Linksys Wireless G pcmcia card setup

[stikboy 0]

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

[stikboy 0]

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/

[tourist26 0]

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