

- #How to setup wifi on fedora workstation install#
- #How to setup wifi on fedora workstation driver#
- #How to setup wifi on fedora workstation software#
You will notice that WiFi Radar does not have a system tray icon. Once you do this the Speak option will work. Instead, reconfigure this to use the espeak command. By default the Speak option uses the say command which is buggy at best. In this tab (see Figure 2) you can set Wifi Radar to auto-detect your wireless device (which is not set by default) and you can also set the Speak option. What options you can safely tinker with are in the General tab. Much of the configurations are commands that are set up to work with the wireless networking system and many of these commands are fairly complex. You can also dig deep within the preferences of WiFi Radar. To connect to a network just select the network and click Connect and you will be prompted for a password (if the access point is set up to require one). When you start up Wifi Radar it will auto scan for any wireless networks and will display the available access points for you (see Figure 1). Once Wifi Radar is installed you can find it in Applications > Internet.
#How to setup wifi on fedora workstation software#
Just open up your Add/Remove Software tool and install. Since Wifi Radar is found in most all default distribution repositories, the installation is as simple as installing any Linux application.

#How to setup wifi on fedora workstation install#
I will also assume you have both SSID and the authentication key for your wireless connection, otherwise you probably wouldn’t be attempting to make this connection in the first place, right?įor many, Wifi Radar is a Python/PyGTK2 application that offers quite a bit more features and flexibility than the average tool (it will even speak the status of your connection – when connecting or disconnecting – so you know, without looking, if you are connected.) Wifi Radar is easy to install as well as use. Most often this will have your wireless working much quicker than trying to go the ndiswrapper route.
#How to setup wifi on fedora workstation driver#
If you have found yourself with a wireless card that does not seem to work you might consider installing the latest Ubuntu and enabling the proprietary driver for your device. I will assume that you do have wireless hardware that does work in Linux. I would like to offer options for both GUI and command line with the help of Wifi Radar and ifconfig. What are your options? You could go for a GUI or command the command line. In those instances you need to take a look at a different toolset for connecting you to a wireless access point. But what happens when you opt for a different desktop such as E17 or Fluxbox? Or what if the “default” standards aren’t flexible enough or feature-rich enough for your needs. That of course presumes you are using the standard desktops (GNOME or KDE). By default, the standard Wi-Fi tools for the Linux desktops are straight-forward and reliable. If you are a mobile Linux user one of the first things you need to do is to connect that mobile device to a wireless access point.
