Fedora laptop list - Jan 2007 - intel pro/set wireless

Hi

I am having difficulty getting Fedora core 6 to recognise my wireless
adapter. It is not listed and the wifi button isn''t highlighted. I have
tried to follow online instructions but they are too complicated for my
non-programming mind, yet this is the only thing that isn''t working on
this otherwise flawless (so far) platform

Anyone who has a bit of patience please could you help out? What do I
need to look for? Is it really that difficult to get it working?!

cheers


	

	
		
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Dnia sobota, 27 stycznia 2007 16:54, Andrew Raggett
napisał:
> Hi
>
> I am having difficulty getting Fedora core 6 to recognise my wireless
> adapter. It is not listed and the wifi button isn''t highlighted.
Which card do You have exactly? ipw2200 or ipw3945?
You can check this invoking:
$ /sbin/lspci
command

regards,

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Jaroslaw Gorny

El Sábado, 27 de Enero de 2007 12:54, Andrew Raggett
escribió:
> Hi
>
> I am having difficulty getting Fedora core 6 to recognise my wireless
> adapter. It is not listed and the wifi button isn''t highlighted. I
have
> tried to follow online instructions but they are too complicated for my
> non-programming mind, yet this is the only thing that isn''t
working on
> this otherwise flawless (so far) platform
>
> Anyone who has a bit of patience please could you help out? What do I
> need to look for? Is it really that difficult to get it working?!
So far as I know, the ipw2*** cards have a non-open-source firmware, so it 
cannot be shipped with Fedora.

You need to download the firmware and install it in your system.

Recomendation: use livna. rpm.livna.org
(They have the rpm packages for the firmware you need)
>
> cheers
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> http://www.yahoo.com.ar/respuestas
>
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