Netgear WG111 - I know you guys hate this!Forum: Networking Topic: Netgear WG111 - I know you guys hate this! started by: willz06jw Posted by willz06jw on Dec. 10 2006,21:14
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 Posted by Winter Knight on Dec. 10 2006,21:57
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. Posted by willz06jw on Dec. 10 2006,22:35
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 Posted by Winter Knight on Dec. 10 2006,23:01
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.
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. Posted by willz06jw on Dec. 11 2006,01:06
Well, I think I'm still stuck with it -- what do I need to get typically to install the wrapper on DSL?
Posted by Winter Knight on Dec. 13 2006,00:21
I forgot to mention that DSL already has ndiswrapper. So what you need is:1) The windows driver for your network card. Both the .inf file and the .sys file. I don't think the .cat and such are required, but save them anyway. That's it. Plus the DSL CD, which you have, and your wireless device, which you have. It appears there are two versions of your card. Either v1 or v2. If yours doesn't have a v? specified, it is probably v1. Make sure you get the right one from netgear's site. Or, if you have the install CD, excellent. So: 1) Boot windows. Put the Netgear .inf and .sys and .cat files into a directory, say c:\wireless 2) Reboot into DSL 3) Open an xterm. Type the following commands:
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