I got the MA701 wireless card that many of you recommended. but I'm still having major problems .. and the guy who sent this is one of them.. A search on their site produced some red hat info ... but it was for 6.x and so on... BTW it's of some note that it doesn't work w/ XP either: or so the site claims. IT is mucho better on battery life tho, so if I could get it running, I could surf my suse 8.1 box as well as the net... TIA y'all ** Forwarding message from support@esupport.netgear.com on Sat, 30 Nov 2002 10:27:56 +1100 Return-Path: <support@esupport.netgear.com> Received: from DCSNRXCH01.mssexchange.datacom.com.au ([202.139.56.2]) by imf38bis.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.04.19 201-253-122-122-119-20020516) with ESMTP id To: jfweber@bellsouth.net <snipped> Message-ID: <eGain@1052Sat30Nov200210.27.56> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-DateReceived: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 21:44:00 -0500 Dear Sir/Madam, Thank you for contacting Netgear Support. My name is Manu & I will be handling your enquiry. No drivers are available for linux machine for MA701 adapter. This unit will not work with linux machine. Regards Manu Sharma Netgear Support support@netgear.com Please help us serve you better by clicking here mailto:support@netgear.com.au?subject=Feedback if you would like to provide any other valuable feedback. (Note: this feedback is not sent to an agent so you will not receive a reply.) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --Original Message-- linux setup MA701.. It appears to be connected to my wireless / ethernet router. i.e. the led is a solid green w/ very rare flashes ... however. I cann't ping any one of the computers in hte lan, nor can I ping the router. As in, I type ping 192.168.xxx.xxx it braodcasts , but never ever gets any information back. The same thing happens w/ the internet I can get it to atempt to get to a web site, but it always finds no host. I've not registered it yet, as it seems not to be a product I want to keep. ( It doesn't do anything that I can see So it's potentail use is more than limited , it's bloody useless!! I am using a zaurus 5500 w/ the latest upgrades. It is of course not a windows system, but I had heard raves for this specific model from other Suse/Zaurus users. help!!! ##ERIGNORE## NAME: jfweber EMAIL: jfweber@bellsouth.net QUESTION: linux setup MA701.. It appears to be connected to my wireless / ethernet router. i.e. the led is a solid green w/ very rare flashes ... however. I cann't ping any one of the computers in hte lan, nor can I ping the router. As in, I type ping 192.168.xxx.xxx it braodcasts , but never ever gets any information back. The same thing happens w/ the internet I can get it to atempt to get to a web site, but it always finds no host. I've not registered it yet, as it seems not to be a product I want to keep. ( It doesn't do anything that I can see So it's potentail use is more than limited , it's bloody useless!! I am using a zaurus 5500 w/ the latest upgrades. It is of course not a windows system, but I had heard raves for this specific model from other Suse/Zaurus users. help!!! CATEGORY: <!--[[prodfamily]]--> <!--[[product]]--> OS: Suse linux 8.1 DRIVER/FIRMWARE VERSION: MA701 PURCHASE DATE: 11/28/2002 SERIAL NUMBER: MA71A27ZC006633 COUNTRY: usa ESCALATE: [X] None of the above ERSID: 1038595394.9064.8 -- j afterthought: I come from a good home ... that's why they don't want me back.