On 03/28/2011 09:06 PM, Adam Tong wrote: > Hi, > > That's a very good idea. > Is there any kind of dongles that are more suitable for fedora or I can pick > any wifi enabled one? > > Thank you > > > --- On Mon, 3/28/11, bruce<badoug...@gmail.com> wrote: > > From: bruce<badoug...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: wifi troubleshooting > To: "Community support for Fedora users"<users@lists.fedoraproject.org> > Date: Monday, March 28, 2011, 4:35 PM > > Hi Adam. > > Since you have a usb port, do you have a separate usb/wireless dongle that > you can insert in the usb port to see if it gets recognized by the OS. > > you can get cheap dlink wireless dongles to test (and then take back to the > store!!). > > > I've always got a cheap dlink to use as a test for usb ports. > > i think it's time to start at the basics, to isolate your issues here. > > > > On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Adam Tong<helpc...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > >> This version of Linux DOES indeed support rt2xxx chipsets, so I am at a loss >> as to why it is not detecting your USB wifi device which has this chipset. > I appreciate your help. You know, this is an old laptop that came with > windows. This is the kind of deal windows make with some manufacturers so > that the os comes with the drivers of the manufacturer that was made for > windows. When I formated my pc and I reinstalled windows (lost the original > one) it did not detect it either. I had to download the driver even for > windows. But in the manufacturers site I did not find anything for linux > (http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us). > > Here is the info of my wifi card: > > WL-159g 802.11bg (USB2.0 WLAN) > Manufacturer : ASUSTek Computer, Inc. > ASUS A9 Series (A9T) (notebook) > > But i'm quite > sure that a lot of other manufacturers do not provide drivers for linux. > How linux do for recognizing those devices anyway? > > Thank you again > > > > > > -- > > users mailing list > > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > > > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > Take a look at
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Devices/USB On that page, there is a link for this high quality supported USB wifi dongle: TL-WN722N http://www.tp-link.com/products/productDetails.asp?class=wlan&pmodel=TL-WN722N Good luck -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
