Your Guide To Wireless

Wireless networking in Linux: Explained

Coyote sharing his experience with a famous Singapore tech forum on how to get wireless networking working in linux. He is using DWL-G520 network card and Fedora Core 4 linux to demonstrate how easy to get wireless networking in Linux. According to Coyote, basically there are two parts in getting it working: 1) Installing the linux drivers for the D-Link DWL-G520 network card. 2) Getting the OS to be support WPA encryption, such that the card can connect to the router using the protocol. ...

Wireless Lost

I received email from David, for his trouble in wireless connection using Mandriva. I am having problem with my wireless connection using Mandriva Linux 2006. I'm using a D-Link Airplus G+ laptop card with NdisWrapper to connect to my D-Link G604T wireless router on bootup. Everything starts OK and if I check /etc/resolv.conf the name server is set to 212.30.8.151. All is well for about 20 to 30 minutes and then I find I am unable to connect to any webpages. The network is still showing as ...

Setting Up Wireless Home Network on Linux System

I received email from Johns on setting up wireless home network. I currently use Alcatel modem (Speed Touch 330) given to me from ISP and I simply can't get to work with Gentoo Linux (2.6.9 Kernel). I decided to build a wireless home network, so I'm planning to buy a D-Link DSL-G604T wireless ADSL router. My first question is: Is this hardware fully compatible with Linux or do I need to install any drivers as with the Alcatel modem? I have notebook and wanted to connect it to the network thr...

Quick Reference to : NDISWRAPPER

Hardware drivers can be a real pain for Linux users. If the manufacturer does not release the specifications of its hardware, it can be difficult, if not possible, to reverse engineer the information needed to write a driver. True, a few manufacturers are enlightened enough to release Linux drivers or information, but most are content with ensuring their product works with Windows. While it would be nice be able to boycott such hardware, there's not much we can do if the laptop's integrated w...