Networking :: Netgear MA 111 Install

Hello,

I need help installing a Netgear MA111 v1.
Adapter info follows;
Card: NETGEAR MA111v1 802.11b Wireless USB2.0 Adapter

* Chipset: Prism2/2.5/3
* usbid: 0846:4110 Distribution: Debian sarge, kernel 2.6.8.1, ndiswrapper 0.12rc3
* Driver: <a href="ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/ma111_CD_v2.0.zip">v2.0</a> from the netgear website. Version: NETGEAR,08/11/2003, 3.0.8
* Other: Works well with my ad-hoc WLAN setup.

I'm trying to install this USB adapter on my newly installed DSL (dsl-3.1-syslinux)

I've gotten this far:

ndiswrapper -i NETMA111.INF
modprobe ndiswrapper

but when i do pump -i wlan0
console responds with: Operation Failed.

if i typ ndiswrapper -l
console responds with: Installed drivers: netma111 driver installed, hardware present

Hi

A quick search of the forum for ma111 found this.

http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....t=13588

good luck

yea, I've read all of those other threads but it still cant get it to work, now i've gotten so far that it will actually configure (wlancfg) but i can't seem to get it to connect to my wireless network.

after I've typed the channel, sid and wep key in and hit the OK button it will try to connect (I guess) but after a while it will just say "Unable to connect"

any suggestions?

HI
I just tried mine with the latest stable DSL versiion and it works fine. My guess is that your system is not detecting the device at boot time. Here are some things to try.

1. Make sure your ma111 is plugged in while booting up.
2. Start an ATerminal session and try the dmesg command. Somewhere in the output you should see something like this:

prism2usb_init: prism2_usb.o: 0.2.1-pre21 Loaded
prism2usb_init: dev_info is: prism2_usb
usb.c: registered new driver prism2_usb

Then try the lsmod command. Somewhere in the output you should see something like this:

prism2_usb 61468 0 (unused)
p80211 22428 0 [prism2_usb]

Then you could try the lsusb command. You should see something like this:

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0846:4110 NetGear, Inc.

If you haven't seen any of the above then I would suspect a USB problem.
If you have seen the stuff above I would go to the DSL control panel and select Prism2 and click ok.

Then try the dmesg command again to see if there are any new messages about what you have done.

I hope this helps
Good luck

Hello again, now I've tried those things wich you instructed me to and here are the results;
List of all USB and Prism2 Mentioned in dmesg

Code Sample

usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
usb.c: registered new driver hub
usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 19:48:59 Apr 17 2004
usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled
usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xdce0, IRQ 11
usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
hub.c: USB hub found
hub.c: 2 ports detected
usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
usbdevfs: remount parameter error
hub.c: new USB device 00:07.2-1, assigned address 2
usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x846/0x4110) is not claimed by any active driver.
prism2usb_init: prism2_usb.o: 0.2.1-pre21 Loaded
prism2usb_init: dev_info is: prism2_usb
usb.c: registered new driver prism2_usb
usb.c: registered new driver hiddev
usb.c: registered new driver hid
hid-core.c: v1.8.1 Andreas Gal, Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>
hid-core.c: USB HID support drivers
Prism2 card SN: \x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00

Same in lsmod

Code Sample

prism2_usb 61468 0
usb-uhci 21836 0 (unused)
usbcore 57824 1 [hid prism2_usb usb-uhci]

lusb doesn't work at all.... command not found... (never has... reinstalled entire DSL several times)

Oh, and i almost forgot. It's an old computer and it has only a single USB Port.

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