[CentOS] Custom kernel needed for ndiswrapper? (for Linksys WPC54G wireless pcmcia)
Ryan
ryanag at zoominternet.net
Tue May 24 22:12:17 UTC 2005
I use this card with no problem whatsoever:
http://store.yahoo.com/str8buy/proxorwirgol.html
Michael wrote:
> Greetings:
>
> I'm just installed Centos-4 on an IBM T-21 laptop. So far so good. Now
> I'd like to pop in a wireless lan adapter. I'm looking at a buying a
> Linksys WPC54G adapter (although I haven't done so yet).
>
> After doing some searching, it looks like the best way to get this card
> working is via ndiswrapper [http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net] and then
> to use Windoze drivers.
>
> So I downloaded ndiswrapper and during the install, I received a warning
> message referring to "4K Stacks" and that NOT disabling 4k stacks can
> cause some drivers to crash. The docs went on to suggest I recompile the
> kernel to disable CONFIG_4KSTACKS.
>
> Question: For really like to stick to the stock CentOS-4 kernel and not
> create/use a custom one. Has anyone had a problem using the Linksys
> WPC54G Cardbus adapter + Centos-4 and NOT had to use a custom kernel?
>
> For that matter, since I haven't purchased the card yet, can I get a
> recommendation or two about a workable wlan cardbus (g) adapter that
> could most likely be found at Best Buy/CompUSA/Fry's ? I'd like to be
> able to easily return the card if things don't work...
>
> I did some searching a decent card and it seems that a number of good
> wlan chipsets are discontinued or hard to find, so I'm slightly confused
> as to what to get.
>
> Thank you.
> Michael Chinn
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