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Post January 29th, 2007, 9:45 pm

Hye guys,
before this, i already install Ubuntu on my pc, this time i use fedora core 5 in my laptop,
my question is, how can i set up my wireless connection in my fedora? do i need something like driver or application to use it?

thanks..
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Post January 29th, 2007, 9:45 pm

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Post January 30th, 2007, 1:08 am

You're going to need an Orinoco or Prism II compatible wireless card. Mine's the Netgear and it works great.

There's also a driver abstraction layer called NDISWrapper that may or may not work with a given card. If you already have a wireless card or if it's on your motherboard, that may work.
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Post January 30th, 2007, 1:57 am

i follow your guide to use ndiswrapper but the error is come out.
for your information, before this, i also try to use ipw2200..

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could you or someone help me to solve this? i m very tired to switch back to windows paritition just to access the internet again..
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Post January 30th, 2007, 2:25 am

did you do ./configure first?
do you have the kernel-source installed?
why did you choose to install FC5 over FC6?
have you tried: # yum -y install ndiswrapper ?
check out this page or more here
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Post January 30th, 2007, 2:34 am

./configure is right.

What type of card do you have? If it's not orinoco or prism II based, it can be a real bear to get working with NDISwrapper, at least in the state it was back a year ago or so.
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Post January 30th, 2007, 2:36 am

Oh, i forgot to do that first, nevermind, i'll try it later,
im using fedora5 because i m using fedora5 :)

Correct me if i'm wrong, is yum only use if there is internet connection? i cant connect with the internet right now and by know, i'm in windows OS..
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Post January 30th, 2007, 2:41 am

no, you can use yum to install packages from the installation disk. as long as the disk is listed as a source in /etc/yum.conf
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Post January 30th, 2007, 3:32 am

Gamekiller what kind of card do you have right now?

Some of them can be just nightmarish to get them to work to the point where you'd be better off just buying a netgear.
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Post January 30th, 2007, 10:13 pm

here is my network card model,

i'm using fedora core5 in laptop branded acer travelmate 290E, with
Realtek semiconductor Co, Ltd RTL-8139/8139C+

actually,i dun where to start first, like what should i download, what the first step an so on..
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Post January 31st, 2007, 1:33 am

well, you should probably read the NDISwrapper manual, this is kind of intermediate stuff.
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Post January 31st, 2007, 4:55 pm

why not plug in your laptop with an ethernet cable and use yum to install ndiswrapper from the net? once you get ndiswrapper installed its not hard to use. Here is a guide i made a long time ago for using ndiswrapper. If you have any questions just ask.

http://www.ozzu.com/unix-linux-forum/for-those-asking-what-the-best-version-linux-t58663.html
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Post February 4th, 2007, 7:33 pm

hye guys, sorry for not been here for a little time, actually, i've done some searching for this problem but none of the link seems to solve my problem.

here's the error,
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this happen, when i run the 'make' or 'make install' after running './config'..
i know i can plug the cable, but i just want to learn something, so next time when my friend or someone have a problem like this, i can help them. :roll:
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Post February 4th, 2007, 9:49 pm

The part that says "Can't finde kernel build files..." is your problem. I believe that means you need the source for your kernel. Anarchy asked if you had it but never stated whether you did or not. Not too familiar with fedora so I wouldnt know if that would be included on the cd or if you would have to download it with yum. Anarchy should know this.
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Post February 5th, 2007, 12:21 am

run this as root:
rpm -qa | grep -i kernel
and post the output please.
to my knowledge that would not be included on the default install and you would always have to install that manually post-installation.
run: uname -r
to find your kernel version and search http://rpm.pbone.net for the kernel-devel of the kernel version that command outputs.
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Post February 5th, 2007, 1:06 am

hye, this is the output

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so, what must i do after this?
and for this link, http://rpm.pbone.net/,
there are 3 types of rpm package, which one should i use? honestly, i dont know clearly about this type,i686,i586 and x86
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