Re: [SLUG] wireless card problem

From: Tevfik Yücek (yucek@eng.usf.edu)
Date: Wed Jul 14 2004 - 10:54:02 EDT


On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 06:46:51PM -0400, savatage wrote:
> If this is the newer 802.11b card the drivers are still not officially out
> for Linux.
> There is 3rd party drivers you will have to use.

I have the drivers, but I could not do anything with them since my
computer does not recognize the card.

Thanks,

>
> Bill P.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tevfik Yücek" <yucek@eng.usf.edu>
> To: <slug@nks.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 4:09 PM
> Subject: [SLUG] wireless card problem
>
>
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Couple of days ago, I got a wireless lan card for my laptop. The
> > card model is SMC 2635W and my computer is Sotec e-note. The card
> > works just fine with Windoze in my computer.
> >
> > I've wireless tools and pcmcia stuff installed. When the card is in
> > the pcmcia slot, I got the following output form cardctl:
> >
> > $cardctl status
> > Socket 0:
> > 3.3V CardBus card
> > function 0: [ready]
> >
> > $cardctl info
> > PRODID_1=""
> > PRODID_2=""
> > PRODID_3=""
> > PRODID_4=""
> > MANFID=0000,0000
> > FUNCID=255
> >
> > Somehow, it is not recognizing the card.
> >
> > Using google, i found that some people had problems with drivers,
> > hence I assume their computers detected the card correctly ("cardctl
> > info" gives the MANFID etc.). Some people had the same problem with
> > me but I couldnt whether they've solved their problems.
> >
> > Does anyone knows how can I solve this problem, or can I?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tevfik
> >
> > PS: I use Slackware 9.1 (kernel 2.4.22).
> >
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