hi axel... i checked out the link you provided and i'm still confused... here are the steps i think i need (but i still don't know which card to use!!) -do a "uname -r" and get the kernel for my system -go to the atrpms site and get the required rpm -install the rpm (is there only one rpm for RHEL 4?) after i do the install of the madwifi-module rom, do i need to do anything else? the web page mentioned sharutils.... do i need to do the "modprobe" ? when would i do it? when do i place my card in the slot? how do i know if i even have the right/correct card for this rpm? lord give me windows!!!! just kidding.. but there really should be a better way for this... a site/page that says, ... take this card, for this linux version.. and do these steps...!!!! thanks -bruce -----Original Message----- From: Axel Thimm [mailto:Axel.Thimm@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 6:24 PM To: bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (Nahant) Discussion List Cc: 'For users of Fedora Core releases'; networkmanager-list@xxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: netgear wg511t - wireless network card On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 06:18:14PM -0800, bruce wrote: > ok.... > > but can someone point me to something that takes me through how to get a > wireless card up/runing on linux, step-by-step.... http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/Distro/RedHat > and can someone explain to me why RHEL appears to have a list of > cards/adapters, if it doesn't really natively support any cards that i can > find for the box????? Because it is closed source and thus not supportable by the distribution vendor unless the vendor has a partnership or some other special arrangement with the authors (like for java and acroread on the extra CD). > -bruce > > > From: nahant-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:nahant-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Axel Thimm > Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 4:19 PM > To: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (Nahant) Discussion List > Subject: Re: netgear wg511t - wireless network card > > > On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 04:02:28PM -0500, Jay Lee wrote: > > > > On Fri, February 17, 2006 3:59 pm, bruce wrote: > > > i'm looking to create a dell/rhel laptop, using netgear's wg511t network > > > card. > > > > > > i'm considering this card as it appears to be natively supported > > > by rhel 4. is this correct? > > The one I have (it's a bit old) has an atheros chipset in it. But > netgear is known to upgrade hardware w/o changing the market name. > > > > can someone tell me the actual steps (or point me to a site with the > > > actual steps) to get the card up/running on the dell/rhel system. > > > > > > when i plug the card into the slot, nothing seems to happen... > > > > > > i'd prefer not to have to install drivers/rebuild kernel if i don't have > > > to. actual steps to accomplishing this would be greatly appreciated... > > > > No, it is not natively supported. The only G-wireless card I know of that > > RHEL4 natively supports is the Centrino. You can however use the madwifi > > drivers with these > > > > http://madwifi.org/ > > > > It works quite well, I have a few CentOS4 kiosks running 24/7 with Netgear > > 311T's (same card but PCI interface). They work quite well, I just have > > to make sure I recompile the madwifi after updating the kernel or they > > won't get any connectivity. > > There is madwifi support for RHEL4 (i386 and x86_64) at ATrpms.net, > you need the madwifi and the madwifi-kmdl-`uname -r` packages: > > http://atrpms.net/dist/el4/madwifi/ > -- Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
