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Article #356Re: Getting RedHat9 to work with Linksys WPC54G (802.11g PCMCIA card)
From: B. Joshua Rosen
Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 03:40
Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 03:40
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On Wed, 14 May 2003 21:42:40 -0400, Teng Junbin wrote: > I have RedHat 9 running on my laptop with a Linksys WPC54G PCMCIA card. > Although Windows XP (I dual boot it on the same computer) detects and > uses the card just file, Linkux seems to have some problems using the > card. > > The card is detected fine (Linux detects that it's a Broadcom chipset, > etc.) but Linux fails to detect that it's a LAN/wLan card. > > I believe the problem lies in the fact that the card is missing drivers, > but I can't seem to find the drivers anywhere. Any help is appreciated. > Thanks! > > > > > Teng Junbin Have you tried the 2.4.21 kernel? There are some major improvements in some of the wireless drivers in 2.4.21. Don't know if that chipset is handled by the drivers in 2.4.21 but it's worth a try.
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