I had some free time over the long weekend and decided to tackle the issue with my Linux box. I started with a fresh install and downloaded the Fedora Friend script to resolve the issue with the repository as well as install the Ndiswrapper front end. Everything went without a hitch, I installed the windows driver but WiFi still didn't work I mucked about in the router configuration ( I have a Belkin router ) I found out that the channel used was 11 while the one in the WiFi config specified channel 1. I changed the channel to 11 and voila WiFi worked like a charm.
All was not well however as my keyboard now freezes after sometime, I am also trying to get the ATI drivers up and running on my laptop but haven't found much success with it.
to conclude before you go ahead with your WiFi install,
- Write down the WiFi config on your router.
- Start with a fresh install of fedora 6.
- Install kmod-ndis wrapper and nidswrapper using yum
- Install windows driver using the .inf file
- Go to network configuration and make sure the settings are right (refer to the channel setting, WPA settings and key from your router)
- Activate interface
- You are done :)