I'm glad to hear that someone was able to get it to work with the default ML install. I wasn't so lucky. I have finally managed to get it to work after 3 fresh installs of ML 9 plus I had to d/l and install the orinoco drivers since I wasn't able to get the orinoco drivers that came with ML 9 to install. Plus I tried my hand at recompiling the kernel to include the orinoco drivers (which didn't help, obviously, even though the PC booted up with the new kernel). Anyway, I got it working with the help of iwconfig and Linuxconf and MCC->Network&Internet. Now, I have to figure out which file(s) to store the config info so that it'll work on the next boot.
I hope that I will remember all this if I have to install or reinstall the OS. BTW, why isn't there a .../pcmcia-3.x.x directory in ML 8.2 and 9.0 like there was in ML 8.1? Also, according to the PCMCIA-HOWTO, there's suppose to be a utility script called "probe" in a /cardmgr directory to help in determining the PCIC - I can't find the utility or the directory. Actually I did find a script named probe but it had something to do with NetCat. With this kind of trouble, I can see why Linux hasn't made it into the mainstream (as far as the desktop market goes). On Wednesday 13 November 2002 10:45 am, you 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.
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