Matt, it depends on the chipset of the wireless card. If your Actiontec
card is based on the Prism chipset, you're in luck-- Prism is
well-supported in Linux. However, there is at least one Actiontec card
that has the Atmel chipset, and I am not so certain about whether you
can get a Linux driver for it.
The place to go to find out for sure is
http://www.linux-wlan.org/docs/wlan_adapters.html This gives a complete
list of what cards are out there, what their architecture and chipset
is. They also have drivers available for download.
I myself have just installed a wireless card in a RH 8 machine and am
working to get it going. If you happen to have a Prism 2/2.5/3 wireless
card, you can download driver RPMs at
http://prism2.unixguru.raleigh.nc.us. For complete documentation, he
refers you back to the linux-wlan site. You know where I'll be spending
time over the next few days :<) --mrkurt
reverence wrote:
> Hello everybody.
>
> I have just bought myself a Dell inspiron 1100 laptop, and an
> Actiontec Wireless PCMCIA card - 802.11b i believe. I know the card is
> recognised, because in the KDE Info centre, I look under "PCMCIA" and
> see "Actiontec wireless" displayed.
>
> Does this mean that I have a kernel driver installed for the card, and
> that it is ready to roll, or do I have to somehow find a driver?
>
> If I do have to search for a module, any ideas where to get one?
> Actiontec is not well-known, though I have a slight suspicion that it
> is based on the Prism2 chipset (dont quote me on that though).
>
> If not, any pointers on how to set the damn thing up - it seems to be
> much harder than normal networking.
>
> cheers in advance,
> matt morten
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