[Cialug] Wireless

[Terry A. Haimann]

Some progress.

After booting up according to the GUI, there is no wireless.  But if you 
do the following:

ifconfig wlan0 up
iwlist wlan0 scan
iwconfig wlan0 essid <network>
dhclient wlan0

I can connect (It worked at Caribou this afternoon.)  I don't know why 
the GUI can't see the wireless, but I suppose I can create some app to 
do the logon.  Question, how would I modify these commands to sign on to 
a secured network?

Thx in advance,    Terry

TJ Vance wrote:
> I'd try this link:
>
> http://snapshots.madwifi-project.org/madwifi-hal-testing/madwifi-hal-testing-r3942-20090205.tar.gz
>
> compile that (make sure you have headers and a build environment set 
> up)... that did it for me on a HAL atheros chipset back in october or so.
>
> Cheers
> TJ
>
> On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Terry A. Haimann 
> <terry at haimannonline.com <mailto:terry at haimannonline.com>> wrote:
>
>     I have Fedora 10 installed on a Compaq C762NR Laptop.  According
>     to Fedora, it is running a Atheros AR242x 80.11 abg Wireless PCI
>     Express Adapter.  FC10 is supposed to be able to use this adapter
>     native, but I haven't been able to get it to work.  Searching on
>     this laptop and wireless Linux, results in a link to a Ubuntu help
>     site recommending a madwifi driver, but the link is dead.
>     I also have another option, a Belkin N usb wireless adapter.  I
>     actually had it working for a while under ndiswrapper, but now if
>     I try to boot with it in the computer the boot fails.  If I put it
>     in after booting the laptop freezes.  If there is another adapter
>     that someone would recommend, I would be glad to purchase it.
>
>     Can someone help me with this?  I have some command prompt skills.
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