Hi, I have also tried the WT511. I the newer v2.0 (Marwell-Chipset) and v3.0 do not work on Linux. I have bought the WT511T (108mbit). This one uses the madwifi modules and is working. Regards, Martin Alfke On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 10:05:30AM +1000, Fergus McKenzie-Kay wrote: > Hey, > I'm trying to find a 802.11g (54g) wireless solution for my new > powerbook G4. I have recently tried to buy a Netgear WG511 because I > had read some good feedback, but as is always the case they have again > changed the version and it won't work. > I apparently have bought Netgear wg511 v3.0 (Made in China). The card > is recognised with the prism54 module but after it tries to upload the > firmware it gets: > eth1: no 'reset complete' IRQ seen - retrying > eth1: interface reset failure > prism54: Your card/socket may be faulty, or IRQ line too busy :( > It then tries the whole process again in a never ending loop. > >From what I've read this is basically a sign that it's not going to > work. > > Has anyone had any luck (recently) with either a 802.11g PCMCIA/CardBus > or USB dongle? The problem that I keep running into is people find one > that works but then the manufacturers release a different version with > the same FCC ID etc.. and thus doesn't work. > > -- > > Fergus McKenzie-Kay > System Support Engineer > National ICT Australia Limited > > PH: (02) 6125 8638 > Mob: 0419 272 191 > Fax: (02) 6125 8623 > Fergus.McKenzie-Kay@nicta.com.au > http://www.nicta.com.au > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org >
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