[ltp] NetGear WG511 with fc3

[Winsley von Spee]

Am Samstag, den 04.12.2004, 23:24 -0500 schrieb Bert Haskins:
> I'm running fc3 on my 390X, and I can't seem to get my NetGear WG511 
> Wireless 802.11g card to work with it.
> It uses the Prism54 Chipset.
> The card runs fine under W2K.
> 
> The isl3890 firmware from prism54  is in  /lib/firmware.
> Lsmod and cat interrupts both show prism54.
> Cardctl ident shows both slots empty(?)..
> This command under Mepis 2004 shows
> 
> product info: "Intersil", "ISL3890", "-", "-"
>   manfid: 0x00b, 0x3890
>   function: 254 ((null))
> 
> The card does not show up under the Internet connection wizard
> although it did when I first tried to set it up(?).
> 
> Has anyone else on the list had good results with this card?
> Or have and ideas on what I might be missing.
> 
> A MN520 (wireless b) card runs fine in this machine
> and shows up under cardctl ident.
> This card was very easy to set up.
> 
> Thanks,
>     Bert
> 


I used this card a relative long time. All I did was including support
in the Kernel and putting the firmware to /lib/firmware. 
What does dmesg say after putting in the card and what says lspci ???
If you build the wlan driver as a module also check lsmod.

Greetz