On 1/11/06, David Andreoletti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2006/1/11, Dave Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > * David Andreoletti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-01-11 13:03:28 +0100]: > > > > > Good morning, > > > > > > I have a laptop ACER Travelmate 4150 Lmi, i would like use my pcmcia > > > port (ENE 712/4) with a netgear WG511T wireless pcmcia card. > > > So I download and install latest kernel on debian.org ( via apt-get > > > ).Currently I have kernel 2.6.15-1 who include madwifi module for > > > WG511T card (madwifi driver), ieee8001module, yenta etc .. (see > > > dmesg.txt ) > > > I insert my WG511T card and try to activate this one by : > > > ifconfig ath0 up > > > but system say me : > > > ath0 doesn't exist ! > > > > > > I have search on debian list and google without result > > > > Maybe it doesn't. Run: > > sudo tail -f /var/log/messages > > > > as you insert and remove the card and note what happens during those > > events, > > > > also, post ONLY the result of > > > > sudo iwconfig > > > > after you insert the card > > > > -- > > Regards, Dave > > I follow your recommandations and i get : > > when card is insert : > >tail -f /var/log/messages > Jan 11 15:51:00 england-laptop kernel: pccard: CardBus card inserted into > slot 0 > > when card is eject : > >tail -f /var/log/messages > Jan 11 15:51:16 england-laptop kernel: pccard: card ejected from slot 0 > > iwconfig command say always (on insert and eject card) the same thing : > >iwconfig > lo no wireless extensions. > > eth0 no wireless extensions. > > eth1 unassociated ESSID:off/any > Mode:Managed Channel=0 Access Point: Not-Associated > Bit Rate=0 kb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm > Retry limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off > Encryption key:off > Power Management:off > Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 > > > eth2 no wireless extensions. > > > sit0 no wireless extensions. > > NB : eth1 is my centrino card ( module ipw2200) > eth0 is my ethernet card (broadcom) > eth2 is my firewire card (maybe ! I not really sure ) > > There is no madwifi card ( ath0 or wlan0 ) detected. > >
I have a cheaper acer, the Aspire 3000. And I also have a netgear wireless card. I had to use ndiswrapper with the winblows 2000 driver to get the card to work. It works ok except, I cannot use tools like kismet. My card version is WG511 version 2. I believe that there are two different chipsets for netgear cards.
