Netgear WG311v2 wireless not detected
 

(I am on Debian etch.)

This has been asked before and I've seen some possible solutions, but I was hoping for something a bit more simple. Most of these solutions needed me to unplug everything on my computer and carry the heavy thing to another room so I could use a wired connection to download stuff.

In Ubuntu, getting my Netgear WG311v2 wireless card to be detected was as simple as this:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...89&postcount=5
In Debian there is no file called options in the modprobe.d directory, and I tried creating the file and inserting the line but it did not work.

When I created the file in Debian and tried to run "modprobe -r acx" it said that the acx module was not found. I am hoping I can just replace the acx part with whatever Debian uses, although I don't know what that would be.

Heres a how to using ndiswrapper. Your example from the Ubuntu Forum looks incomplete..

http://www.jimbo7.com/wiki/index.php?title=WG311v3

It was actually complete (or complete enough) because it made my wireless card detected and usable.

I was hoping someone had a similar way to do that on Debian due to the issue of me having to move my computer to use the wired connection. I stupidly assumed this would work by default in Debian even though it did not in Ubuntu, so I moved the computer back out of the room I had to have it in to do the net install.

I guess there's no denying the inevitable: I'm going to need to carry this thing back into there some time.

Bah get a really long cable :)

I get to this part:
But when I enter ifconfig wlan0:
wlan0: error fetching interface information: Device not found

(The "Networking" window only shows eth0, and not wlan0.)

I have a WG311v2, not v3 like the instructions are for but I'm unable to find one for v2.

If anyone has a way for me to use the Ubuntu fix on Debian I'd still be glad to hear it.

"This has been asked before and I've seen some possible solutions, but I was hoping for something a bit more simple."

Einstein cautioned us to simplify things as much as possible, but no further.

The WG311T is an Atheros card. From all accounts, the best way to deal with Atheros chipped cards is to use madwifi. I know that I've had good luck with it. So install that first, along with wireless-tools. If you're using a WEP connection, then the gnome connection manager should be enough. If you want to use WPA, then you'll need wpa_supplicant to make your life easier. I can give you specific advice about using either, if you want.

The WG311v2 uses a Texas Instruments chipset.

"The WG311v2 uses a Texas Instruments chipset."

My mistake. I have a WG311T2 and I figured that was the same thing.