Wireless USB Adapter
 

Hello,

I want to install my wireless adapter so i can access internet

I have 54 Mbps Netgear Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter. I put the cd and opened it and click on autorun.exe and linux asked which program do i run with?

So how do i install my wireless adapter on MandrakeLinux

thanks

what type?
 

it is important to get specific info on the card, try checking /proc/bus/usb/[files] (cat /path/to/file | more) after connecting the card, also look it up online, more importantly it is important to see what chip it uses. I have a netgear card for usb, it is not as fast though, it uses the prism2 driver, (linux-wlan-ng, google it) I also know a few cards are supported by a driver named orinoco (chip-name?) intel based chips like what are found in laptops use the ifw2200 driver, I have used the 2200 (eay) and the prism2 (not as easy), but not the orinoco, I also know a few are built-in to the kernel, look there too.

in short:
find info about the card, what chip, etc.
google searches:
[cardname] info
[cardname] chip
[cardname] support

also try the netgear website.

google for driver support of the card in linux

google searches:
[chip] linux
[card] linux
[chip] linux driver
[chip] linux config
[chip] linux support

if those all fail come back and give us the exact card info as best you can and someone might be able to help.

Hey thanks for repli

I have connected the usb,

hwo do u do that??

WG111 is the kind.

i will keep searching on google

thanks

cat is a program that prints the contents of a file to the screen, /path/to/file should be replaced by /proc/bus/usb/[the files inside the directory], | is pipe as in take the output and use it as input for th efollowing program, 'more' is a program that takes the output and converts it to pages so you can scroll through it, otherwise it might go too fast to read.

so:
cat /proc/bus/usb/[somefile] | more shows you what is inside /proc/bus/usb/[somefile] and lets you scroll through it.

alright

i did that, then somewhere in the file thing, i see Netgear WG111, is that good sign???

what do i do next?

thanks

go to google and try to find information on what chip the wg111 uses.

System Requirements:
· Pentium class PC
· Available USB port
· Windows® 98SE, Me, 2000, or XP
· 2 Mbytes of free hard drive space

Is that bad????

thanks

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/p...p/Installation


follow the directions on that link. read everything FIRST then go back and follow them as you do a step by step. it will work if your card is supported.

looks resally hard , hopefully it will work, or i'll just have to switch back to stupid windows

thanks

Help I am confused, where can i get the kernal???

and how do i install it?

thanks

Ouch...
 

first off, ndis wrapper should be a last resort, if there is a linux specific driver for the card you should use it, second off the kernel IS linux, everything else around it is applications primarily from GNU, without the kernel it is not linux. www.kernel.org though is a good place to get some info, and download the source. but often your distro has a way to install patched source tested w/ the distro. find a kernel tutorial specific to your distro.

http://prism54.org/

this driver is reported to be for the chip in your card, found lots of people say use this one for that card, but none actually reporting success, but if you keep an eye on this site I am sure it will be supported soon

So should i just download it and burn it on a cd and install it on the comp with linux??

thanks

you need to read a kernel tutorial specific to your distro, I would point you to one but you do not have a distro specified in your pref's. RTFM it is important in linux, eather find a kernel tutorial or tell us your distribution so we can point you to one.

Oh sorry
i didn't post one, is because when i joined none of the disros worked so now i finally got it to work

Mandrake

thanks

what's RTFM??