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On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 09:20:59PM +0200, Hauke Fath wrote:
> At 20:18 Uhr +0200 18.5.2004, Richard Braun wrote:
> >My old NetGear MA401RA card no longer works and I was able to buy a
> >new one (thought it's quite hard to find them now). But the wi driver
> >doesn't handle it correctly... I noticed at the back of the card that
> >it is revision d and I also noticed the previous one I had was seen
> >as MA401RA. First question : does RA means revision a ? Next one :
> >should a new entry be created for these cards ?
> >
> >I'll try to upgrade the firmware to see if it solves out my problems.
> >
> >If anyone has other valuable infos about NetGear MA401 cards, I'd be
> >glad to hear them :-).
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> I've got a Netgear labeled "MA 401 Rev. D" and bought six months ago that
> shows up as
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That's the one I have too.

> wi0 at pcmcia0 function 0: NETGEAR MA401RA Wireless PC, Card,
> ISL37300PEval-RevA
> wi0: 802.11 address 00:09:5b:54:f1:e5
> wi0: using RF:PRISM2.5 MAC:ISL3873B(PCMCIA)
> wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary (1.1.1), Station (1.7.4)
> wi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
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It seems you (or someone else) have already upgraded it. Mine is
Primary (1.0.7), Station (1.3.6). Maybe the problems I'm experiencing
are coming from this (I hope so).

> in a Sparcstation 10 and works fine (unless you do an "ifconfig wi0 media
> DS11", see PR #25604).
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Can you test it on a NetBSD 1.6.2/i386 kernel ?

> I notice that it has a sort-of-bulky antenna case, not the flat one that
> the pictures of MA401 cards on ebay usually have.
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Yes, my old one was flat too. Thanks for all these details :-).

> 	hauke
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