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Wireless support on Linux has come a long way. With modern Linux distributions, you may not need to recompile your kernel to receive support for your Wi-Fi card. You probably won't need to install driver software or even touch a command line. However, this isn't always the case, especially as new cards come on the market, so you should still have a good understanding of how Wi-Fi works under Linux. This chapter starts out with an explanation of what you need to do with some common distributions and a common radio card, and then gets into the details you need to know to take things a little further, including radio chipsets, drivers, kernel compilation, the PCMCIA subsystem, and the Linux wireless tools. |
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