Please see my WG311v3 LINUX WIKI here:
http://www.jimbo7.com/wiki/index.php...1v3_LINUX_WIKI

Along with wireless-tools, ndiswrapper rpm is needed to be installed. Then I copy the WindowsXP variant files as drivers, to a convenient location.

As root in a terminal:
ndiswrapper -i /install/path/wg/WG311v3.INF
ndiswrapper -l
ndiswrapper -m

Data transmission works well with encryption.

Negative aspect is that I don't seem to be able to use iwspy with the card

Used Jimbos wiki with a little change since I wasn't running the same Distro and got it working in around 10 minutes. Only problem I am having is that I can connect using a browser but am having trouble with yum or any other terminal command that tries to access the web. This is a FC6 problem though. The card and drivers work great.

I had a ton of problems until I compiled the latest NDISWRAPPER from their sourceforge page. I used the chipset drivers downloaded from the marvell site, and had a wpa2 connection in 10 min. Box is only 15 yards from router, so signal is good. No noticed problems with the card since install of latest ndiswrapper.

I installed ndiswrapper as described elsewhere. ndiswrapper -l shows

wg311v3: driver installed
device (11AB:1FAA) present

modprobe ndiswrapper seems to work but dmesg reports an error

kernel is 64-bit, but Windows driver is not 64-bit;bad magic: 010B

I cannot find any way round this so will be installing some other device.

ndiswrapper works fine.

All I had to do is install wine, let it run the installation CD, then point tho the inf file with the ndiswrapper (I had ndisgtk/ndiswrapper-common/ndiswrapper-utils installed) and it works flawlessly. Better than my previous RTL8185L Trash that crashes my pc all the time with linux and windows xp.

ndiswrapper -l shows:
_______________________________________________________________________
wg311v3 : driver installed
device (11AB:1FAA) present


=======================================================================

ndiswrapper -v shows:
_______________________________________________________________________
utils version: '1.9', utils version needed by module: '1.9'
module details:
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/ubuntu/misc/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper.ko
version: 1.52
vermagic: 2.6.24-19-generic SMP mod_unload 586

lspci lspci -n ndiswrapper -l I currently have this card running with ndiswrapper 1.53, wpa_supplicant v0.5.10, and WG311v3.INF (XP driver from cd that came with the Netgear WG311 card).

I have tested and made it work using ndiswrapper and wpa_supplicant with these drivers as well:
Mrv8000c.INF (XP driver for Trendnet TEW 421PC from trendnet.com); and
mrv8335.inf (http://www.cafuego.net/stuff/mrv.zip).

I could only get WPA+PSK2 working with the netgear wireless PCI adapter wg311-v3 under Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) once I updated its drivers AND that of the netgear wireless router WGR614.

First check what version of the wg311 hardware that you are using by typing the following: -
lspci
Download Version 3 of the Marvell chipset drivers to your home directory.
ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/wg311v3_1_0.zip


Now install the driver by typing: -
sudo ndisgtk
once you point to the (windows XP) driver you saved in your home directory, click to install. Now a new directory and bunch of files should appear under the /etc/ndiswrapper directory.

ls -al /etc/ndiswrapper/wg311v3/

So far so good. Now we need to upgrade your firmware on your wireless router. I am using a WGR614. You will need to check the model code under the wireless router to confirm what version you are using as it will determine which firmware versions you are able to load. Mine was the WGR614v5.

You can connect to your router by entering in the following web address into your browser
http://192.168.0.1
then typing in the username of admin and a password of what ever you have set. You should be able to navigate the menus to confirm what the firmware version that your router is currently running (It turns out that mine was running an old version 1.01).

Now visit the netgear site to upgrade your firmware.
http://kbserver.netgear.com/products/wgr614v5.asp

In my case I upgraded to the then latest firmware (version 1.09). Make sure you follow the netgear firmware upgrade instructions to the letter as you dont want to brick it!


Once upgraded the next step is to go into Network Manager (or equivalent) and set up your wireless interface. Just follow the menu options.

The next time I rebooted the machine the wireless network interface came straight up. Occasionally its second retry failed but it has always worked after the third (manual) retry.

Its as if it takes a while for the network to become visible. My windows XP box has the same issue.

Now it is reliable enough to be usable.

Everything worked just fine just using steve-a-reno's steps.

/* Bold: Console commands
Quotes: Concole's output */


first check lspci(using console) to see if your network card is present :
all you have to do is to use ndiswrapper.

follow these steps:
1) download this file

2) extract it somewhere and using console cd to WG311v3 V1.0/Driver/Windows XP/

3) do ndiswrapper -i WG311v3.INF

4) then do ndiswrapper -l and check if your drivers are installed
you should see something like:
5) ndiswrapper -m

6) and finally modprobe ndiswrapper to load ndiswrapper module to kernel

Go to (GNOME) System -> Administration -> Network and do your configuration

And one more thing is to find a way to run step 6 at every boot.
one solution that worked for me is to check if "/etc/modproble.conf" is empty and it is put this in it:
many thanks to steve-a-reno

bye

I figured since no one has done anything on this card since Ubuntu 8.10, I would do a quick update on the installation process.

Like everyone else said make sure to check what chipset you are running by typing in the terminal lspci.

Click on the link provided by steve-a-reno that is a direct link to download the drivers for the card.

All I had to do was go into the add/remove applications menu under the applications drop down menu. I made sure my search was set to all open-source applications. I searched for ndiswrapper. Clicked on it, had it installed. After I installed it I opened up ndiswrapper, click on install new driver. From there I found the location of folder with the drivers in it for the network card. Make sure you click on the folder titled driver, than goto the windows xp folder. Once you have opened up the folder, select the .INF file. After this it will say the hardware is detected. Go ahead and close ndiswrapper. Now through using the network manager in xubuntu you should be able to connect to a wireless network.

Note that this is a simple way that may not get all the bugs(if any). Also I could not select wpa or wpa personal to connect using this method. There is a ton of people on this form a lot more competent with Linux than I am. Do not be afraid to ask questions.

Hope this was helpful and good luck!