D-Link DWL-G122 (USB) not working with ndiswrapper

Anders1 · 02-15-2005, 08:07 AM

Hi, I have problems with my DWL-G122 USB WLAN adapter. I can't get it working with ndiswrapper. I used the drivers on the CD which I got with the adapter.

iwconfig output:

Code:

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any
Mode:Auto Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Tx-Power:20dBm Sensitivity=-115 dBm
RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:100/100 Signal level:141/154 Noise level:0/154
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

ndiswrapper -l output:

Code:

Installed ndis drivers:
netrtusb driver present, hardware present

dmesg stuff:

Code:

ndiswrapper: driver netrtusb (D-Link,04/01/2004, 1.00.00.0000) loaded
wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:11:95:89:66:2d using driver netrtusb, configuration file 2001:3C00.0.conf

Anyone who have experience with DWL-G122 and ndiswrapper, please reply.

Anders

EDIT: the Act and Lnk LED's are not on

darkleaf · 02-15-2005, 08:16 AM

Did you modprobe ndiswrapper? Did you do anything else to connect to your network?

Anders1 · 02-15-2005, 02:32 PM

Yes, I did modprobe ndiswrapper. I followed the instructions at http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/p...p/Installation, however when i scanned for AP's, it wouldn't find it.

From ndiswrapper wiki:

Quote:

If this lists your AP, you can continue. Otherwise, you may have one of two problems: Your AP doesn't broadcast SSID (see the FAQ for more information) or the radio of the card is off (again, see the FAQ for details).

The router does broadcast SSID, and I set radio|1 in the configuration file.

darkleaf · 02-15-2005, 03:06 PM

I'd try setting your essid with "iwconfig wlan0 essid ***" and then try to ping your router if that works you can continue if not just post again and we'll try to find something else that could be wrong. Which version of ndiswrapper are you using?

Anders1 · 02-16-2005, 06:18 AM

Oh, I did try "iwconfig wlan0 essid default". Didn't work though. I use ndiswrapper 1.0.

snecklifter · 02-16-2005, 06:36 AM

You may wish to try
iwlist wlan0 scanning
and see if it finds any APs. Your interface may not support this however. If it is encrypting traffic you need to set the key before you try to associate with the AP.
Regards
Chris

Anders1 · 02-16-2005, 09:54 AM

I did that too, anyway I already fixed it. I downloaded the latest version at sf.net, and it works now. Thanks for your assistance.

Marcan · 02-25-2005, 04:03 PM

Done everything so far in this thread. What did you do to get it working? The leds on my DWL-G122 don't light up. I get the "driver present, hardware present" but nothing else. When I use "iwlist scan" I get nothing. I've modprobed the ndiswrapper and it's loaded, even says it's being used.
Any suggestions?

Anders1 · 02-27-2005, 11:57 AM

I just downloaded the Release Candidate version of ndiswrapper and installed it. My USB dongle didn't work with the Debian package or 1.0 at ndiswrapper.sf.net. Anyway it was buggy, it crashed all the time and ate like 10% CPU sometimes.. Also it made my system logs huge (400MB+). So I use a cable instead now. It removed lots of lag too... It added like 5ms lag, and I could not saturate our connection 100%, so it was too slow

You should get a WLAN card/whatever which there is available native Linux drivers for, imo.