Load drivers

willrs2 · 12-15-2007, 05:36 PM

I want to load a driver for my network card. I know it is madwifi-ng, but I don't know the command to load the actual driver.

Thanks in advance,
- Will

Brian1 · 12-15-2007, 05:40 PM

Use the command ' /sbin/modprobe ath_pci '

Brian

willrs2 · 12-15-2007, 05:46 PM

I'll try that

Thanks for the quick reply

willrs2 · 12-15-2007, 05:53 PM

I didn't get an error, but it didn't work. Perhaps I need to turn it on? If so, how would I do that? I have a Dell Dimension and I have never updated the bios.

My wireless card is a Netgear PCI WG311T.

elliott678 · 12-15-2007, 06:12 PM

By not working, you mean it doesn't show up in ifconfig -a?

willrs2 · 12-15-2007, 06:16 PM

no, the driver is loaded, but the actual internet still doesn't work.

I just connected an ethernet cable to the computer and was wondering what driver I would use for that. I have the ethernet adapter integrated into my motherboard: intel chipset.

elliott678 · 12-15-2007, 06:24 PM

It is likely already loaded, unless you are on some archaic distro without udev. It sounds like you just need to configure it, which distro are you using?

willrs2 · 12-15-2007, 06:26 PM

Backtrack 2

elliott678 · 12-15-2007, 06:29 PM

What shows up if you run "ifconfig -a"?

EDIT:
Have you read this over yet?
http://wiki.remote-exploit.org/index...r_Network_Card

willrs2 · 12-15-2007, 06:38 PM

thanks. that should work by the sound of it. I don't know how i didn't find it before... I've gotta go for today.

EDIT: actually, I can stay a bit longer...

willrs2 · 12-15-2007, 06:51 PM

link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING NTU:16436 Metric:1

and then it just says a bunch of packet information.

when I do ifconfig eth0 up ( i also tried 1-5) it says device not found.

EDIT: I also did put the "up" in ifconfig eth0 up

Brian1 · 12-16-2007, 02:40 PM

Lets see info on the nic.
Post the section on the nic from this command.
/sbin/lspci -v

Brian

willrs2 · 12-16-2007, 08:23 PM

Here is a screenshot of the important stuff:

http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/ima...c3b6c91557.png

elliott678 · 12-16-2007, 08:38 PM

It appears your wireless card isn't Atheros, but Marvell. Your only option to get it working is ndiswrapper and the Windows XP driver.

willrs2 · 12-17-2007, 02:36 PM

ok... Thanks elliot. I'll try that

But is there any way to get the ethernet working?