wireless card not detected in fc3

[hndrik]

hey guys!
im running fedora core 3, but my internal wireless card is not detected at all. i got a sony pcg-grt915m laptop, i think my card is a LAN EXPRESS one. if you need some more info please ask, and thanks for your help in advance !

[mccabemt]

You'll need to post the chipset of the wireless card in order to get some more help.

[rathel]

I to am having a problem and I am a total newbie I have a Sony Viaio PCG-K23 with a lan express card how do I get the chipset info? thanks

[superbnerd]

To get the chipset info, you should google or just check the manufacturer's website.

[rathel]

I cannot find the exact chipset i can only find the chipset for the video which is: ATI® Radeon™ IGP 345M Graphics Controller
but this is the exact name LAN-Express AS IEEE 802.11a/g miniPCI
not sure if any of that will help but that's all i could find :x i will continue to look though

[okplayer02]

well try this command lspci in a terminal it will list all ur pci devices let me know what else u need help with

u will need a copy of the windows driver most likely for ur wireless card and ndiswrapper

[rathel]

yeah, i got this hole driver thing working last night
00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)

then all you do is install MADWIFI drivers and your all set :)

[superbnerd]

I hope you installed the madwifi drivers via yum/rpm that makes the process very easy. All you have to do is download the latest kernel (kernel-2.6.10-1.741_FC3) and madwifi and the madwifi-kmdl that matches that kernel (madwifi-kmdl-2.6.10-1.741_FC3-0.9.4.12-15.rhfc3.at).

If you atempt to installed vis source compilation, you will get a error unless you install the sharutils rpm first.