Linux Newbie - Wireless USB adaptor

Hi - I have previously used UNIXmany years ago and found some redhat cd's
which I have installed (redhat v9 linux) on an old PC. All seems fine but
now I want to connect it to my network but more importantly to the web.

I have just bought a Netgear wireless router which came with a USB Wireless
adaptor to stick on a PC. It works fine on Windows XP (sorry!) but I have
not a clue as to how to set it up on my Linux PC.

Any help appreciated, but please, not too technical... I am a linux Virgin.

Many thanks

Andrew

andreww wrote:
> Hi - I have previously used UNIXmany years ago and found some redhat cd's
> which I have installed (redhat v9 linux) on an old PC. All seems fine but
> now I want to connect it to my network but more importantly to the web.
>
> I have just bought a Netgear wireless router which came with a USB Wireless
> adaptor to stick on a PC. It works fine on Windows XP (sorry!) but I have
> not a clue as to how to set it up on my Linux PC.
>
> Any help appreciated, but please, not too technical... I am a linux Virgin.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Andrew
>
>

Since you're starting fresh anyhow, scrap the ancient RH 9 and get a
recent distro. Fedora 5 if you're looking for redhat flavor.

Joe Beanfish wrote:
> andreww wrote:
> > Hi - I have previously used UNIXmany years ago and found some redhat cd's
> > which I have installed (redhat v9 linux) on an old PC. All seems fine but
> > now I want to connect it to my network but more importantly to the web.
> >
> > I have just bought a Netgear wireless router which came with a USB Wireless
> > adaptor to stick on a PC. It works fine on Windows XP (sorry!) but I have
> > not a clue as to how to set it up on my Linux PC.
> >
> > Any help appreciated, but please, not too technical... I am a linux Virgin.
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> >
>
> Since you're starting fresh anyhow, scrap the ancient RH 9 and get a
> recent distro. Fedora 5 if you're looking for redhat flavor.

First, You'll need ndiswrapper-0.10 (this version is specific to the
kernel supplied by RH9). Can be found and downloaded from
Sourceforge.net
Second, For step by step instructions for the installation and
configuration of the wireless adaptor go to:

http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/w...ess_Networking

This should be all you need. I have RH9 and a Netgear WG-511v1
adaptor. And I was up and running within a few minutes. The router
configuration should be standard. Nothing required there but to plug
it in and make sure its configured for your broadband service (DSL or
Cable) if that's what you're using.

Had an interesting w/e dowloading Fedora... various combinations of
corrupt CD's/downloads. Hopefully should get it working this week!


Joe Beanfish wrote:
> andreww wrote:
> > Hi - I have previously used UNIXmany years ago and found some redhat cd's
> > which I have installed (redhat v9 linux) on an old PC. All seems fine but
> > now I want to connect it to my network but more importantly to the web.
> >
> > I have just bought a Netgear wireless router which came with a USB Wireless
> > adaptor to stick on a PC. It works fine on Windows XP (sorry!) but I have
> > not a clue as to how to set it up on my Linux PC.
> >
> > Any help appreciated, but please, not too technical... I am a linux Virgin.
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> >
>
> Since you're starting fresh anyhow, scrap the ancient RH 9 and get a
> recent distro. Fedora 5 if you're looking for redhat flavor.