Re: configuring NetGear WG511 on Sarge (was: dumb question - not sure where to begin configuring a wifi card)
Rodney D. Myers wrote:
> I'm using Debian sarge, on an IBM Thinkpad 770x.
>
> I'm trying to get my pcmcia wifi card (Netgear wg511) working. It
> works under windos 98SE, needed for radio programming, but not sure
> where to start looking for coinfiguration.
>
> Debian knows it's a Netgear card, and loads the prism54 module, but
> not sure what I need to start trying to get this card configured.
The wireless-tools package contains the command-line utilities (such as
iwconfig). I highly recommend installing waproamd, which can detect the
WLAN you are on and configure the card accordingly.
The man pages for iwconfig and waproamd are helpful sources of information.
I also have a NetGear WG511, and using a 2.6 kernel and the built-in prism54
driver (with the firmware available from prism54.org) works almost
flawlessly - the only thing lacking is WPA support.
Adam
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