Using Linux system, although you are not a computer developer, you always need DIY to make your operating system more personalized and more comfortable. However, without internet DIY is not so easy. Where there is a problem, there is a solution, and internet makes it shared .
For the goodness of internet, I need wireless connection.
The problem is wireless may not be enable automatically by NetworkManager under Fedora 8. Depending on which wireless chip card you are using, you need to install wireless driver.
Firstly, get information of your wireless card.
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command line$ lspci | grep Wireless
02:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5418 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
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my macbook uses Atheros AR5418 . Madwifi is a good choice for Atheros chip, but AR5418 in Atheros AR5008 family is not supported in the currently official released version. However, the one built from the trunk works for AR5418. Here is an article interpreting step by step instructions: "How to checkout and install madwifi experimental driver for AR5008". It works for me!
Todo: how to connected to a selected encrypted Access point ?
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