I may .... maybe not have run across something that has a lot to do with the "problem" and the fact that some have the problem some don't. I've been know for my ability to lose dongles for quite some time. With dongles being almost as expensive as the full pcmcia nic I just keep buying new nic's ... So today ... when I did it again. I bit the bullet and bought a dongle free nic. Same manf as my other nic.... and it didn't work... took it back....changed model.... still doesn't work. Guess what the problem turns out to be! The new dongle free nics are 32 bit my dongled nics where always 16 bit. EVEN though the website says my laptop supports 32 bit nics it turns out that not all versions (there where 7!) of this model have 32 bit support... sheesh. (called compaq) Could it be that these wireless cards are 32 bit cardbus and the laptop isn't? In the windows world the drivers apparently cheat and run the 32 bit card as if it was 16 bit. But here it doesn't work. (didn't in NT either but compaq claims XP would.. like I care.) Just a thought.
James On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 09:45, Michael Holt wrote: > You know, I noticed this thread but thought it was for something else > (duh!) > > Anyway, I'm using an MA401 wireless card right now on my thinkpad and it's > worked on mandrake 8.2 as well as mandrake 9.0 right from install. I also > installed slackware 8.1 a couple of weeks ago to try it out and it worked > in there just as well. I used the same card in my old toshiba laptop. > > Could it be that there is something else wrong? Maybe a bad card? I just > plug mine in to the pcmcia slot and boot the computer and do the install - > the card is recognized and it installs with no problem. Again, it's a > Netgear MA401. > > Mike > > > Friday, [EMAIL PROTECTED] mused: > > > I've tried linux-wlan-ng-pre4/5/6 and I still can't get my wireless card to > > work. It's a Netgear MA401. I followed the directions in the README file and > > added alias wlan0 prism2_cs to /etc/modules.conf but I can't get the beast to > > work! The default install did not associate the card with the AP even though > > the README file assured me that it would associate to any nearby AP. lsmod > > shows that the drivers (prism2_cs and p80211) were installed. After > > configuring the appropriate files in /etc/wlan plus /etc/pcmcia/network.opts, > > the card still will not associate with the AP even though I do have the > > correct SSID in the config files. Plus, the nameserver info that I entered > > into /etc/pcmcia/network.opts never got written to /etc/resolv.conf nor did > > wlan0 get configured with an IP address. But, I was able to assign an IP > > address to wlan0 with Linuxconf (I know, this isn't the right way to do it). > > > > I tried to get the card to work using a file and with instructions, on how to > > use the orinoco driver, that someone had provided and that didn't get it > > going either. > > > > The card works when booted into Windows 2000. > > > > So, I have to ask: why is it so difficult to get a wireless card to work > > under linux? > > > > Mandrake Linux 9.0. > > > > -- James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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