Please help newbie install g122 wifi dongleForum: Networking Topic: Please help newbie install g122 wifi dongle started by: roddyguk Posted by roddyguk on July 21 2006,11:09
hi, im very new to linux (have played about a bit with debian and ubuntu) now ive come across dsl i really like it.ive install it to my hard drive (fungal install) but cant for the life of me get my usb dongle working. im runnung dsl 1.3 i think and i have a DWL-G122 rev.B1 any help would be great, if you say to try installing something could you please instruct me on how to do it as like i said im very new to linux. cheers Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on July 21 2006,15:40
To check your DSL version in those versions you can open dillo and it might be there.Your DWL-G122 rev.B1 seems to use rt2500 - which afaik most DSL users have gotten to work with ndiswrapper. Posted by roddyguk on July 24 2006,10:33
ive managed to get it working with both debian and ubuntu using the linux driver not ndiswrapper (but i cant remember how i done it)i dont mind using ndiswrapper, but as ive never used it before could someone please help me out? cheers Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on July 24 2006,15:44
If you had searched around, the problem with the linux driver is that it _still_ doesn't support SMP enabled kernels, in which DSL is by default (debian/ubuntu aren't).I think there's some help in the wiki on ndiswrapper.. Posted by gisgman on July 29 2006,01:51
After searching different posts, here's the solution I came up with:(I'm using version 3.0.1) 1. Boot DSL with the 'nosmp' option -at the boot: prompt type "linux nosmb" 2. Use ndiswrapper to recognize the g122 dongle -point it at the .inf file that came on the CD |