Jon...Thanks for your efforts. I followed your instructions and got the green light on the MA401 card to stay lit (solid green). However, I am still unable to get onto the internet or to get email. It network configuration it now reads: 1. Device Tab status: active device: eth1 (this is my netgear ma401 wireless pcmcia card) nickname: eth1 type: ethernet (Question: should this say wireless? ) when I double click on it I get the following: 1a. general tab nickname: eth1 activate device when compute starts (yes) allow all users to enable and disable (yes) automatically obtain IP address settings with: DHCP dhcp settings, hostame: blank automatically obtain dns info from provider (unchecked) statically set IP addresses: unchecked 1b. route tab destination network: blank prefix(netmaskø9: blank gateway: blank 1c. hardware device tab hardware: eth1 device alias number: checked as 1 bind to mac address checked as xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (matches my card) 2. Hardware Tab (back to main networkcoinfig screen) Description: orinoco_cs type: wireless device: eth1 status: system when I double click I get the following 2a. adapter: orinoco_cs (greyed out) device: eth1 resource irq: unknown mem: blank io: blank io1: blank io2: blank dma0: blank dma1: blank 3. DNS tab (bacl at main netwok config scren) hostname: localhost.localdomain primary dns: blank secondary dns: blank teritary dns: blank dns search path: blank 4. hosts tab (back at main network config screen) IP: blank name: blank aliases: blank again, the green light on the card is lit, but still no internet connection. Also, while I am still a newbie, I wonder if the setting as ethernet type (on the main network config screen) is correct. Should it say wireless? Since the way it is now, I cannot get any screen to enter a SSID, key etc (though I turned off security on my router/gateway as you asked). Any help anyone could add would be greatly appreciated. I truly dislike M$ and this is the last step for me to get a clean getaway from Gates and company. Thanks in advance ********************************* Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 19:11:51 +0000 From: Jon Atkinson <jonathana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: wireless help newbie Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx I have a Netgear MA401, and Dell Inspiron 2650. Everything works fine in my configuration, and everything was auto-detected and set up. The MA401 is a regular (read: common) Prism 2 card, and so you should use the orinoco and orinoco_cs driver. First of all, remove the card. Then insert it. If you get a high pitched beep followed by a low one, then the OS is saying "I've seen a card had been inserted, but don't know what to do". This usually means the driver module isn't being loaded, or something goes wrong just after the driver is loaded. However, if you get two high-pitched beeps, then the card is being initialised and the driver is loaded okay. If the driver isn't being loaded, open a terminal, and: # su (root password here) # /sbin/lsmod | grep "orinoco" if this gives no output, then you need to load your driver manually. # /sbin/modprobe orinoco # /sbin/modprobe orinoco_cs You should possibly now hear the high-pitched beep (I'm unsure on this one). Okay, now we can assume your card is working and the driver is loaded. On my card, the green LED on the card is steadily on. Now, you need to start the interface to the network. I like to use the provided redhat-config-network tool (Menu > System Settings > Network) to set up my card. I also recommend setting the connection type to Auto rather than Managed or Ad-hoc, because it means it figures it all out itself. Once you have configured the network, use the GUI to activate the interface, or: # /sbin/ifup ethX Where X is the number of the interface (its eth1 on my box). After this you should be good to go. If it still fails, it's likely you have a problem with your router or suchlike. Kindest regards, --Jon Atkinson Alex Olivas wrote: > George Bennett wrote: > >> I have a dell inspiron running fedora core 1 with kernel >> 2.4.22-1.2115. Please help me get away from M$ once and for all! >> >> I have a wireless router and desperately am trying to get my wireless >> pcmcia adapter to work without luck. The adapter is a netgear ma401. >> >> I have tried suggestions on multiple forums wihtout success, which >> leads me to my two questions: >> >> 1. Is there any 802.11b wireless pcmcia adapter that will work with >> fedora core 1 "out of the box"?. I have changed the default setting >> on my wireless gateway/router for essid and my wep (128) keys. >> 2. Can anyone tell me how to configure the netgear ma401 to work? >> >> -- >> fedora-list mailing list >> fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >> >> > i have a Linksys WPC11 802.11b pcmcia card and it worked fine out of the > box. i remember having to > downlowad drivers for rh7.3 and it didn't work at all in rh9, but it > works just fine with fedora. i'd be > surprised if you couldn't pick one up for dirt cheap. > hope this helps, > alex. > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
