[NTLUG:Discuss] Wireless NIC Problem

[joseph beasley]

Use the drivers from www.linux-wlan.org for the linksys and any other
prism2 based card.

--- "Bishop, Cass" <cbishop at atxna.com> wrote:
> I am trying to set up my Red Hat 8 laptop with a Linksys WPC11 ver. 4
> wireless card.  When I run cardctl ident after inserting it I see the
> following info on the card.
> 
> product info: "Realtek", "Rtl8139"
> manfid: 0x0000, 0x024c
> function: 6 (network)
> 
> The rtl8139 driver is automatically installed on my version of Linux
> (8139too) and I have added an alias in modules.conf.  When I try to
> do an
> ifup wlan0 it says there is no 8139too device.  Does anyone have any
> experience getting one of these cards working?  I bought it as part
> of a
> Linksys kit with thier 4 port Wireless router and access point.  
> 
> I went to the Realtek website and downloaded the driver from them but
> it
> appears to be for the 7.x line of Red Hat.  I cannot load that driver
> after
> I compile it.
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciatted.
> 
> Cass
> 
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