>> I know you suggested the Netgear card a while back,
So.. you're the one I replied to.. :)
>>I also read that Netgear changed the chipset it uses for a similar card. I
can't be sure whether
>>it is the MA401 or the MA511.
I only managed to get the MA401 because I went to their website, did a
search for it and looked through the drivers support. By chance, I saw that
they have a Linux Driver as well. In addition, I also mananged to convince
the guy behind the counter to let me pop it into my lappy for a
Test(detect).
(Then again, knowing that you live in US (i presume) you don't have access
to _malls_ that sells only IT stuffs. You get like stores.. and stores.. of
stores selling _only_ pc parts.. It's a Geek's wonderland..!)
Redhat Detected it No Problems.
Good Luck..
Cheers, .^.
Mun Heng, Ow /V\
H/M Engineering /( )\
Western Digital M'sia ^^-^^
DID : 03-7870 5168 The Linux Advocate
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert L Cochran [mailto:cochranb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 10:22 AM
To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: 802.11b Wireless PCMCIA Card Reccomendation Wanted
I know you suggested the Netgear card a while back, but I'm having a
tough time finding it in stores now, and I also read that Netgear
changed the chipset it uses for a similar card. I can't be sure whether
it is the MA401 or the MA511.
Several times I've come close to buying the Netgear WG511 or WG511T, but
I'm not sure what chipsets they use. What I ended up doing was buying an
SMC2835W, which is a 54 Mbps card using the Intersil 3890 chipset. I
found a driver for this, and I'm trying to install that on a Fedora Core
/test2 machine. Having difficulty with it. I think one problem might be
that I incorrectly set up a WEP key when I shouldn't have.
So I also want an 802.11b card that is plug and play because someone
close to me does a lot of wireless networking and I want to be able to
instant message that person quickly.
As to your other questions -- about 32 bit CardBus...I'm not sure. Only
now, for the first time, am I seriously dabbling with PCMCIA cards in Linux.
Bob
Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> I will repeat again... (I've actually done this a few times)
>
> Netgear MA401 Works like a Charm. It's aPrism II Chipset. loades the
> Orinico_cs drivers for Redhat 9.
>
> It's a 16bit card.
>
> Frankly, what's the difference between the 16bit and the 32 bit cards
> anyway? it's 802.11b..11Mbps so.. unless you're getting the 802.11g 54mpbs
> then maybe a 32bit is needed. (correct me if I'm wrong)
>
> However, I think frequency hopping is not configurable.. anyone knows how
to
> see what channel the card's on?
>
> I can manually set it using the redhat-config-network but everytime I
> activate it it says.."Set Frequency not supported"
>
>
>
>
> Cheers,
> Mun Heng, Ow
> H/M Engineering
> Western Digital M'sia
> DID : 03-7870 5168
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Allman [mailto:james@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 1:43 AM
> To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: 802.11b Wireless PCMCIA Card Reccomendation Wanted
>
>
> On Sun, 2003-10-05 at 10:58, Robert L Cochran wrote:
>
>>Is there an 802.11b wireless PCMCIA (32 bit cardbus) network adapter
>>that will work 'out of the box' that I can buy right now (without any
>>chipset problems to worry about, I mean)?
>
>
>
> I've got an Orinoco Gold 802.11b card. It's truly plug and play under
> Red Hat 9.
> http://www.proxim.com/products/wifi/client/11bpccard/index.html
>
> I've heard the Netgear MA401 works as well but I don't have any
> experience with it. They key is the Prism chipset.
>
> Here's a site with some more information about wireless on Linux in
> general:
> http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/
>
> - James
>
>
>
>
>>I would like to just plug this thing in and set up a WEP key and sign on
>>to the internet from a T-Mobile Hotspot. I guess I'm confused about just
>>how to get this going in Red Hat 9. Or maybe I'm not supposed to be
>>using WEP keys with T-Mobile.
>>
>>Thanks a lot!
>>
>>--
>>Bob Cochran
>>Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
>>http://greenbeltcomputer.biz/
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
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