Linux WiFi Manual

[Nelson Strother]

  In Fedora 7, some of the planned

  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureRockSolidWireless

robust wireless behavior has been implemented.  Completing this effort
is not currently shown as being in the Fedora 8 plan.  But as you can
see via:

  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/8/FeatureList

there are a few items that seem more likely in Fedora 8 that may improve
wifi support some:

  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureLaptopImprovements

aims to make Fedora 8 more gracefully support laptops, and

  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureNetworkManager

aims to provide improvements in NetworkManager for Fedora 8.  Wouldn't
it be nice if these efforts led to a dramatically reduced need for
documentation on configuring and using wifi?

  Sliding from over-optimistic to more realistic, is there interest in
preserving Karl Larsen's and Chris Mohler's work in the wiki,
somewhere in the neighborhood of:

  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Drafts

I would propose sections organized along the flavors of:

 - Usage hints for Desktop / GUI applications that may improve one's
   wifi experience.
 - Recipes for command line approaches to fill in the gaps where the
   GUI applications and applets have not yet reached maturity and full
   coverage.
 - Clues for those who are willing to build and modify pieces of
   Fedora with the aim of better wifi support.

Then a given reader could follow the trail to the level of their
expertise (or their currently available time for this task).

  Does such a collection of information already exist?  For the
toolsets and applications in Fedora?  Current, not historical,
drivers?

Cheers,
Nelson