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OS/2, eCS & ArcaOS - Technical => Networking => Topic started by: warp on October 13, 2017, 02:16:42 pm

Title: Netgear Wireless PC Card
Post by: warp on October 13, 2017, 02:16:42 pm
Is it possible to make the PCMCIA Card WG511 working with eCS 2.1? Thank you in advance.
Title: Re: Netgear Wireless PC Card
Post by: ak120 on October 13, 2017, 02:26:01 pm
Is it possible to make the PCMCIA Card WG511 working with eCS 2.1? Thank you in advance.
Netgear's WG511 is not a PCMCIA or PC Card - so definitely not. CardBus support in all releases of eComStation is broken.

The only natively supported PC Cards are Lucent WaveLAN 802.11b wireless cards. You can try to use GenMac for some Atheros chipset based devices.
Title: Re: Netgear Wireless PC Card
Post by: Martin Iturbide on October 13, 2017, 04:00:09 pm
Hi

Just reading more about it:
* PC Card = PCMCIA Card (older name): 16-bit or 32-bit
* PC Card 32-bit version = Cardbus (alternative name)
- Source (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_Card#Summary)

I haven't found any references on the Netgear WG511 from the Hardware site.
http://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php/Network_Adapters#PC_Cards_.2F_PCMCIA (http://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php/Network_Adapters#PC_Cards_.2F_PCMCIA)

Warp: Maybe it will be also interesting for you to try to find some other alternatives, like an Ethernet2Wifi adapter until Arca Noae releases newer wireless PCI drivers.

Regards
Title: Re: Netgear Wireless PC Card
Post by: Rene Hvidsoe on October 13, 2017, 06:29:24 pm
Hi,

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Title: Re: Netgear Wireless PC Card
Post by: warp on October 13, 2017, 07:06:00 pm
I attach the picture of the card.
I also would like to purchase a new laptop with AMD processor. the laptop I am using is obsolete, from year 2003.
I am waiting for the new version of Arca Os, the one which boots from usb keys.

Hi

Just reading more about it:
* PC Card = PCMCIA Card (older name): 16-bit or 32-bit
* PC Card 32-bit version = Cardbus (alternative name)
- Source (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_Card#Summary)

I haven't found any references on the Netgear WG511 from the Hardware site.
http://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php/Network_Adapters#PC_Cards_.2F_PCMCIA (http://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php/Network_Adapters#PC_Cards_.2F_PCMCIA)

Warp: Maybe it will be also interesting for you to try to find some other alternatives, like an Ethernet2Wifi adapter until Arca Noae releases newer wireless PCI drivers.

Regards