A while ago, I installed a new 802.11n/megabit router and posted a note telling of success with some megabit cards that were recognized by YaST and installed without any drama in openSuSE 10.3. I mentioned that I had some 802.11n wireless cards on the way, and said that I'd report on my success with them. The one in my wife's Vista machine probably wouldn't interest anyone here, but the PCMCIA card I bought for my Toshiba laptop is branded "Level1" or "Level One," depending on where you look. Its model is WPC-0600, and so far I have NOT been able to find any way to support it with Linux. If anyone else has found a way to use one of these, or has a clue about the chipset and possible support for it, please let me know. I've been able to get no clues from the Level1 web site, nor from the openSuSE WiKi, nor from a Google query. Unless someone has some good news in this regard, I'd currently advise against Level1, for reasons of no support. Can anyone recommend an 802.11n PCMCIA card that *is* supported well by openSuSE 10.3? I'm sure I'm not the only one here who'd like to know about it. I'd hate to have to install Vista on this laptop, just to get n-level wireless support! Thanks, Jerry in Bothell, WA -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 12:16 PM, Jerry Houston <jerry@effjayare.net> wrote:
The one in my wife's Vista machine probably wouldn't interest anyone here, but the PCMCIA card I bought for my Toshiba laptop is branded "Level1" or "Level One," depending on where you look. Its model is WPC-0600, and so far I have NOT been able to find any way to support it with Linux.
When you plug it into a running suse, what does dmesg say? You may find the chipset is known, and might work under linuxant or ndiswrapper. -- ----------JSA--------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
John Andersen wrote:
When you plug it into a running suse, what does dmesg say? You may find the chipset is known, and might work under linuxant or ndiswrapper.
Dmesg just says that a card has been removed and one inserted. However, from the hardware info in YaST, I found this entry, which has to apply to this card: 61: udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_11ab_2a02' pci.subsys_vendor = 'Marvell Technology Group Ltd.' info.bus = 'pci' pci.device_protocol = 0 (0x0) info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_11ab_2a02' pci.linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.4/0000:02:04.0/0000:03:00.0' pci.subsys_product_id = 10754 (0x2a02) linux.subsystem = 'pci' info.vendor = 'Marvell Technology Group Ltd.' info.subsystem = 'pci' pci.product_id = 10754 (0x2a02) pci.vendor = 'Marvell Technology Group Ltd.' info.product = 'Unknown (0x2a02)' linux.hotplug_type = 2 (0x2) linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.4/0000:02:04.0/0000:03:00.0' pci.vendor_id = 4523 (0x11ab) info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1524_1411' pci.subsys_vendor_id = 4523 (0x11ab) pci.device_class = 2 (0x2) pci.device_subclass = 0 (0x0) Maybe I'll be able to use that to find out more. Thanks for encouraging me to look closer at the hardware. Jerry in Bothell, WA -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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