Hello

linux distro : fedora 4- 2.6.11
Network: wireless- wpa protected
wireless card dlink g520+

I have recently installed a g520+ pci using the windows drivers via ndsiwrapper 1.7. The card appears to be installed without any probs however when scanning or trying to obtain ip address from router via the KDE Network conf tool and when activating it, it says:

activating nework device wlan0, please wait....
Determining IP Information for wlan01...failed
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Below are a few t/shooting i did:

[root@localhost ~]# ndiswrapper -l
Installed drivers:
gplus driver present, hardware present
[root@localhost ~]#


[root@localhost ~]# ifup wlan0

Determining IP information for wlan0... failed.


[root@localhost ~]# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11b+/g+ ESSID:"anonymous" Nickname:"localhost.localdomain"
Mode:Auto Frequency:2.452 GHz Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm Sensitivity=1/3
Retry min limit:7 RTS thrff
Encryption keyff
Power Managementff
Link Quality:49/100 Signal level:28/100 Noise level:0/100
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

sit0 no wireless extensions.

[root@localhost ~]#

[root@localhost ~]# ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:2265 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2265 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1872619 (1.7 MiB) TX bytes:1872619 (1.7 MiB)

[root@localhost ~]#


[root@localhost ~]# route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
[root@localhost ~]#
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Note
using the lsmod command, the module ndiswrapper does appear to be loaded but not used
Also, the pci card light on the back is on,
Also, using the kde network config tool it doesnt appear to accomodate for spa settings.

Please can someones advice me further- i feel like aim nearly there but just need a little guidance to complete.
Thanks a bunch in advance!

Did you try setting IP manually.

As superuser
#ifconfig wlan0 < IP address> netmask 255.255.255.0 up

and if needed default gateway (if using a router)

#route add default gw <IP address of your router>

#ifconfig

Should show interface wlan0.

You will need to add your providers DNS to /etc/resolv.conf

This may get you started. Hope it helps.

Regards.