Chuck Haines <chaines@WPI.EDU> writes:

I just bought a new Netgear Ma401 wireless card. I figured it was pretty cheap and it seemed like it was supported under linux. Well after doing some research I've found conflicting views. Some say its a PrismII based card, some say its a Orinco card. I have no idea and I'm new wireless with linux. My question is, does anyone have this card and wants to point me in the right direction. Or can someone point me in the right direction for wireless and linux in general.

I'm pretty sure the Prisim II chipset is supported by the Orinoco driver. (and there's also a Prisim driver aparently, which I haven't tried yet) Is this a PCMCIA card? You'll need to enable support for this card in the kernel (if it isn't already). It's under the Network Device Support->Wireless LAN (non-hamradio)->Hermes chip 802.11b support (...) Enable that option, and the appropriate support option below it (PCI, PCMCIA, etc, depending on what kind of card you have) Of course, this doesn't sound good: Support for these adaptors is so far still incomplete and buggy. You have been warned. This is from the help text for the Ma301 driver support option. Good luck, -- Josh Huber