[HOW-TO] Netgear MA401 WIFI drivers

Seems like the drivers on the HCL either don't work or is for CE.NET devices.
When I plug it in, LED blinks then powers off. Eventually, I had to dig through original driver cds to find the drivers I had stashed away years ago.

The Wifi manager that installs with driver crashes, So I used a third party software call pocketWinC from hpcmonex.net to switch access points.

Steps:
1) Install driver.
2) Type prismnds when asked for driver name.
3) Install pocketWinC, then check and ping ip address of device.

I have included driver and pocketWinC here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SN3VIKUP
http://hotfile.com/dl/123703710/7fe9ebf/MA401_4_J728.zip.html
http://www.filesonic.com/file/1416574434/MA401_4_J728.zip
http://www.fileserve.com/file/HFwxNTf
https://rapidshare.com/#!download|212l3|822599533|MA401_4_J728.zip|600|R~6228225501D64EE6814B30D8D63A4E3D

Edited by sa1110 2011-07-11 2:21 AM

http://www.hpcfactor.com/support/cesd/h/0020.asp didn't work?

I tested this one:
http://www.hpcfactor.com/hcl/detail.asp?hcdid=462&pn=1&mstrcat=12&sortby=&hclq=ma401&gowince=

If they are the same, then no it didn't work. I'm on v2.5 (not rev.D I believe).

It does actually say in the HCL that the only drive is for CE 4.2... so I'm not sure why you're surprised, lol.

The HCL listing states to use a reference driver, which if H0020 doe not work, you can use http://www.hpcfactor.com/support/cesd/h/0028.asp which are the Prism reference drivers.

Thanks for posting your guide though Good stuff.

err... OK where are you getting these links from? haha The page I'm seeing don't have any references except for the CE.NET drivers and some comments.
here's a screenshot: http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/5838/clipboard2g.png

Look in the support section for 401 and prism

haha I see, thanks. But why didn't you just include everything in one page?

tbh I thought it was