Thanks, Mike-
I will check those out. I see that they are both 802.11B cards. Does
linux work and play well with the newer 802.11g cards?
mike hoy wrote:
>ok glad you asked.
>
>i cannot vouch for the mepis livecd. but i use
>slackware and wanted the exact same thing.
>
>the Netgear MA401 802.11b card works
>the cisco aironet 350 works
>
>by 'works' i mean you plug it in and boot up the
>computer and you're on wifi
>
>at least that is my experience with these two cards
>(pcmcia) with slackware.
>
>the cisco aironet card is expensive but available for
>purchase
>
>the Netgear MA401 card is old and I had to order if
>off of Amazon.com marketplace from a seller on that
>site
>
>NOTE* this is not a guarantee that it will work
>
>Let me know if you want more details on the cards and
>where you can buy them. Oh and I bought them both
>online, never did find one at a store here in phoenix
>that had one that worked.
>
>Mike
>--- Lee Einer <appealsman@cox.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>> Hi, all-
>>
>>Thanks to the help of Sherry and Dennis at the last
>>installfest, most
>>everything is working now on my laptop. Well, almost
>>everything. I spent
>>an interesting but unproductive afternoon today
>>trying to get a DWL-G630
>>wireless D-link card to work in my laptop. Didn't
>>get much in the way of
>>error messages, except that dmesg shows "ERROR:
>>Don't know how to get
>>sensitivity for this radio type, please try to add
>>that!" and "NETDEV
>>WATCHDOG: transmission timed out." And iwconfig
>>doesn't pick up the
>>access point numbers UNLESS the WAP is powered up
>>but unconnected to the
>>internet. Other than that, the signal is detected,
>>packets seem to be
>>going back and forth, but I have no internet access
>>with the device.
>>
>>If anybody has a simple solution to the DWL-G630
>>conundrum, that would
>>be great. Otherwise, I welcome reccommendations for
>>a wireless card that
>>will "just work," out of the box, with Mepis and the
>>2.6.7 kernel.
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>--
>>
>>
>>Lee Einer
>>Dos Manos Jewelry
>>http://www.dosmanosjewelry.com
>>
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