I want to be able to transfer backup images of drives from my WinXP machine to my Linux SuSE box. The WinXP box is connected via tp-cable to my wireless/wired DSL-modem/Firewall/Router. And my SuSE box is connected via a wireless dongle DWL-G122, which came with the D-Link DSL-G604T DSL-modem/Firewall/Router, to the router.
The highest speed I get when transfer files between the two computers is 15 Megabit per second. To transfer a 50 GB backup image would take 7 hours. Is there no way to speed it up to the 54 Mbps which D-Link claims it's capable of? The connection is not encrypted and I'm using the Windows Explorer to transfer the files. If I try to open
smb://192.168.1.3 in Internet Explorer it wont open. But if I do the same on my SuSE box I see my shared directories. Both firewalls are down. Can't you use the smb-protocol in Internet Explorer?
I followed this
guide (see text below) to install the DWL-G122.
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Hi, I just wanted to post a procedure on how to get the DWL-G122 working under SUSE 9.3 PRO. I am fairly new to Linux, so feel free to correct me if you find a mistake. Note that I'm experiencing random disconnection problems, and occasional hangs AND I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE ANY HELP IN THIS AREA. Therefore, the following procedure is to get you card working with these glitches. (I am using WEP HEX Shared Key encryption, maybe that's why.... I have not tried to fiddle with the encryption settings too much)
0. First of all make sure you remove your wireless adapter using YAST. In other words, make sure no previous configuration of the wireless adapter exists before following this procedure.
1. Use YAST to install ndiswrapper. You don't need to install the sources.
2. Once ndiswrapperis installed, insert your D-Link CD or download the drivers from the D-Link Site
3. Open a command shell and type su (superuser) and type in the password you assigned to the root user.
4. Using the cd command, navigate to where the .inf files reside. In case you are using the D-Link CD, type cd /media and then use dir to navigate to the Drivers until you find the inf file and the sys file under the same directory
5. Once in the inf file directory type ndiswrapper -i NAMEOFINFFILE.INF where NAMEOFINFFILE is the of your driver
6. Check the driver was properly installed by typing ndiswrap -l You should see that the driver is installed and the hardware is present.
7. Once you checked the driver was installed, type ndiswrapper -m to write to the modprobe configuration file.
8. type modprobe ndiswrapper This will initialize the ndis wrapper. You can now close the command shell
9. Now, go to the network devices administrator in YAST. Add a new device and under module name type in ndiswrapper The type (the dropdown box at the top left area of the dialog) should be set to wireless so the wizard will give you wireless network setup options. I left the checkboxes at the bottom (usb and the other I can't remember) unchecked.
10. Click Next and provide the info needed to connect to your wireless network. Maybe after this ste restarting might not be needed but I did it anyways and the next time I started up my usb DWL-G122 was working. I do get system hangups and random disconnections. I have kinternet running so I have no idea if that might be causing the problem.
Hope this helps some people.
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