First off, what 802.11 encryption are you running?
Secondly, are you able to get the signal working when you boot with Win2K?
I have never worked with Fedora Core Distro, and don't know much of its specifications. I'm assuming Gnome is the default desktop environment on Fedora Core. Linux is free -- try other distros that do the DHCP and Wireless jobs for you, if Fedora's giving you headache! I've heard lots of Fedora users are shifting to Ubuntu these days. I use Red Hat and Mandriva -- software installation+configuration is a breeze with the rpms. However, if you insist on working with it and fix the wireless issue, here's a guidance that resembles your scenario:
Credit goes to andrew1966car--It's for WG311T with WPA encryption. Hope this helps:
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Install the Yum Extender:
su
yum -y install yumex
For the WG311T Netgear PCI wireless card (with the Atheros chipset) and WPA encryption:
Launch Yum Extender (from Gnome) - Applications, System Tools, Yum Extender.
Be patient while it populates.
Click on the Install button.
Select kernel-module-madwifi, madwifi (Multiband Atheros Driver for WiFi)
Click on the Update Packages button to install
Download libpcsclite and wpa_supplicant from
http://atrpms.net/ and install them.
Edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ath0 and change ONBOOT=yes to ONBOOT=no.
Establish a paaskey by executing:
/usr/sbin/wpa_passphrase SSID PassPhraseInWirelessAccessPoint
(and change SSID for the wireless network ID and PassPhraseInWirelessAccessPoint to the one used in the Access Point to generate the long key). The output should look like:
network={
ssid="your ssid"
psk="network shared key"
}
Open /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf with an editor.
Delete the whole section which has examples of "network={...".
Append the text output from the wpa_passphrase program to the end of the this file.
Edit /etc/rc.d/rc.local and append the following to the end:
/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -iath0 -Dmadwifi -B
/sbin/dhclient ath0
Reboot and wireless communications with WPA encryption should work.
