USB Network Interface Card: HELP!
 

I have a Linksys Wireless-G WUSB54G NIC. This receives a signal from my Linksys router, which is connected to my Westell Modem. I'm using Fedora Core 3.

I downloaded and compiled ndiswrapper, got the .inf drivers. It says this when I do ndiswrapper -l.
But now it says this when I do iwconfig:
I would just set up a PPPoE connection for my Verizon DSL internet, but eth0 is not working. According to system-config-network, wlan0 is active, but there is no eth0.

My computer does not use a PCI Ethernet card. It only uses the USB Linksys NIC adapter. I am very confused about getting my internet connection to work through the router.

I was under the impression that my adapter should be eth0, but I don't have the option of converting it from wlan0 to eth0.

The Internet works when I'm on my Windows partition, but not for Linux.

Pleeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase help. I am very much in need of it.

iwconfig is saying you are in ad-hoc mode. If you have a router, shouldn't you set it to infrastructure/managed mode?

Also, the device names eth0/wlan0 doesn't make a difference.

According to my router settings, it's in Ad-Hoc mode. Should this be changed?

Also, when I'm creating a new xDSL connection, it doesn't give me the option of using my wireless NIC. It forces me to use ethX, where X is a digit.

lol,
First change it to managed mode, see if it solves the problem:
iwconfig wlan0 mode managed
I would really advise you to leave wlan0 if it was set as default by the driver, but if you really want to change:
you can change it under /etc/network-scripts/
find a file called ifcfg-wlan0.
mkdir backup
cp ifcfg-wlan0 backup/.
mv ifcfg-wlan0 ifcfg-ethX (where X is the number of network device that's not in use)
nano ifcfg-ethX
change NAME=wlan0 to ethX
F2 to exit and save
then you need to change /etc/modprobe.conf (or /etc/modules.conf if you use Debian) and change whereever you see wlan0 to ethX
make sure you back up all those files before you screw them up :)
now "service network restart"
see what you get, you may have to reboot.

The driver set it to ndiswrapper(wlan0) by default, so I don't think I'll change it.

However, you are telling me to change the mode on Linux into Managed mode. Should I change it to Managed in my router settings? That's strange...I can't find Managed mode in my router settings. I can't find Ad-Hoc either! It gives me the options of:

• Disabled
• Mixed
• B-Only
• G-Only

I am unable to locate Managed mode. Or is managed mode just a client thing?

Also, I have a Windows partition that has an internet connection through the router. I don't want to disable this internet connection by changing something in the settings. However, getting the Linux internet connection is first priority.

I assume that when it says wlan0 is active, that the settings are all correct? That I just need to configure xDSL?

from the looks of you iwconfig, your card supports only g connections. Make sure it's set to "G-only" then in the router. And in the linux run:
iwconfig wlan mode managed
then try to set your essid:
iwconfig wlan0 essid <youressidname>
run dhclient wlan0 and see if you can fetch the IP

I'm using Fedora Core 3, so I decided to use the GUI to do what you asked me to do.

dhclient wlan0 does this, I don't know if it's good or bad:
Here are some screenshots that may be helpful in solving my problems.

Network Devices:
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/1...figuration.png
Wireless Device Settings:
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/4...viceconfig.png
General Wireless Settings:
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/5...iceconfig1.png

Also, my router is a WRT54G if that helps at all.

My ISP is Verizon, and that might be a problem seeing as how Verizon does not support Linux (directly).

The main issue here is connecting to the Internet. It's not physically possible for me to attach a wire from the computer to the modem. Wireless is the only way to go.