Re: Next question: Netgear wireless help
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 11:57, Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 11:43:15 -0800
> "Kelly Clowers" <kelly.clowers@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 10:38, Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> wrote:
>> > Greetings folks,
>> >
>> > What is suggested I used to get either of my Netgear PCMCIA nics to
>> > work?
>> >
>> > 1. MA401
>> > 2. WG511T
>>
>> What is the output of lspci for each of them?
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Kelly Clowers
>>
>>
>
>
> Thanks Kelly for the reply:
>
> MA401:
> doppleganger:~# lspci
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS200/RS200M AGP Bridge [IGP 340M] (rev 02)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc PCI Bridge [IGP 340M]
> 00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: ALi Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device (rev 02)
> 00:07.0 ISA bridge: ALi Corporation M1533/M1535/M1543 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV/V/V+]
> 00:08.0 Modem: ALi Corporation M5457 AC'97 Modem Controller
> 00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 02)
> 00:0b.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 50)
> 00:0b.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 50)
> 00:0b.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 51)
> 00:0c.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
> 00:10.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c4)
> 00:11.0 Bridge: ALi Corporation M7101 Power Management Controller [PMU]
> 00:12.0 Ethernet controller: National Semiconductor Corporation DP83815 (MacPhyter) Ethernet Controller
> 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon IGP 330M/340M/350M
I do not see the device in this list. Is this card known to be working?
It should show up whether or not there is a driver for it.
> WG511T:
> doppleganger:~# lspci
<snip>
> 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212/AR5213 Multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor (rev 01)
For Etch, madwifi is what you want. For Lenny (kernel 2.6.26),
you want the built-in ath5k driver (should just work).
Cheers,
Kelly Clowers
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