That card should work, set up router to give that nic a static ip, but 
keep the nic on DHCP. I found this worked on mine, I am using Netgear wg511.

mike hoy wrote:

> Pluggers!
>
> Hi, I bought a netgear ma401 wifi nic at the suggestion of a fellow 
> plugger a while back because it 'just worked' when used with 
> slackware. However, since slackware never could get my sound card 
> working I swithced to fedora core 3 and this netgear ma401 802.11b 
> 16-bit PCMCIA wifi nic doesn't work. but i am confused because it 
> seems like it is at least recognized:
>
> here is ifconfig
>
> eth1      IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:""  Nickname:"Prism  I"
>          Mode:Managed  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00   Bit 
> Rate:11Mb/s            Tx-Power=15 dBm   Sensitivity:1/3           
> Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>          Power Management:off
>          Link Quality=0/92  Signal level=-68 dBm  Noise level=-122 dBm
>          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
>
> This leads me to believe it is a prism chipset
>
> --------------------
>
>
>
> dmesg
>
> eth1: Station identity 001f:0006:0001:0003
> eth1: Looks like an Intersil firmware version 1.3.6
> eth1: Ad-hoc demo mode supported
> eth1: IEEE standard IBSS ad-hoc mode supported
> eth1: WEP supported, 104-bit key
> eth1: MAC address 00:09:5B:23:3B:D6
> eth1: Station name "Prism  I"
> eth1: ready
> eth1: index 0x01: Vcc 5.0, irq 3, io 0x0100-0x013f
>
> *these are just the last few lines the entire dmesg can be seen at:
> http://www.pastebin.com/230853
>
>
>
> by the way Dennis K, could you dmesg and iwconfig your netgear card 
> for me and tell me what yours says? we have the same card you and I.
>
> Thanks gals and guys,
>
> Mike Hoy
>
>
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