Netgear WG511 Wireless card with Marvell chip
Jeffrey D. Yuille
jeffy5 at optonline.net
Mon Apr 25 23:13:19 UTC 2005
On Mon, 2005-04-25 at 12:46 -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> 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
>
Hello Dan,
By the way, does the Netgear WG511 card work in FC3? I have one of
these cards and have had no luck in getting FC3 to initialize the card
upon startup. Any suggestions?
Jeff
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