Netgear WG511 Wireless card with Marvell chip

Dan Williams dcbw at redhat.com
Mon Apr 25 16:46:26 UTC 2005


On Mon, 2005-04-25 at 14:35 +0100, Jaap Hoetmer wrote:
> When ordering a new 802.11g wireless card (Netgear
> WG511) I found out when receiving it that this version
> (V2 as it appears to be) does not have a Prism GT
> chipset, but Netgear changed to a Marvell chipset for
> that card. Investigation prior to the purchase led me
> to believe I was OK with this card, as the Prism
> chipset is apparently properly supported in Fedora.

Where is the card made?  Versions marked "Made in Taiwan" will work, but
those marked "Made in China" will not, even though both are "v2".  The
China ones have a different chipset that only does softmac, which may be
the Marvell one you're referring to here.

Dan




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