Thanks, Mike- I will check those out. I see that they are both 802.11B cards. Does linux work and play well with the newer 802.11g cards? mike hoy wrote: >ok glad you asked. > >i cannot vouch for the mepis livecd. but i use >slackware and wanted the exact same thing. > >the Netgear MA401 802.11b card works >the cisco aironet 350 works > >by 'works' i mean you plug it in and boot up the >computer and you're on wifi > >at least that is my experience with these two cards >(pcmcia) with slackware. > >the cisco aironet card is expensive but available for >purchase > >the Netgear MA401 card is old and I had to order if >off of Amazon.com marketplace from a seller on that >site > >NOTE* this is not a guarantee that it will work > >Let me know if you want more details on the cards and >where you can buy them. Oh and I bought them both >online, never did find one at a store here in phoenix >that had one that worked. > >Mike >--- Lee Einer wrote: > > > >> Hi, all- >> >>Thanks to the help of Sherry and Dennis at the last >>installfest, most >>everything is working now on my laptop. Well, almost >>everything. I spent >>an interesting but unproductive afternoon today >>trying to get a DWL-G630 >>wireless D-link card to work in my laptop. Didn't >>get much in the way of >>error messages, except that dmesg shows "ERROR: >>Don't know how to get >>sensitivity for this radio type, please try to add >>that!" and "NETDEV >>WATCHDOG: transmission timed out." And iwconfig >>doesn't pick up the >>access point numbers UNLESS the WAP is powered up >>but unconnected to the >>internet. Other than that, the signal is detected, >>packets seem to be >>going back and forth, but I have no internet access >>with the device. >> >>If anybody has a simple solution to the DWL-G630 >>conundrum, that would >>be great. Otherwise, I welcome reccommendations for >>a wireless card that >>will "just work," out of the box, with Mepis and the >>2.6.7 kernel. >> >>Thanks! >> >>-- >> >> >>Lee Einer >>Dos Manos Jewelry >>http://www.dosmanosjewelry.com >> >> >>--------------------------------------------------- >>PLUG-discuss mailing list - >>PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail >>settings: >> >> >> >http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Y! Messenger - Communicate in real time. Download now. >http://messenger.yahoo.com >--------------------------------------------------- >PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > -- Lee Einer Dos Manos Jewelry http://www.dosmanosjewelry.com --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss