pcmcia card doesn't work..

[wayut]

Hi guys,
I am a linux newbie and just settup linux OS on my laptop. I got a problem with my pcmcia wireless network card. The card is not very popular (SparkLAN WL-311FA), there is no information about the chipset used on this card. I use dump_cis to see the card manufacturer / ID and other information, however, this card is not event seen as present by linux pcmcia card service. This card is working on my pc running windows. On freebsd, I can see the kernel message showing the card manufacturer information when the card is inserted. What do you suggest for me to do? Please advice. I hope this forum is the correct place for me to ask this question.

Many thanks,

wayut

[hal]

you can use ndiswrapper to get it to work. ndiswrapper will use an windows driver. the syntax is the following: ndiswrapper -i *.inf

where *.inf is the windows driver - must have the inf extension.
check if it working by typing: modprobe ndiswrapper

if it is ok you can add ndiswrapper to kernel by typing: ndiswrapper -m

or following some of this indications:
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/pos...67.html#195267

[wayut]

Hi,
Thank you for your advice, now I have used the ndiswrapper to load the windows driver, and it seems successfull. However, still no sign of card detection.

Regards,

wayut

[spencerf]

you have to add pcmica support in your kernel. And you probably need to download a package called. pcmcia-cs. You can find the package here:

http://freshmeat.net/projects/pcmcia-cs/

[spencerf]

then type lspci to see if your card is recognized. If lspci doesn't work try as root if not then you need to downlaod pci-utilities package.

found here: http://freshmeat.net/projects/pciutils/

[ipdown]

hi all
i have bought the same card 'SparkLAN' 311-FA, on the box is noticed
that it supported by linux, but it seems that it isn't.
it don't have any linux stuff on the cd, on the www.sparklan.com/support.html
there is no linux support for this card.
lspci shows it as :
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Unknown device 16af:0002 (rev 01)
i was unable to find in the internet such PCI device ID.

cardctl shows this:
Socket 0:
3.3V CardBus card
function 0: [ready]

Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.