i just bought a new wireless pcmcia card (senao NL-2511CD PLUS) and when i did
cardctl ident in shell i got the output

Socket 0:
product info: "INTERSIL" , "HFA384X/IEEE", "VERSION 01.02", ""
manfid: 0x0156, 0x0002

now im a newbie when it comes to wireless cards .. if i am not wrong ... intersill as the same as prism ... right ??

also im not sure where does this tell me what version of the prism chipset.... is it version 1.02.

any other way of confirming this ... as the ad said it should have the prism 2.5 chipset so i want to make sure

thanks for all your help
a

Here's the list:

http://www.linux-wlan.org/docs/wlan_adapters.html.gz

Here is an updated version of the list linked by RHELL

hey,

thanks for the reply ... but in that list ... only the SL - models are listed for the senao type...

is there a way to find which chipset does my card have ... using the output i got from the cardctl command.

thanks
a

hey ,

thanks for the reply ... same thing .. this updated list also lists only the SL version .. no mention of the NL version....

thanks
a

...and when I google your manfid, it looks like an orinoco v6.16. ..But don't take my word for it.
Actually I was under the foolish impression that the list I showed you had PCI id's. Not much use without them.

hey rhell,

thanks for the quick reply.

if i am not mistaken the output from the cardctl command gives "intersil" which was the earlier name for prism right ???

thanks
a

Damn, depending on where you look, that id shows up as either a prism-something or an orinoco. This is supposed to be simple, so I can maintain my thin veneer of superiority. I've not seen a conflict in id's.

See if you can make sense of these, but I believe you are correct.


http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail...ry/003299.html
http://www.cat.pdx.edu/~baera/redhat...hostap_cs.conf

Is there an FCC id on the little....darling?
http://lists.shmoo.com/pipermail/hos...ly/007197.html

I tried the senao site, but I'd have to read like a squirrel before it flashes into Mandarin.

...sgotta be a prism. Try wlan-ng or hostAP sites for more info.

hey RHELL,

wow man ! thanks a lot ... i appreciate you helping me out so much ... thanks for the links you gave .

i guess ill have to spend some more time into this than i initially thought ...not today though (have to finish a paper for school )....will do it 2morrow.

will keep u posted

thanks again
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