On Wednesday 14 February 2007 22:06, dsandif wrote: > Steve Litt wrote: > > On Wednesday 14 February 2007 15:53, dsandif wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I've been battling with Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 trying to get a Cisco > >> Aironet 350 and a Cisco Aironet 802.11a/b/g wireless adapter to work on > >> it. After much reading and fighting, it sounds like the latter card is > >> still fairly too new for RHEL 4 not to mention that Cisco only has > >> drivers for windows for it so I pulled it and popped in the 350. Tried > >> to follow the directions based on what Cisco says to: > >> > >> dohttp://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/wireless/airo_350/350c > >>ard s/linux/instlcfg/icglchp3.htm#wp1041126 > >> > >> But to no avail. The sh ./cwinstall script they made wouldn't run even > >> after making sure it was in the proper directory, so I did a ./install > >> instead and got a couple of dependences, got them installed, re-ran > >> ./install and got more errors than I could begin to wrap my brain > >> around. Went and checked /vary/log/messages for any error messages or > >> notes and couldn't make any sense of it other that the fact that the > >> card wasn't working. Setting up wireless in Linux isn’t easy to begin > >> with and setting up wireless on Redhat is even worse. It could just be > >> my frustration talking here but > >> after battling with this for three days, I’ve just about had it. I > >> calmed down a bit enough to got do a check for hardware compatibility of > >> wireless cards and even though it was from 2004, I didn't see either > >> of my cards on the list which makes me wonder if I'm wasting my time > >> with Cisco. Looked at ndswrapper and still considering it. Are there > >> better PCMCIA wireless nics out there that won't drive you to near > >> insanity trying to set them up? I am actively searching the web as I > >> send this message so I know I'll get dozens of hits on this, but I did > >> want to see what the Linux community has to say about this, thxs. > >> > >> D- > > > > I tried cardbus cards from Linksys and Belkin -- no joy no matter what. > > Then I tried a Linksys WUSB54G version 4 USB nic. It was drop dead easy > > with ndiswrapper, and it was doable with Mandriva's packaged rt2570 > > driver. > > > > The way I see it, USB is no less convenient than cardbus/PCMCIA. With > > both, you cannot leave the nic in when putting it in the case to carry it > > around. The USB nics (at least the ones with cables) have the advantage > > of being able to move them around for best signal. > > > > Here's how I got the WUSB54G version 4 to work: > > > > http://www.troubleshooters.com/lpm/200612/200612.htm#_Wireless_Compaq_Lin > >ksys_wusb54g > > > > HTH > > > > SteveT > > > > Steve Litt > > Author: Universal Troubleshooting Process books and courseware > > http://www.troubleshooters.com/ > > Looks like a plan to me, but do you think it will work with Redhat > Enterprise linux? > > D-
I don't see why not. With ndiswrapper, nothing's provided by the distro that can't be ./configure&make&make install. It's pretty simple, as described in the URL in my last email. SteveT Steve Litt Author: Universal Troubleshooting Process books and courseware http://www.troubleshooters.com/ -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
