On February 16, 2004 08:29 am, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Monday 16 Feb 2004 1:03 pm, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > > On Monday 16 February 2004 13:20, lanman wrote: > > > Any ideas or suggestions? > > > > Lanman, > > Don't know if your card has the same chipset but here's how I did > > it with a Belkin vers2 card that has atmelchips on it. > > > > http://people.zeelandnet.nl/triade/linux/Belkin.html > > > > It can't be that different, can it?:) > > > > Good luck, > > HarM > > Actually Harm the Belkin F5D6050 version 1 is also Atmel (usb > vendor/product=d5c/a002) and will work virtually "out of the box" > with Mandrake with the at76c503 driver supplied in Mandrake. The > version 2 Belkin requires a later version (0.11) of the at76c503 > driver. > > The only difference between version 1 and version 2 is the usb/vendor > codes for some bizarre reason. > > I used to use the atmelwlan driver you mention on your site, but > rejected it because it was unreliable. Pulling out the usb cable and > reinserting it again would screw up the connection, and if power is > supplied to the USB interface when the computer is powered off (As > many desktops will do), means you had to pull out the usb cable > before powering up, or else the firmware will not load. Plus the fact > that it did not fully support iwconfig means you need to mess about > with configuration utilities like lvnet which are not supplied with > Mandrake despite the driver being installed by default. > > derek
Derek; Sorry about using your name in the subject line. Didn't know any other way to get your attention, and it's obvious now that you have a pretty good grip on wireless subjects. Besides, I'd rather not have to change my handle to W-Lanman ! Too many emails to send out, and too many sites where I'd have to update my registrations! Grin! I appreciate your insights on wireless, and HarM's as well. I have a lot of people constantly asking me for help on this, and it would be nice to be able to answer a question now and then. Lanman -- Registered Linux user #190712 "Smart IT people are staring out the window into the eye of a giant penguin!"
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