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Hi, i have tried the new fedora core 5 but am having problems getting my wifi to run. I have tried the instructions on the madwifi site http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/FirstTimeHowTo the drivers install ok but after rebooting and going back into system-config-network it does indeed show the hardware, but as "ethernet" not wireless, so I am unable to connect to my acess point. I also tried the instruction here http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/Distro/RedHat under the fedora core 5 section. I added atrpms to my yum configuration but when i try installing it, it keeps complaining of missing dependancies (needs kernel 2059? I already updated to 2080, and the original is 2050)...

any ideas? I tried compiling with source from the new "-ng" file, should i use the old code?

Its infurating, as it worked really nice with fedora core 4!

Hi,

Ditch the instructions on madwifi site - never seen anything more confusing than that - and take a look at this thread at fedoraforum.org (make sure you're using the atrpms repo info on one of the last pages, otherwise the madwifi driver download won't work - and don't bother with madwifi-ng because that driver set causes more trouble than it's worth):
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=43718

If you encounter issues obtaining an IP then I'd suggest this thread:
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=99614

The solution to that was to disable the fedora built-in firewall as it interferes with router communication thus delaying getting an IP when WEP is enabled.

Hope that helps