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I am currently using RH-9 on my laptop, and would like to use my DWL-650M (Cardbus revision, still uses realtek chipset) but, to no avail.. Also, have an MN-510 USB WiFi adapter (used for wardriving)... neither work... i've tried installing the wifi update, etc...

 

Someone in #redhat on efnet suggested i install Fedora... Will this release support my 2 WiFi cards? Anyone know?

 

I am downloading the ISOs at the moment, and will install Fedora reguardless... but I really need help getting wifi to work -

 

thank you

 

Ben

do either show up if you do ifconfig -a ?

 

malty.

Good luck, mang. I had a DWL-650 Rev M, and the drivers were not Fedora-ized...

I tried Driverloader too, but to no avail. SO, I popped in my Netgear MA401 card, and BOOM, Beejy got WiFied. Now, I just need to get SMB up...

for posterity:

 

ifconfig doesnt give you all the info you need about wireless interfaces (like signal strength, key info, etc)

 

try using: iwconfig (it's part of the wireless-tools package)

 

- aeio