Linksys Wireless G pcmcia card setup

#1 stikboy

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Posted 07 March 2003 - 12:54 AM

Hi all

Just wondering if anyone has played with the new Linksys wireless G stuff and gotten it to work in Linux?

I've got the WPC54G card, running Redhat 8.0, kernel 2.4.18-14 and I can't seem to get it working. I have tried both suggestions from http://linux.oldcrank.com/tips/wpc11/ and also tried loading as many different wireless protocals as possible.

thinking out loud:
Is this card based on the prism chipset? even if I can't get the g part to work, shouldn't I still be able to get it to work in b mode since it's backwards compatable?

hmm - I'm off to do some more digging - possibly trying pre-release wlan-ng stuff - I'll let you know if it works, and if anyone's got any suggestions, please let me know.

thanks

#2 stikboy

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Posted 13 March 2003 - 01:26 AM

FYI, if all the looks have been from people wanting to know how to do this

I have found that the chipset is a Broadcom BCM4306KFB - Not looking good for a solution yet, but I'm young enough to still have hope

Anyone has any ideas, please jump in. If not, I'll keep you all informed as this looks like a popular issue

BTW - anyone who has one of these cards, go sign the petition to get Broadcom to release driver specs - it'd help everyone out

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/BCM4301/

#3 tourist26

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Posted 01 May 2003 - 01:54 AM

The 54g hardware's just been released in the UK about 3 weeks ago. Got myself a Linksys 54G PCMCIA card for my laptop and will be trying my best at getting it to work.

Any news from you guys?

Regards.

tourist26