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Re: [LUG] Laptop & wirless config

 

Hi Kevin,

Kevin Lucas wrote:
> Hi all 
>
>       I have just installed FC7 on an Amilo A1645 laptop for an Apple friend
> who just ditched the installed WinXP.
>   
I have a HP nx6325 running Fedora7 with a BCM4310. I seem to remember it 
was a bit of a pig to set up - probably because I didn't know what I was 
doing.

>       I cant get the onboard bcm43xx wirless to connect to a network even
> though the firmware is installed ok and the output from iwscan gives the
> network name I want to attach to but putting in the Config in iwconfig
> the ifconfig wlan0 up gets nothing?
>   
Are you using NetworkManager?  Assuming NetworkManager is disabled what 
is the output from iwlist scanning? iwconfig?
Check /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0 and see if it is 
locking you to a particular channel.

Sorry can't help with the pcmcia questions.

Pete
> Dmesg gives an ok loaded driver, lsmod shows the module loaded.
>
> In desperation I have a new boxed Belkin pcmcia card which also gets
> seen by hotplug but I am unable to configure.
>
>       Any ideas or better still some feedback as to which pcmcia cards work
> with kernels 21 or above
>
> Thanks 
> Kevin. 
>
>
>   


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