> i couldn't get the card to work with NetBSD or Linux... however, upon 
> browsing, i ran across a web page with a link to a firmware updater app 
> that *supposedly* would enable access point features of the card and help 
> compatibility issues...

yeah, our wireless dude here says that those cards need a flash update to
work well with Linux/*BSD.
 
> i should have known better, but in a fit of exuberant hopefulness i 
> followed the posted and included directions, which said to get the card 
> working under [shudder] Win98se, and then to run the flash utility...
>
> the update started and ...
> 
> promptly hung and locked the system... 

after seeing win98 lock hard while trying to format a floppy, I distrust it
at every turn. 

the wireless guy here says that there's a linux flash-upgrade utility for
that card; and you might be able to try using that to fix the card.

Carl Soderstrom.
-- 
Network Engineer
Real-Time Enterprises
(952) 943-8700