Netgear WG511 drivers help

[Suken Woo]

Bill Paul Wrote:

>>Suken Woo Wrote:
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>>>>lists:
>>>>the Netgear WG511 dosen't support on freebsd and ndis wrapper doesn't
>>>>work either
>>>>anybody could give any help??
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>>>Did your Netgear WG511 say 'Atheros' on its packaging?
>>>what does pciconf -lv say about it?
>>>
>>>I have a WG511T and it works fine its a Atheros.
>>>
>>>Mike
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>>the WG511 useing the difference chip set i though. and here's my
>>pciconfig -lv lists:
>>none1 at pci3:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x4e001385 chip=0x1faa11ab rev=0x03 
>>hdr=0x00    vendor   = 'Marvell Semiconductor (Was: Galileo Technology Ltd)'
>>    class    = network
>>    subclass = ethernet
>>and some dmesgs:
>>cardbus0: Resource not specified in CIS: id=14, size=10000
>>cardbus0: <network, ethernet> at device 0.0 (no driver attached)
>>
>>BTW,my card's type is WG511 v2.
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>
>I have the following:
>
>none7 at pci1:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x1faa11ab chip=0x1faa11ab rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
>    vendor   = 'Marvell Semiconductor (Was: Galileo Technology Ltd)'
>    class    = network
>    subclass = ethernet
>
>This is a Marvell 8335 card, and it works with the latest incarnation
>of Project Evil in -current:
>
>ndis0: <Marvell Libertas 802.11b/g Wireless (8335)> mem 0x88010000-0x8801ffff,0x88020000-0x8802ffff irq 9 at device 0.0 on cardbus0
>ndis0: NDIS API version: 5.1
>
>Note however that I've been experiencing a peculiar problem with my
>particular card and laptop. The card is a no-name brand ("Mentor"),
>and I'm using it in my Sony Vaio Picturebook laptop. For the most
>part it works ok: I can initialize it, get it to associate, I can
>even do WPA2 with it using wpa_supplicant. The only problem is that
>after it's been running for a while (usually several hours, though
>sometimes sooner), the laptop will freeze up. Typically when it happens,
>one of the LEDs on the card will be flashing, which I think means it's
>become disassociated or the re-keying interval has expired. Sadly,
>since the whole laptop wedges up completely, I have no clue what's
>causing the problem.
>
>I haven't noticed the same problem when testing the same card with
>my Soekris board at home, and I don't have another laptop or card
>to test it with, so I'm at a bit of a loss. I've tried everything I
>can think of to try and get the laptop to cough up some useful info
>but with no joy. The fact that I can only get it to crash maybe once
>or twice a day doesn't help.
>
>I suspect the issue is related to WPA2 somehow, so if you're not
>going to use that, you may not notice any problems. Give it a try
>and see what happens.
>
>-Bill
>
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yep, u r right here! use the latest incarnation of Project Evil in -CURRENT.
it's working now and thank u very much :-P
below is my  ndis:
cardbus0: Resource not specified in CIS: id=14, size=10000
ndis0: <NETGEAR WG511v2 54 Mbps Wireless PC Card> mem 
0xd0220000-0xd022ffff,0xd0230000-0xd023ffff irq 11 at device 0.0 on cardbus0
ndis0: NDIS API version: 5.1
ndis0: Ethernet address: 00:0f:b5:86:85:a8