Wireless card compatability with fedora core 4?

[wvtalbot]

I am looking for a wireless card that will work out of the box with fedora core 4, I don't want to have to worry about nsdiswrapper or any third party drivers.....any suggestions?

 

[SleepWalkerX]

Here's a comprehensive list of wireless cards and the chipsets they use. http://linux-wless.passys.nl/query_alles.php?SHOWALL=Complete+listing

 

[Nothinman]

Finding one that works out of the box with no work on your part will be tricky because even though the drivers might be included in Fedora, most wifi cards these days require firmware that can't be legally redistributed for some reason.

 

[n0cmonkey]

PCMCIA, SD, CF, PCI, USB?

 

[wvtalbot]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
PCMCIA, SD, CF, PCI, USB?

PCI or USB I am not picky.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: wvtalbot

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
PCMCIA, SD, CF, PCI, USB?

PCI or USB I am not picky.

If the RALink driver is included in your distribution this is a great card.

 

[drag]

I second ralink

 

[Nothinman]

While I do like the RALink cards and the drivers work fine for me, I don't know of any distributions that include them because they haven't been included in the upstream kernel yet. Not too many distributions are keen on scouring the Internet looking for out-of-tree drivers to include in their kernels.

 

[drag]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
While I do like the RALink cards and the drivers work fine for me, I don't know of any distributions that include them because they haven't been included in the upstream kernel yet. Not too many distributions are keen on scouring the Internet looking for out-of-tree drivers to include in their kernels.

Oh right... I forget that Fedora Core doesn't have the "module-assistant" program like Debian (and Ubuntu with the universe stuff enabled).. Makes getting these things working a bit of a pain sometimes.
ftp://ftp.a-link.com/wl54pc/HowTo-FC4.pdf

For 'out of the box' on Fedora Core probably the Intel chipset, right? But that is minipci only, I beleive. 🙁 And even then you still need the firmware from Intel. At least the ralink stuff doesn't require any firmware.

Otherwise I don't know for sure what will 'work out of the box'. You'd think a distribution like Fedora Core would actually create a package for these things, but I guess they don't.