"bryan" <br***@rimmer.red-dwarf.lan> wrote in message
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> does anyone know where i can download a wireless driver for a netgear
> ma301?
>
> i've searched google but all i have found is lynnsoft's $100 driver!
>
> any help appreciated.

>
> "bryan" wrote
>
> > do you mean something like a spare linksys wap11?
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm not really familiar with the Linksys stuff since I primarily use D-Link,
> but was thinking something along the lines of a DWL-810+.
> http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=21
>
> I have a few of these little animals in the house that I primarily use for
> game consoles.  Whats nice is that it does everything internally, so
> hardware connected to it see it as just a simple ethernet drop.  When
> friends come over and want to use the internet or do some LAN gaming, but
> don't have any wireless hardware with their laptops, they can use an
> ethernet cable and plug straight into one of these guys without having to do
> any configuration or software installs.  All you need to get up and talking
> is just a working ethernet port.
>
> (Not specifically recommending this model, or even D-Link, but just using it
> as example.  The above device, however, can be found for about $65 if you
> shop around the internet. They also have a similiar model, but uses 802.11g.
> As I only needed these animals to pass internet traffic, found 802.11b to be
> just fine.)
>
> Anyway, the idea of the wireless-ethernet bridge came to mind as I played
> with Solaris (the free x86 version that Sun released) a few years back.  I
> was never able to make full use out of all the hardware that I put Solaris
> on since there weren't much Solaris-based drivers for the specific hardware
> in that box.  Eventually, got most of the hardware up and running, but not
> to it's full capability.  Don't know if its still the case, but the driver
> issues with (x86) Solaris was a major PITA at the time.  Many of the drivers
> that I eventually found were beta drivers ported from Linux-based beta
> drivers.  LOL,  if I remember right, the video driver I ended up using was
> like v0.02b.  Of course, even getting that up and running required compiling
> the source, which required a bunch of libraries to be installed beforehand.
> Basically, it was a just a big mess.  It worked, but not until after all
> sorts of handstands, cartwheels, and backflips.  Never got that box
> operating anything like one of the Sparcs at work, but it was fun just
> playing around with it.
>
> Cheers!
> -Eric

> Anyway, the idea of the wireless-ethernet bridge came to mind as I played
> with Solaris (the free x86 version that Sun released) a few years back.  I
> was never able to make full use out of all the hardware that I put Solaris
> on since there weren't much Solaris-based drivers for the specific
> hardware in that box.  Eventually, got most of the hardware up and
> running, but not to it's full capability.  Don't know if its still the
> case, but the driver issues with (x86) Solaris was a major PITA at the
> time.  Many of the drivers that I eventually found were beta drivers
> ported from Linux-based beta drivers.  LOL,  if I remember right, the
> video driver I ended up using was like v0.02b.  Of course, even getting
> that up and running required compiling the source, which required a bunch
> of libraries to be installed beforehand. Basically, it was a just a big
> mess.  It worked, but not until after all sorts of handstands, cartwheels,
> and backflips.  Never got that box operating anything like one of the
> Sparcs at work, but it was fun just playing around with it.

"Lucas Tam" <REMOVEn***@rogers.com> wrote in message
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> "DLink Guru" <rjacobs0spamfree@pacbell.net> wrote in news:56QSd.37908
> $uc.7239@trnddc08:
>
>> How about at the Netgear site.
>> http://kbserver.netgear.com/products/MA301.asp
>
> Did you find any useful information there?
>
> Why do people just post random links...
>
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"Lucas Tam" <REMOVEn***@rogers.com> wrote in message
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> "DLink Guru" <rjacobs0spamfree@pacbell.net> wrote in
> news:ECuTd.51788$wc.31548@trnddc07:
>
>> How is that a random link???? His origional post said he needed a
>> driver for the netgear MA301. Thats it....
>
> But where's the Solaris drivers? : )
>
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