Netgear Wireless Card Compatability with Linux

bobby4004 · 10-04-2004, 11:45 PM

I have a Netgear WG511 wireless PCMCIA card, and I was just wondering if it would be compatible with Linux. I'm going to dual boot with Win XP and Linux on my laptop and just needed to know what files or drivers i would need to do this? I looked in the booklet that came with the card, and it didn't say anything about Linux.

Thankyou in advance for your help

jtshaw · 10-05-2004, 12:45 AM

The Netgear WG511 appears to be a Cardbus device based on the Prism GT chipset. This device should be supported by the 2.6 kernels.

crashmeister · 10-05-2004, 04:22 AM

Works fine for me.You'll need the firmware,too.
http://prism54.org/

Frisby · 10-07-2004, 03:07 PM

I have one of these and it works fine under Fedora Core 2 (2.6.8 kernel).

linux-goot · 10-07-2004, 07:07 PM

The LQ Linux HCL has tons of info for various hardware compatibility questions/issues. Here's the link for this particular Netgear item: WG511

bobby4004 · 10-08-2004, 11:49 AM

thankyou so much guys, i got the firmware and the 2.6.7 kernel patch. the question now is where do i put these files. i just wanna make sure that i can get the internet running on Linux before i make the switch so that i can get help from such wonderful people as all of you, haha. i'm sure there were instructions on that site, but i couldn't really find any??

Frisby · 10-08-2004, 02:52 PM

If you're using Fedora, this forum may help:

http://prism54.org/forums/viewforum.php?f=27

bobby4004 · 10-08-2004, 04:06 PM

exactly what i need, thankyou so much

hopefully i'll have Linux up and running by tonite