Netgear MA101 & RedHat 8.0 HOWTO

Jamie McKinney, jamienz[at]yahoo.com

1. Introduction

• 1.1 NOTE
• 1.2 Changes
• 1.3 Copyright
• 1.4 Disclaimer

2. The Different Revisions of the MA101

• 2.1 Identifying Your Wireless USB Device
• 2.2 MA101 Revision A
• 2.3 MA101 Revision B

3. Important Issues and Requirements

• 3.1 usb-uhci.o
• 3.2 SMP Kernels
• 3.3 Kernel Source Must be Installed
• 3.4 You Need to be root

4. Compiling The Driver

• 4.1 Download the Driver
• 4.2 Patch the Driver
• 4.3 Compile the Driver

5. Configuring The Device

• 5.1 Loading the Driver
• 5.2 Plugging in the MA101
• 5.3 Confirming Driver/Device Interaction
• 5.4 Making Configuration Happen Every Reboot

6. What This HOWTO Doesn't Cover (yet)

7. Troubleshooting

• 7.1 Compilation of the driver fails
• 7.2 The driver isn't loaded when you plug in the usb device
• 7.3 You get a kernel panic when the driver loads and detects your device
• 7.4 The driver freezes or stops responding when it loads and detects your device
• 7.5 When the computer boots, the wireless device steals the eth0 alias from my ethernet card
• 7.6 If you still have problems

8. Resources

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