Fedora 11 Dell D620 Inactive Wireless

ITcat New user 3 posts Posted: 21/09/2009 9:09 AM

Hi - I'm new to Linux Distros but want to learn more about Linux as we use it here at work. On the weekend I installed Fedora 11 on a Dell D620. The wireless card specification for the D620 is 'INTEL PRO/WIRELESS 3945ABG NETWORK CONNECTION'. I'm with OptusNet (cable) with a Motorola modem and a DLINK 524 wireless router. I use the router to connect family laptops wirelessly in the house with XP and Windows 7 RC. I cabled the D620 to the DLINK router during the Fedora 11 install and there was no problem with the LAN connection and I was able to access the web straight away when cabled and the LAN connection remains ACTIVE at all times. However, the WIRELESS connection remains INACTIVE and I can't connect wirelessly. I can only think it's some sort of incompatibility problem between Fedora 11 and the 3945ABG card in the D620. I'm enjoying the Fedora 11 install and am keen to learn more about UNIX generally. Can anyone let me know step by step what I can try to get the D620 talking wirelessly to the DLINK 524 wireless router? P.S. I've put UBUNTU 9.04 Remix on an ASUS NetBook S101H and it picks up the 524 DLINK perfectly. Thanks ITcat (a total UNIX newbie!)

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Michael J The angels have the phone box Cornerstone member 56 posts Posted: 21/09/2009 11:09 AM

I had a dell D610 a few months ago (I have recently sold it) and installed ubuntu 9.04 on it. I could never get the wireless card to work. it showed up in the restricted drivers section but when i tried to install the drivers it just wouldn't work. i think it had something to do with our slow internet (64/64 shaped sat b/b; it always gets shaped in about 5 days!) because it would try to download some driver package and then fail. hope this helps.

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krazikiwi Frequent poster 34 posts Posted: 21/10/2009 10:10 PM	try the fedora rpm's (installers) listed under "useful links" on this site: here I have used fedora in years but i'm pretty sure you can just double click the rpm and it installs. it may ask you for a root password, but that should do it.
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