[wplug] setting up an old laptop

[Patrick Weber]

It's easy to download and build.  You want to have pcmcia_cs and wlan_cs.  I
actually found that if you go to Netgear's website and go to the product
page for the MA401 and then go to support it has a link for linux drivers.
These turn out to just be the wlan drivers but it has a good readme attached
that will walk you through setting up really any prism2 device (netgear, old
linksys, old dlink etc).

-Pat

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ben Beige" <b.beige at zoominternet.net>
To: <wplug at wplug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: [wplug] setting up an old laptop


> Anyone have the prism2_cs.o  file laying about on a debain box :)
>
> Ben
>
> At 08:10 PM 1/20/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hmmm no cdrom fir one, though I may try on a laptop at work tommrow and
> >it's nota  pci based system (too old)
> >
> >
> >At 01:21 AM 1/21/2004 +0200, you wrote:
> >>On Wednesday 21 January 2004 00:16, Ben Beige wrote:
> >> > Well I've gotten a base install of debian up and going I dunno how to
> >> >  get the wireless card working though
> >>
> >>You might cheat and boot KNOPPIX and see if it recognizes the card, and
> >>then build/load the module in Debian. Or you might do it the "proper"
> >>way, which is lspci -vv and then trying to figure out what your card
> >>is, if it has modules for Linux and where these are.
> >>
> >>I'd go with #1 :-)
> >>
> >>Usually finding out which driver is appropriate is the toughest part of
> >>getting it to work.
> >>
> >>Cheers
> >>
> >>-A
> >>
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