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mover50
2005-05-12, 05:50 PM CDT
I just installed FC3 on my PC and currently am unable to connect to the internet.
I have a wirless connection to a router.
What do I need to do to get it to work?

Thanks,

Kent
kipman
2005-05-12, 11:18 PM CDT
Try:

http://acx100.sourceforge.net/
http://www.ivor.it/wireless/acx.html
http://acx100.sf.net/
http://team.vantronix.net/ar5k/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/madwifi/
AndyGreen
2005-05-13, 12:39 AM CDT
That depends on what kind of wireless card you have.

Run /sbin/lspci if it is a PCI/PC Card type fella or /sbin/lsusb if USB, see if you can see the wireless card mentioned with a chipset name. That'll guide you for the next step, if any.
mover50
2005-05-13, 11:24 AM CDT
ok. Running ./lspci tells me it's a BCM4303 802.11b Wireless Lan Controller (rev 02).
Now what do I do?

Thanks,
oldman_420
2005-05-13, 11:36 AM CDT
search the posts for ndiswrapper... you'll need a windows driver (bcmwl5.inf or something similar) and upgrade your kernel to a 16k stack. A bit of work, but I got my BCM4306 up fine. Theres a bit of extra work to get WPA encryption to work (need wpa_suppliment) and i actually havent been able to get WEP keys working properly either (mostly because i have the passphrase version of the key from my landlord and you need the HEX version grrrr).
mover50
2005-05-13, 11:40 AM CDT
search the posts for ndiswrapper... you'll need a windows driver (bcmwl5.inf or something similar) and upgrade your kernel to a 16k stack. A bit of work, but I got my BCM4306 up fine. Theres a bit of extra work to get WPA encryption to work (need wpa_suppliment) and i actually havent been able to get WEP keys working properly either (mostly because i have the passphrase version of the key from my landlord and you need the HEX version grrrr).

Fine,
How do I manage to do all of that when I am unable to connect to the internet?
AndyGreen
2005-05-13, 12:26 PM CDT
It seems you can connect to the internet? or are we just soulmates?
mover50
2005-05-13, 12:28 PM CDT
It seems you can connect to the internet? or are we just soulmates?
The messages I am posting here are from another PC

regards,
AndyGreen
2005-05-13, 12:31 PM CDT
Is the other PC near the Linux one? In this case you can download from the other PC and use a local network connection / floppy / CD to transfer files. Or, everyone on Apollo 13 can just run out of oxygen.
mover50
2005-05-13, 12:47 PM CDT
Is the other PC near the Linux one? In this case you can download from the other PC and use a local network connection / floppy / CD to transfer files. Or, everyone on Apollo 13 can just run out of oxygen.
Can't allow that to happen.

I was onto that before the response and was looking for the site that downloads the FC3 version for ndis wrapper.
Can you direct me to the web site where I can downlload it?

Thanks,