On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 03:47, Jason Brown wrote: > Try ndiswrapper, this is a ndis kernel wrapper that uses the windows > .inf file as a driver. I have used this with quite a few different cards > and have found it quite easy. Only thing I have found is I have needed > to re-install it when I have installed new kernels via up2date. My work > around was to manually download the kernel update and upgrade the > existing kernel, up2date installs the new one seperatelty. > the netgear wt511 uses the prism driver and is also quite easy to get > going with out using ndiswrapper. > > hope this helps. I spent a couple of weeks trying to get the Centrino 2200BG wireless chip set to work in a Toshiba Tecra M2. Finally gave up and bought a Netgear WG511v2 card. This card is based on a Marvell chip set. Used Driverloader which uses the windows drivers shipped on the CD to get it up and running. Took all of 15 minutes to get it setup. Once Driverloader was installed I used the standard network tools to setup the card using WEP. Wireless support is one of the last few problem areas in Linux that has not been fully addressed yet. One major caveat is to determine the actual chip set used in the card you get. Vendors tend to use different chip sets in the same model cards depending on the phase of the moon and prices they get from the chip maker. I have yet to see a box list the actual chip set of the card inside. -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx The next person to mention spaghetti stacks to me is going to have his head knocked off. -- Bill Conrad
