FC6 Netgear WG511 - Newbie

[dprucha]

Greetings:

I am new to Linux. I recently installed FC 6 on an IBM T30 and want to get a known-good Netgear WG511 working on it (it worked fine on the same system with XP).

I went through the network wizeard (Gnome desktop) GUI to add a wireless card, but there were no drivers listed for the card (nor any other wireless cards that I noticed).

Any assitance would be greatly appreciated. Please keep in mind that I am more or less completely new to the Linux environment.

Thanks,
Dave

[markkuk]

There are several different versions of the WG511 card with different chipsets. Some of them are supported in Linux, some aren't. See: http://linux-wless.passys.nl/query_part.php?brandname=Netgear

[dprucha]

Markkuk,

Thanks for your reply. It looks like my card is supported, unless it was manufactured in China, which I am unable to determine by looking at the card. I followed the link to Prism54, but from there it's not clear to me if I need to download drivers or if the drivers are already present and I need to take some steps to enable them or otherwise initialize the card.

If it weren't manuafactured in China, should I assume that OS should detect it, and I should only have to plug in my settings?

Thanks again; sorry for the dumb questions. I'm a little out of my element with Linux, but interested in learning more.

Dave

[dprucha]

Anybody else care to reply?

[renfrowk]

Markkuk,
I followed the link to Prism54, but from there it's not clear to me if I need to download drivers or if the drivers are already present and I need to take some steps to enable them or otherwise initialize the card.
Dave

I'm having the same problem. I am also new to the linux environment. Any help would be greatly appreciated.