[ale] [Fwd: Re: Mandrake 10.0 wireless]

[Geoffrey]

Jay wrote:
> ok, I ran lspci -n before to check if mine was compatible with another 
> driver as a matter of fact.  I get:
> 
> 00:00.0 Class 0600: 1106:0691 (rev 44)
> 00:01.0 Class 0604: 1106:8598
> 00:07.0 Class 0601: 1106:0596 (rev 22)
> 00:07.1 Class 0101: 1106:0571 (rev 10)
> 00:07.2 Class 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 11)
> 00:07.3 Class 0600: 1106:3050 (rev 30)
> 00:09.0 Class 0200: 8086:1229 (rev 01)
> 00:0a.0 Class 0401: 1013:6003 (rev 01)
> 00:0d.0 Class 0280: 104c:8400

The above entry is the one that corresponds to your card.  Are you sure
this is an SMC 2802?  I think you've got the wrong card in your box.  Is
this not the D-Link DWL-520 card?

This will not work with the prism54 driver.  Also, it's a 802.11b card,
whereas the smc card is a 802.11g, I'd think you'd rather use the faster
card, particularily since it will talk to both g and b cards.

> as for the other, lsmod | grep firmware returns nothing.
> I've had no end of trouble getting this dang desktop to work with 
> wireless.  I had really hoped that moving to 10.0 and the 2.6 kernel 
> would make the difference so I wouldnt have to go through headaches.  
> I've got a wireless laptop card that worked after downloading and 
> compiling on the first try, so I have a feeling I used up my luck on 
> that.  Thanks for your help, it's greatly appreciated!

Double check to make sure you've got the smc card in there.  The driver
is better supported and you'll have a faster network.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey                     Registered Linux User #108567
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