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Old 10-13-2005, 12:32 PM   #1
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Question Problem using the GN-wikg WLAN card in GNU/Linux


Hi.

I'm the (more or less ) proud owner of a Gigabyte GN-WIKG MiniPCI 802.11b/g card, but i'm not able to get it working with linux.

If ANYONE has got this device working with Linux, please tell me with what distro(s) you got it working, and how you did it.

I need to be able to connect to WLAN's with my laptop (that contains the GN-WIKG), so i'm willing to move to virtually any distro (with a few exceptions ) as long as it works.

Thanks in advance,
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Old 10-13-2005, 01:08 PM   #2
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I'm sorry that i have not provided the output of lspci, but the PC isn't running Linux ATM, but of course i'd like it to :O .

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Old 10-14-2005, 02:03 AM   #3
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This is still in the works....but here's a link to my work in progres. http://www.angelfire.com/linux/hardwire/wireless.html I know it has a little way to come yet, but maybe it will get you on the right track. Odds are, you just need a driver and ndiswrapper to get it working. Let me know if the link helps you and what I can change to make it better!
 
Old 10-14-2005, 02:09 AM   #4
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Your best bet is to download the driver from here http://tw.giga-byte.com/Communicatio...ss_GN-WIKG.htm and follow the steps on my page (skipping step one obviously since you will already have the driver). Hope this helps!
 
Old 10-14-2005, 05:07 AM   #5
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Thanks for your advice, Agentvenom. I'll certainly look into that ( i have used ndiswrapper before, but not much).

Another interesting thing that i've found is THIS PAGE .

It's the home of a project called Rt2x00 that aims at providing a linux driver for WLAN devices using the Rt2500 chipsets among others.

And the thing is that the my GN-WIKG card uses precisely this chipset, so i'm hoping that it'll work. But first i'll go install Linux on my laptop.

Again, thanks for you advice.

Kind Regards Bjerrk
 
Old 10-15-2005, 04:29 AM   #6
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OK, now installed debian on the laptop and installed another kernel.

Here's the output of lspci:

0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. Mobile Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. Mobile Memory Controller Hub PCI Express Port (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 04)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 04)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 04)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 04)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev d4)
0000:00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 04)
0000:00:1e.3 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 04)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 04)
0000:00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller (rev 04)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 04)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0167 (rev a1)
0000:02:02.0 CardBus bridge: ENE Technology Inc CB710 Cardbus Controller
0000:02:02.1 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc: Unknown device 0530
0000:02:02.2 0805: ENE Technology Inc: Unknown device 0550
0000:02:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 80)
0000:02:04.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

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