Networking :: Netgear WG111 - I know you guys hate this!

Howdy,

My wireless card, a Netgear WG111 is not on the list of supported wireless adapters. I am in poverty/graduate school and I don't have the money for a new one on that list.

I know this is a tall order - but is there anyway to explain how to make DSL CD w/ndiswrapper and the wireless card working at boot?

God bless all that help and anyone who reads this:

Merry Christmas!,
Will

How far have you gotten so far? Do you still need to get this card to work? Or have you already gotten it working, and now you want it to automatically work every time you boot?

This page will help you get it to work, if you haven't already:
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/List

To get it to boot at default, you have a few options.

1) Check out persistence on the wiki. There is a link from the FAQs.
2) Remaster your CD.

There is a CD remastering tutorial around here somewhere. I can't find it. There is one on the Knoppix wiki. DSL is a remaster of Knoppix, so most of that info is helpful.

Remember, when getting stuff to start at boot, /opt/bootlocal.sh is your friend. This script runs at startup.

I haven't gotten the card to work yet because I have a bit of a infrastructure problem.

I only have one computer with Winblows on it - wireless only. Is there a way to get the wireless adapter working without being online(linux), or through windows by changing what is on the iso image?

Thanks again for any help!
Will

So, you only have one computer? That is a pain, especially when trying to learn or set up a new OS.

Did you know that you can access your hard drive from linux? If it is formatted NTFS, it is a difficult process to write to it, but reading from all popular file systems is a piece of cake.

Code Sample

cd /mnt
ls
mount hda1
cd /mnt/hda1/My\ Documents/

Depending on how you formatted your hard drive, your windows drive might not be "hda1".

So, using windows, download the files you need, and put them in a directory on your hard drive. Reboot into DSL. Set up your network, using these files.

It might also help to download some web pages from ndiswrapper's site, like the FAQs, troubleshooting, etc.

I recommend seeing about getting a free Pentium computer. Damn Small Linux runs on Pentiums. It even runs on 486's. Your card probably says something like 500 MHz minimum, but that's for a Windows PC. They factor in all the bloat that your CPU has to fight. Ask at your school's IT department if they have any "relic" PCs. It's a real pain in the ass getting something like this to work with only one computer.

Good luck, and Merry Christmas.

Well, I think I'm still stuck with it -- what do I need to get typically to install the wrapper on DSL?

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