Wireless Support in Debian and Fedora 8

05-28-2009	#1 (permalink)
fasiha Just Joined! Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 13	Wireless Support in Debian and Fedora 8 Does Fedora 8 support wireless devices like WiFi cards?

05-28-2009	#2 (permalink)
fasiha Just Joined! Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 13	Wireless Support in Debian and Fedora 8 Does Debian Linux support WiFi devices?

05-28-2009	#3 (permalink)
reed9 Linux Guru Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 2,200	Yes and it depends on the wireless card. __________________ The Arch Way How to Ask Questions the Smart Way Registered Linux User #482863

05-29-2009	#4 (permalink)
waterhead Trusted Penguin Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Franklin, Wisconsin Posts: 3,957	Hello, and welcome to Linux Forums! There are wireless drivers in the Linux kernel that Fedora 8 uses. But you can always install the latest drivers. The source can be downloaded from here: Download - Linux Wireless The compat-wireless driver package needs a kernel that is <= 2.6.22. On my Fedora 8 file server I have 2.6.23, so you should be OK. You also need these files/programs installed to compile drivers: kernel-devel (kernel source) kernel-headers gcc make __________________ Paul Please do not PM me with requests for help. I will not reply.

05-29-2009	#5 (permalink)
fasiha Just Joined! Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 13	Ethernet Bonding Is there anything in linux like Ethernet bonding for wireless cards?

05-29-2009

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Originally Posted by fasiha

Is there anything in linux like Ethernet bonding for wireless cards?

This sounds like a project. You may want to work on getting the cards to work, first.

A google search did find some info on NIC bonding. One said that the card must support changing the MAC address while the interface is open. The other suggested that you need two AP's, Here's two interesting finds.

Wireless NIC Bonding troubles - Ubuntu Forums
Tips and Tuning for Ethernet Bonding With Linux

Good luck, and keep us posted on how this works out.

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05-29-2009	#7 (permalink)
waterhead Trusted Penguin Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Franklin, Wisconsin Posts: 3,957	Using a suggestion that I found in one of my previous links, I searched my kernel source for the phrase "set_mac_address". I ran this command on my source folder: Code: grep -lir "set_mac_address" /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.28/drivers/net/* These are the wireless results, I omitted the non-wireless results and cleaned it up to be just a list of drivers. Code: airo arlan atmel hostap ipw2100 ipw2200 libertas libertas_tf prism54 strip.c <-- (I don't know what this is.) wavelan wavelan_cs zd1201 Keep in mind, this is just the open source drivers. There may be drivers supplied by the chip manufactures that are also capable. This also only applies to the "set_mac_address" command. Here is a page with more info on those drivers: Drivers - Linux Wireless __________________ Paul Please do not PM me with requests for help. I will not reply.

07-17-2009	#8 (permalink)
fasiha Just Joined! Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 13	XenSocket in fedora8 Is there anything like XenSocket patched in fedora8? How does the guest VMs communicates with each other on the same FC8 host?

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