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Old 05-14-2002, 09:36 AM   #1
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Question RH 7.2 setup netgear HA501


I am trying to install my wireless netgear pcmcia card. model HA501. Having a heck of a time. Any suggestions on this?
 
Old 05-14-2002, 11:16 PM   #2
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Well, the netgear verdict is the following:

Question:
What operating systems do the NETGEAR wireless 802.11a products support?

Answer:
NETGEAR’s line of IEEE 802.11a wireless products support Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows NT 4.0

Document ID: N100679.htm

I don't see Linux listed anywhere... What stage are you on right now? Looking for drivers?

I know kernel 2.4.17 supports the following wireless cards:
  • STRIP (Metricom starmode radio IP)
  • AT&T WaveLAN & DEC RoamAbout DS support
  • Aironet Arlan 655 & IC2200 DS support
  • Aironet 4500/4800 series adapters
  • Cisco/Aironet 34X/35X/4500/4800 ISA and PCI cards
  • Hermes chipset 802.11b support (Orinoco/Prism2/Symbol)

Looks like you're out of luck...
 
Old 05-15-2002, 06:05 PM   #3
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I had thought that a couple of weeks ago I saw a string in which someone had successfully got it running on RH7.2. Can't find that posting again, so I hoped to probe the waters and find a brain trust who knows the answer. Maybe I am out of luck, I hope not.
Thnxs anyway.
 
Old 05-16-2002, 04:14 PM   #4
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With wireless gear, don't trust the kernel, its about 4 steps behind what the driver maintainers for the projects are putting out. The biggest chipsets in 802.11b these days are Symbol and Prism2, both of which have only marginal support in the orinoco_cs and pals set of drivers collectively know as the dldwd, Dave's Less Dodgy Wavelan Driver. 2.4.18 has I think version .08b, Dave's now up to .12 and prism cards finally work right. There are three other projects that provide drivers that are not, and probably none of them ever will be, part of the kernel. In one case I actually found that the driver covered a card Dave's didn't, but that would matter if you had 3com.

However, this card is an 802.11a product, which has probably been on the market for a period that can be measured in days, if not a few weeks. I don't think there are any projects that support these chipsets as of yet, but I'm going to poke around and I'll post what I find.

Cheers,

Finegan
 
Old 05-16-2002, 04:38 PM   #5
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I can't find a bloody thing, so I mailed the driver maintainers of a couple of 802.11b projects and asked them if there is ANY support for 802.11a. These chipsets are entirely different worlds, work at different bandwidths, and unlike 802.11g, this is not backwards compatible with 802.11b. Buggerit.

Even if there is any support out there its going to be rather alpha.

Cheers,

Finegan
 
Old 05-16-2002, 05:29 PM   #6
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thanks for looking around, if you happen to hear anything from the grape vine, drop me a line.

thxs
 
  


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