If you all can pull this off it will be the greatest thing since the live cd. I am having some problems with getting all the secondary software needed (python etc.) loaded, as my various distros don't have it all. Down the road a standalone program would be nice. Anyway how is this all going? I am just now trying this out and have had problems with not having all the software needed at one time on one machine. Just thought I would drop you a line to say we are out here and we need this badly. I have about 8 pcmcia wireless cards and 2 usb wireless cards that work in windows but not in Linux. I think wireless is the last great stumbling block for Linux. I can't even find anyone who will tell me what pcmcia cards work "out of the box" for Linux. I do know that a Linux kernal can be made with modules that may or may not work with a given card. I sometimes thought I would download all the wireless modules if it would work but knowone seems to think that would work I guess. I will be monitoring this project if anyone wants to talk. Thanks Craig
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I'm here... I just never caught your first comment because I wasn't monitoring this forum at the time. I went through and made sure that I'm monitoring everything.
There's a v0.2 out, which should work to some extent. It seems NDISwrapper works better right after you install your OS; most people don't have much luck after they've tinkered around with their wireless.
I wouldn't try it out if your wireless is working. I've installed many wireless devices with WiFix, but it has potential to ruin your current setup. As long as you don't progress past that page where it lists the detected wireless devices, it shouldn't harm anything.
The installer is one huge BASH script, ATM. I've been thinking about converting it to a Python script instead, but my Python skills aren't that great, and I've been busy buying a house. I have a full-time job and I volunteer on the weekends at the local SPCA (an animal shelter), so I haven't had too much time to devote to WiFix.
AFAIK, it works, for a limited number of devices, assuming that the people providing the Windows drivers don't stop hosting the drivers. My *biggest* concern with WiFix is driver hosting, because many companies, esp. Broadcom, have a clause in their EULA that forbids distribution.
BTW, Hardy comes w/ the 2.6.24 kernel, which has the b43 kernel module in it, which works pretty well with the firmware extracted from the proprietary driver; it works much better than NDISwrapper does, and has WPA support, sera, sera. There's also a b43legacy kernel (in case you have one of the older devices) for the ones that don't work with b43.
Try it out and let me know what you think. If you're a developer, feel free to suggest design or coding improvements... or if not, UI suggestions are welcome.
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If you all can pull this off it will be the greatest thing since the live cd. I am having some problems with getting all the secondary software needed (python etc.) loaded, as my various distros don't have it all. Down the road a standalone program would be nice. Anyway how is this all going? I am just now trying this out and have had problems with not having all the software needed at one time on one machine. Just thought I would drop you a line to say we are out here and we need this badly. I have about 8 pcmcia wireless cards and 2 usb wireless cards that work in windows but not in Linux. I think wireless is the last great stumbling block for Linux. I can't even find anyone who will tell me what pcmcia cards work "out of the box" for Linux. I do know that a Linux kernal can be made with modules that may or may not work with a given card. I sometimes thought I would download all the wireless modules if it would work but knowone seems to think that would work I guess. I will be monitoring this project if anyone wants to talk. Thanks Craig
I guess nobody is home. End thread
I'm here... I just never caught your first comment because I wasn't monitoring this forum at the time. I went through and made sure that I'm monitoring everything.
There's a v0.2 out, which should work to some extent. It seems NDISwrapper works better right after you install your OS; most people don't have much luck after they've tinkered around with their wireless.
I wouldn't try it out if your wireless is working. I've installed many wireless devices with WiFix, but it has potential to ruin your current setup. As long as you don't progress past that page where it lists the detected wireless devices, it shouldn't harm anything.
The installer is one huge BASH script, ATM. I've been thinking about converting it to a Python script instead, but my Python skills aren't that great, and I've been busy buying a house. I have a full-time job and I volunteer on the weekends at the local SPCA (an animal shelter), so I haven't had too much time to devote to WiFix.
AFAIK, it works, for a limited number of devices, assuming that the people providing the Windows drivers don't stop hosting the drivers. My *biggest* concern with WiFix is driver hosting, because many companies, esp. Broadcom, have a clause in their EULA that forbids distribution.
BTW, Hardy comes w/ the 2.6.24 kernel, which has the b43 kernel module in it, which works pretty well with the firmware extracted from the proprietary driver; it works much better than NDISwrapper does, and has WPA support, sera, sera. There's also a b43legacy kernel (in case you have one of the older devices) for the ones that don't work with b43.
Try it out and let me know what you think. If you're a developer, feel free to suggest design or coding improvements... or if not, UI suggestions are welcome.