i want to get my "DWL-650 D-Link Air" to work with Mandriva..when i plug it in it sais unsupported card...does this mean i need drivers or something? or is it just not going to work?

Is this a pcmcia card in a laptop?

I have a DWL-G650 D-Link Airplus xtreme which I use the mad-wifi drivers for.


www.madwifi.org have installation/newbie guide that I used to install configure my card.Very straight forward.
Hope this helps.

yes its a pcmcia card in a laptop...and im going to try and take a stab at that program u sujested...ill post back with weather it works or not...but wait....how am i suppost do download it if my wireless card doesnt work? lol

i found the files i need a burned them to a cd to put on my linux laptop...but on the laptop i cant find the hard drive...do i need to mount it first? i thought it would just show up lol

lol.dude ,wot do you mean you cant find the hard drive.

Ok its got Linux running on it right.?

Re pcmcia card,I guess I assumed you were posting from said machine using wired ethernet or usb into asdl or simething.

I should know better than to assume.

ya forget where i said i couldnt find the hard drive...im retarded lol..i got the files all copied over...but, im having some problems installing it...it all goes well untill i get to the part where i type in "make"

http://x6a.xanga.com/17ca33f01863257.../w38296750.jpg

You need to have the development sources before you can compile.

what does that mean?

See this - http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/Distro/Mandrake

well, i got stuck on the first paragraph...lol

"If you have Never upgraded your kernel since you installed Mandriva/Mandrake, it is best to go to the Mandrake Control Center GUI and uncheck the RPM sources for updates before you begin (set it back afterwards), otherwise you will Not get the right kernel. Launch Configure My Computer from the Start menu, select Software Management, then Media Manager, and uncheck Contrib and Updates, and quit MCC. You should be able to use the standard software tools to install your kernel source. Be sure to restore your contrib and update sources by going back through MCC, as above, and rechecking them in the Media manager once you've gotten the kernel."

where is the mandrake control center gui? i cant find this Configure My Computer thing anywhere lol...

someone said it was in start>system>configure ...but i dont see it

http://x2b.xanga.com/d65a065167d3357.../w38388362.jpg
thats a screen shot of my options

do uname -r from command line.
This should give you your kernel version so you can try the plan b install in the instructs posted afore.

Just do /usr/sbin/drakconf as root in terminal.