Linksys wireless PCI card support


Recommended Posts

I have been wanting to get into linux for awhile, and have installed mandrake on my computer, but I don't ever use it because my wireless card isn't supported. Does anybody know of where I can get a driver or a way to get the internet rhough this PCI card?? It is really a shame because I would really like to start running linux, but this is stopping me from using it. Thanks for the help in advance!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I believe that even if you can't get a Linux driver, you can get it to work using the Windows drivers by using an NDIS wrapper for Linux.

I think that this is a commercial offering, and will have to be purchased. Look into that and see at:

http://www.linuxant.com/company/press_dldr.php

It looks like they even offer a free trial...

Mark

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Hey, I just took a closer look at that site...

It seems that they offer the download as a free trial, but I don't see anything that says how (or if) they disable the software after the 'trial' period... Maybe they work on the honor system?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

umm...wrong staind! linksys DO have PCI drivers for 802.11b cards. SOME models they do not though...and some they used to have, but removed form their site. They are mainly Harris Semiconductor Prism2 (or 2.5) wavelan chipset based.

my WMP11-CA is 2.5 based.

Like I said, there used to be drivers on linksys' site for my card, but they removed them so I discovered exactly which driver it was using and used that instead.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

So I just installed Mandrake 9.2, and I installed the software, but how do I start the software? VERY new to linux. I can't find it in the programs list, so I would appreciate some help cause I'm excited to get internet in linux!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

First thing is when I install, it says that it has a bad signature.

Then, when I go to the command window, I type in driverloader, and it says "could not run specified command"

I know that it installed correcly because when I go to the list of programs to uninstall, it is listen there.

One more thing: is there an easier way to get the command line, like a shortcut?? Right not I open konqerur and go to tools and then run command??

Edited by ndspeed3
Link to comment
Share on other sites

To run a command at the prompt, you should be able to type the name of the program to have it run.

However, if you are outside of directories in your $PATH, you will need to put in something to specify to Linux that you want this path (meaning where you are currently at, shown if you type pwd).

To do this, you use the ./ in front of the command. The . means 'current directory', and the slash is needed to separate the . from the executable.

As for an easy way to get a shell prompt, I created a 'keyboard shortcut' in my KDE Control Center for WIN+K to call up the Konsole. I wish I had a TUX key, so I could say TUX+K, but that is another story... :D

(and to go even more offtopic, my WIN+K shortcut would be overused in KDE, as nearly every friggin thing they have starts with a 'k') :crazy:

If you have any other questions, just ask!

Mark

Link to comment
Share on other sites

This topic is now closed to further replies.
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.