started over with a fresh ubuntu dapper desktop install and formatted everything - so...
- Dapper updated to latest files, included network-manager, ndisgtk, ndiswrapper
- Dapper finds the device on boot !! auto-setup as eth2
- In network manager, i see all the wireless networks around me
- However, the link is never established, my router never sees the device even attempting to connect
- In ndisgtk, I can install my driver (prisma02) but it says no hardware present
- With ndiswrapper -l, I get a prisma02 invalid driver error
- In networking, the device is there, tried with both dhcp and static and nothing
- Router is setup without encryption for easier troubleshooting, note that i tried some other non encrypted networks around me and I still can't connect.
I feel I must be close...please help!
thanks in advance!!
note, i've looked at
- ubuntuforusm for dwl-g120 (many threads w/o a solution)
- linuxquestions forums (mainly on older distros - none of the solutions worked)
- and obviously google for any keyword combination