Re: Netgear MA401 16-bit PCMCIA wifi card and FC3

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Author: mike hoy
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: Netgear MA401 16-bit PCMCIA wifi card and FC3
I have no control over the router at the coffee shop :-)

Michael wrote:

> 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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