Hi Alexei & all Thanks for the changes, but still I cannot get the Netgear MA401 card to work. Here's my output from the changes you asked me to make. Btw, I am using in Winblow$ Me 128bit Wep encryption in Infrastructure mode, does this have any bearing as to why I can't get IP traffic to work? Tia Dre :-> linux:~ # rcnetwork start Setting up network interfaces: lo done eth-pcmcia ifup: Configuration 'eth-pcmcia' has STARTMODE=hotplug: -> skipped ifup: As we are called from rcnetwork we do not set it up, because ifup: it was not set up manually or by hotplug before. hotplug eth-pcmcia-0 ifup-wireless: command 'iwconfig eth0 mode Automatic' returned ifup-wireless: Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : SET failed on device eth0 ; Invalid argument. ifup-wireless: command 'iwconfig eth0 nwid Fireless' returned ifup-wireless: Error for wireless request "Set NWID" (8B02) : SET failed on device eth0 ; Operation not supported. DHCP client is already running on eth0 -----Original Message----- From: Guevara, Alexei [mailto:Alexei.Guevara@uhn.on.ca] Sent: 30 November 2002 18:37 To: 'arawak@blueyonder.co.uk' Subject: RE: [SLE] Wireless setup in 8.1 hi it looks like there is a bug in the network script in the /etc/pcmcia folder change the the file /etc/pcmcia/network: /sbin/ifup $DEVICETYPE-.... to /sbin/ifup eth-.......... /sbin/ifdown $DEVICETYPE-.... to /sbin/ifdown eth-.......... /sbin/ifstatus $DEVICETYPE-.... to /sbin/ifstatus eth-.......... alex6 This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review or distribution by anyone other than the person for whom it was originally intended is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please contact the sender and delete all copies. Opinions, conclusions or other information contained in this e-mail may not be that of the organization.