Geoff Rivell on 20 Jan 2005 19:46:10 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] fc3 and USB wireless


On Wednesday 19 January 2005 10:51 am, George Gallen wrote:
> Does FC3 have better support for USB wireless?
>
> I tried FC2 (without recompiling kernals), and when I pluged in the adapter
> (DWL-122) it didn't seem to recognize it (at least it didn't show up under
> network connections).
>
> I will be upgrading my FC2 to FC3 this weekend.
>
> Is there an easy straightforward way to have USB wireless included during
> the upgrade?

Ok, not sure about FC3.  BUT, you did just mention my USB wireless dongle :)

It works on my iBook with Debian Unstable.

Here's how:

You must use wlan-ng, and probably FC3 has wlan-ng-modules for your kernel.

If you want a play by play, I'm CodeRedLin on AIM, grivell on Yahoo, and 
107170 on ICQ.  Or just e-mail me and I'll do the best I can.
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