Many wireless card doesn't support Linux?

I am using Linksys wireless card, but it seems only support in windows.
Because
the CD says only for windows. How about Linux? I have Red Hat Linux 9
and
want to connect to the internet via wireless.

any advices? thanks!!

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>I am using Linksys wireless card, but it seems only support in windows.
>Because
>the CD says only for windows. How about Linux? I have Red Hat Linux 9
>and
>want to connect to the internet via wireless.
>
>any advices? thanks!!
>
>
>
It is based on the card (chipset).
Atheros support is often built in.
Intel supplies drivers for Linux.
Broadcom doesn't support Linux, but can be used by using the Windows
drivers with ndiswrapper.

(E-Mail Removed) writes:

>I am using Linksys wireless card, but it seems only support in windows.
>Because
>the CD says only for windows. How about Linux? I have Red Hat Linux 9
>and
>want to connect to the internet via wireless.

>any advices? thanks!!

There may be native drivers for your card. You do not tell us which Lynksys
card it is so we cannot tell you. HOwever if necessary you can also use
ndiswrapper or driverloader (from linuxant-- $20 for a license) to use the
windows wireless driver under linux. They work quite well.
(PS-- upgrade your redhat. It is not old and out of security updates)

On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 13:03:18 -0700, strutsng wrote:

> I am using Linksys wireless card, but it seems only support in windows.
> Because
> the CD says only for windows. How about Linux? I have Red Hat Linux 9
> and
> want to connect to the internet via wireless.
>
> any advices? thanks!!

i have the linksys wpc54g working fine under debian. it worked fine under
fedora core 2,3 and 4. the linksys wpc11 worked under fedora core 2.

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/

On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 13:03:18 -0700, strutsng wrote:

> I am using Linksys wireless card, but it seems only support in windows.
> Because
> the CD says only for windows. How about Linux? I have Red Hat Linux 9
> and
> want to connect to the internet via wireless.
>
> any advices? thanks!!

Use ndiswrapper (ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net) with the XP driver.
wpa_supplicant works for WPA encryption.

On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 13:03:18 -0700, strutsng wrote:

> I am using Linksys wireless card, but it seems only support in windows.
> Because
> the CD says only for windows. How about Linux? I have Red Hat Linux 9
> and
> want to connect to the internet via wireless.
>
> any advices? thanks!!

If you haven't already noticed, there is a LOT of hardware being marketed
that works perfectly well with Linux and the bastards are afraid to admit
it!!

I have a Netgear WG511. And tried many flavours of Linux. After looking
around many newsgroups, it was possible to get it to work (sort of) using
NDiswrapper: After boot up and login, I have to open a command prompt and
enter lots of commands which frankly are beyond my comprehension.
NDiswrapper is not trivial to install and configure, so as a Linux newbie, I
would not recommend using it to other newbies.

After that I started looking at websites (Mandriva, fedora and Suse are
amongst those I tried), to find pcmcia wifi cards that could be purchased in
the UK. It's quite frustrating as some of the cards listed are meant to use
ndiswrapper. The lists are not very easy to search either, and in the end I
haven't found any card that is a doddle to install and use with Linux.

I have no idea why most manufacturers don't mention Linux for their cards.
After all, it's mainstream now, and surely there is a demand from many bozos
like me who are ready to buy another card, iff it works with Linux. Also,
Linux distributors could do a bteer job with their hardware databases. So
I'm reluctantly back to using Windows XP. Very frustrating.

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>I am using Linksys wireless card, but it seems only support in windows.
> Because
> the CD says only for windows. How about Linux? I have Red Hat Linux 9
> and
> want to connect to the internet via wireless.
>
> any advices? thanks!!
>

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> I am using Linksys wireless card, but it seems only support in windows.
> Because
> the CD says only for windows. How about Linux? I have Red Hat Linux 9
> and want to connect to the internet via wireless.
>
> any advices? thanks!!

For some odd reason, I expect people who use Linux to be smart enough to
google. I'm continually disappointed.

Google for "Linux" and your card model. You'll find lots of pages that say
"I couldn't get it to work", but if it really is supported you'll find a
few that tell you how.

Nobody ever advertises Linux support on their hardware. It's not because
(as one poster said) they're bastards - it's because they couldn't possibly
test it with every possible flavor of Linux - or BSD.

Personally, when I went shopping for a laptop, the first thing was to find
some suitable models, the second was to google for "Linux" and all the
various subsystems to make sure it would work - and I specifically chose
the wireless NIC, from one of three available on that model, because it was
a known-to-work Intel type.
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derek

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> Nobody ever advertises Linux support on their hardware. It's not because
> (as one poster said) they're bastards - it's because they couldn't possibly
> test it with every possible flavor of Linux - or BSD.

Not quite true - a couple of manufacturers do advertise Linux
compatability. Safecom for one. Have a look at the web page for one of
their USB dongles: http://www.safecom.cn/code/sub/category.asp?prdid=174
&subcatid=2 They've got a Tux at the bottom of the page.

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> Nobody ever advertises Linux support on their hardware. It's not because
> (as one poster said) they're bastards - it's because they couldn't possibly
> test it with every possible flavor of Linux - or BSD.

I think there's another reason Derek. Why bother? No really, it's not
the dominant desktop OS so why bother developing and advertising for a
small market? Any company will want to maximise revenue from
development and marketing effort and if that means it's to gain Windows
logo certification then so be it.

Why deploy your developers onto a Linux build when by releasing some
source code snippets and documentation, someone out there will write a
free driver, unpaid by the manufacturer who probably sees little ROI on
a Linux driver build!

Like you said, there's an element of people running Linux wanting to
both develop and provide support for devices so a Google usually works.

David.