Wireless Lan Mini Pci Card, Fedora

[xGutsAndGloryx]

I am still trying to get my wireless lan express mini-pci card configured...i am not sure what driver i would need to download & how would i configure it...

[Dapper Dan]

Hi xGutsAndGloryxWe, from the great state of Alabama!

Open a terminal and type:

/sbin/lspci

...and press enter. Find the part about this device and post it here. Also do:

/sbin/lspci -n

...and post that here too which corresponds to your device.

Once we know what chipset it uses, we can then figure out the best course to follow to get it operational. Be aware though that some devices are impossible to get working under Linux while others can work with anywhere from a little bit of effort to a whole lot of trouble.

[xGutsAndGloryx]

[xGutsAndGloryx@localhost ~]$ /sbin/lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS200/RS200M AGP Bridge [IGP 340M] (re v 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc PCI Bridge [IGP 340M]
00:03.0 Modem: ALi Corporation M5457 AC'97 Modem Controller
00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: ALi Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link Controlle r Audio Device (rev 02)
00:06.0 Bridge: ALi Corporation M7101 Power Management Controller [PMU]
00:07.0 ISA bridge: ALi Corporation M1533/M1535 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV/V/ V+]
00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC ( rev 01)
00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI7420 CardBus Controller
00:0a.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCI7x20 1394a-2000 OHCI Two-Port PHY/Link-Layer Controller
00:0a.3 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCI7420/7620 Combo CardBus, 1 394a-2000 OHCI and SD/MS-Pro Controller
00:0c.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
00:0c.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
00:0c.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 04)
00:0f.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c4)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139 C+ (rev 10)
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon IGP 330M/340M/350 M
[xGutsAndGloryx@localhost ~]$ /sbin/lspci -n
00:00.0 0600: 1002:cbb2 (rev 02)
00:01.0 0604: 1002:7010
00:03.0 0703: 10b9:5457
00:04.0 0401: 10b9:5451 (rev 02)
00:06.0 0680: 10b9:7101
00:07.0 0601: 10b9:1533
00:09.0 0200: 168c:0013 (rev 01)
00:0a.0 0607: 104c:ac8e
00:0a.2 0c00: 104c:802e
00:0a.3 0180: 104c:ac8f
00:0c.0 0c03: 1033:0035 (rev 43)
00:0c.1 0c03: 1033:0035 (rev 43)
00:0c.2 0c03: 1033:00e0 (rev 04)
00:0f.0 0101: 10b9:5229 (rev c4)
00:12.0 0200: 10ec:8139 (rev 10)
01:05.0 0300: 1002:4337
[xGutsAndGloryx@localhost ~]$

[MikeTbob]

Same chipset I have, except mine is a belkin product.
You need MADWifi
If you have a working Ethernet connection you can use yum.
yum install madwifi
You'll need livna repo for yum.

[Dapper Dan]

Strangly enough, I have the same chipset too in a Dlink. I've been running mine with ndiswrapper and it has performed perfectly. Do as MikeTbob says though. MADWifi is especially for Atheros chipsets.

[xGutsAndGloryx]

ok so i download madwifi with yum.. what do i do next?

[MikeTbob]

You should be able to set up the card with system-config-network after installing MADWifi and enter all your settings.

[xGutsAndGloryx]

where do i find the correct settings for my card?

[Dapper Dan]

Do:

/sbin/lspci

and see if ath_pci is there. If so your driver is ready to go. As MikeTbob said, open system-config-network and configure your card. Click on the "new" tab, then, wireless device. It should give you the choice of a madwifi wireless card there and is likely listed as ath0. Choose it and configure the other settings as you want them. DHCP over Static IP? Network name? all of those will be choices for you there.

[Dapper Dan]

Was just searching old posts and saw this one... Like an idiot, my last post contained the wrong command. Sorry. To see if ath_pci is present, you need to type "/sbin/lsmod." and see if it is present, not "/sbin/lspci." A very belated apology for the confusion and inconvenience I've likely caused...