when I get back home. Cheers tim ---- Howard Lowndes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Peter Rundle wrote: > >> I have installed fc5 on my new laptop and I am having no end of bother > >> getting the wireless connection going. > > > > I've just managed to get a netgear wg511v2 (made in China) card working > > in SLED-10 by using the ndiswrapper. The docs say this card is > > completely unsupported using Linux native drivers. > > > > The process was very painless, there is really good documentation on the > > web, and the card worked first time. Suggest that you put "ndiswrapper" > > into Google, but you could also start here: > > > > http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/ > > This prompted me to dig out my wg311v2 card that has been sitting in the > cupboard for a few months and see if I could get it going. I succeeded > using the acx project http://acx100.sourceforge.net/wiki/ACX > > -- > Howard. > LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people <http://lannetlinux.com> > When you want a computer system that works, just choose Linux; > When you want a computer system that works, just, choose Microsoft. > -- > Flatter government, not fatter government; abolish the Australian states. > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
