[Prism54-users] Netgear WG311 Installation

[kaleda]

> This I don't know, but when I run iwconfig I get "no wireless extensions"
> 
> wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:09:5B:2F:75:A7
>           BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>           RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>           Interrupt:12 Memory:c48fd000-c48fe000
> 
> This is my prism 2.5 netgear 802.11b pci card (not the WG311)

possible problem:
Have you enabled these *BOTH* in your kernel:
          CONFIG_NET_RADIO=y
          CONFIG_NET_WIRELESS=y

try doing cat /proc/net/wireless
If no such file - you'll have to enable those tags & recompile kernel.

kaleda