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Wireless (broadcom-wl) not working in fedora 13 for Dell 1545

Fedora 13 does have support for Broadcom wireless drivers On Dell laptop, but it didn’t really work out on a friend’s laptop. Finally we got it working and I thought I’ll just note the steps down. Below are the three easy steps you need to take to make it work properly.   Install the RPM Fusion repos... http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration Install the akmod version of the 64-bit driver... su yum install akmod-wl Rebo...

10 Free Server & Network Monitoring Tools

  When you have a website or a network, it’s helpful to be aware of any issues as soon as they occur. There are open source and freeware server/network monitoring tools that will supervise your infrastructure for any issues that may arise. These tools are meant to aid you in avoiding being taken offline and evaluating if your resource needs has outgrown your infrastructure. In this article, we review our top 10 server/network...

How to Linux Check Bind Version

I‘m running Bind name server on Linux. but I’m not sure about version. How do I check bind version under Linux operating systems? You can simply use the following commands to check bind server version: [root@73 ~]# named -v   The sample out will be , BIND 9.7.3-P1-RedHat-9.7.3-2.P1.fc13    ...

 

Linux Crazy Commands

Many of us who love to work on Linux enjoy the privilege of using a plethora of commands and tools. Here is our effort to introduce you to a few very simple- to-use, yet enormously effective commands. The intended audience may belong to all classes of Linux users and the only requirement is to have a basic acquaintance with Linux. Our article deals with bash shell and Linux version Fedora 9, kernel 2.6.25. Often, commands on the console ma...