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Kernel (uname -r):
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kernel 2.6.11.6
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Distribution:
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Mandrake 10.2 (LE 2005)
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After spending a lot of hours to make this thing working I found out it WONTwork with ndiswrapper. Somehow modprobe locks each time even ndiswrapper shows hardware present and cant probe card. SO I found zd1211u driver (thanks to opensource developers) . two ways to make this card work;
1. Linuxtant Driverloader ; easiest but EXPENSIVE, they ask $20 for a nonsese licence(no need to pay them if you have extra 5-10min).
2. zd1211u zydas drivers ; u can download it from http://zd1211.ath.cx/zd1211. I got the version zd1211-driver-r38.tgz. Please make sure you have kernel source packets installed. you can do this using gui in Madrake then;
untar, make, make install
insmod zd1211[driverversion].ko
ifconfig wlan0 up
iwconfig wlan0 essid youressid
After you installed drivers you can use Mandriva 2005's network card setup gui and configure all connection details easily.
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