FC7 Wireless PCI Cards?

Pikov Andropov · External Since: Jun 28, 2007 Posts: 2

Will FC7 recognize a D-Link® WDA-1320 Wireless-G PCI Desktop Adapter
(Atheros chipset, I believe)?

If not, what do I need to do to get it working?

Thanks.

Phil Sherman · External Since: Jul 05, 2006 Posts: 40

Pikov Andropov wrote:
> Will FC7 recognize a D-Link® WDA-1320 Wireless-G PCI Desktop Adapter
> (Atheros chipset, I believe)?
>
> If not, what do I need to do to get it working?
>
> Thanks.

Atheros chipsets are supported by the madwifi project. Many
distributions don't include the drivers because there is a component
that cannot be distributed as source code which violates the GPL license.

You can downloads the source code and build your own drivers or get a
set (2) of rpm's that is tailored for your specific kernel. Note that
you'll have to rebuild/reinstall the drivers every time the kernel is
updated.

I usually get mine (as rpms) from:
http://atrpms.net/name/madwifi/

You;ll have to search through the rpms for the set appropriate for your
kernel.

Phil Sherman

Pikov Andropov · External Since: Jun 28, 2007 Posts: 2

Phil Sherman keyed the following on 6/27/2007 8:46 PM:
> Pikov Andropov wrote:
>
>> Will FC7 recognize a D-Link® WDA-1320 Wireless-G PCI Desktop
>> Adapter (Atheros chipset, I believe)?
>>
>> If not, what do I need to do to get it working?
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> Atheros chipsets are supported by the madwifi project. Many
> distributions don't include the drivers because there is a component
> that cannot be distributed as source code which violates the GPL
> license.
>
> You can downloads the source code and build your own drivers or get a
> set (2) of rpm's that is tailored for your specific kernel. Note
> that you'll have to rebuild/reinstall the drivers every time the
> kernel is updated.
>
> I usually get mine (as rpms) from: http://atrpms.net/name/madwifi/
>
> You;ll have to search through the rpms for the set appropriate for
> your kernel.
>
> Phil Sherman

Hmmm...it's Catch-22! I will not have Internet access until I get the
wireless networking running. Sad

Does FC7 have several kernels?