WiFi for a laptop

[Karl Larsen]

Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> Karl Larsen writes:
>
>> Sam Varshavchik wrote:
>>>
>>> Not really. I have no idea what's in the two laptops that I have, 
>>> and they work.
>>>
>>> The overwhelming majority of laptops have Intel Centrino chipsets 
>>> which -- especially in Fedora 7 -- are generally trouble-free.
>>>
>>> Now, if you're talking about a laptop with an AMD CPU, that's 
>>> probably when things begin to get dicey.
>>>
>> Hi Sam, if Windows is right the WAN miniport is a L2TP whatever that is. 
>
> That's just a Windows software driver. It tells you nothing about the 
> underlying hardware.
>
>> The CPU is Intel and can step down in speed from about 2791 MHz. 
>> Since you have two laptops working can you point me to any help you 
>> used? I have the latest kernel 3232 that has a lot of stuff in 
>> modules and I can get them to work if I knew how.
>
> I did not have to do anything special. I just had to make sure that 
> the ipw2200-firmware package was installed. And NetworkManager with 
> NetworkManager-gnome rpms, as well. Then, everything worked without 
> further tweaking. After the first boot, it took about a minute before 
> my Linksys access point joined the list of my neighbors' access points 
> in NetworkManager's icon, then it took a few seconds to open it up, 
> enter my passphrase, and I was done.
>
> I also see that there's an ipw2100-firmware rpm, and an 
> ipw3045-firmware in freshrpms, which, presumably is the firmware image 
> for different flavors of Centrino wireless, which you may need, 
> instead of ipw2200.
>
>
Ok I know what my WiFi device is and it isn't made by Intel. I have 
stopped using Netmanager because it appeared to just be another problem. 
I have a whole bunch of ipw2xxx files in the module stack. I am pulling 
up ipw2100 because that is what others found work. I may need another 
but not sure how to tell.

Karl