Hey all !
Today I've bought a Netgear WG511 Wireless Lan PCMCIA Card. Have looked before in to the Yellow Dog Linux Hardware Compatibility List, where this card is listed - but now the surprise:
This card come with different chipsets !!!!!
It's really an original Netgear product, if you look at the included Windows driver CD there are only files for Marvel 88W8310 chipsets.
It should have a Prism chipset, but my WG511 have a Marvel chipset - ergo not usable with YDL. So please pay attention when you buy such a card. Also the YDL staff should write a remark about this at http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/h ... ices.shtml
Now I will resell this f+++ card at ebay and look for a Prism equipped WG511.
I know this behaviour until now only from D-Link, where you can find products with the same name and 3 !!!! different hardware designs.
Again, be carefull when you buy a WG511.