installation of netgear wireless g card

Check the meauto (OS Center) network dialogue. If there is a line with wireless is on xxxx, then your wireless is loaded, but probably not yet connected.

replace xxxx with eht0, eth1, ath0 etc, and compare the status of each device above. If the wireless device shows can't connect, that's good because it proves the driver is already installed. Click the stop button, then look up http://www.mepis.org/node/9380
for how to connect via wireless.

Welcome to Mepis!

According to this page version 3 of this card doesn't work in Linux
;-(

http://linux-wless.passys.nl/query_part.php?brandname=Netgear&zoek=Show

Mike

Post to http://www.mepislovers.org -- very helpful forum
Download the user guide at left
Use the wiki http://www.mepislovers-wiki.org you can search it

A precis from a web page - see the link.

Mines a Wg311 and I think a V3, working in sm V3.4.3

For Debian Linux:
# Netgear WG311 v3 (Marvell 88w8335 Libertas)
* Chipset: Marvell 88w8335 Libertas 54Mbps Wireless Interface
* pciid: 11ab:1faa
* Driver: Copied WG311v3.INF and WG311v3XP.sys from Netgear CD to
local ad hoc directory and ran ndiswrapper 1.2 there. Please see
hint at
http://linuxcompatible.org/Netgear_WG311v3_WLAN_PCI_Card_with_Debian_Linux_Testing_t33271.html
* Other: Running SuSE 10.0 - needed some tweeking in YaST - threw
out old card from Network Devices / Network Card configuration and
installed new card with Module Name as "ndiswrapper" in Manual
Network Card Configuration. Runs 128 bit WEP at 54Mbps.

I've got a Version 3 card.

Copy the Windows 2000 driver files (not the XP folder) you find on the CD that came with your card to your DEsktop.

You'll probably find the drivers under drive/Windows 2000

Then, open a terminal as root by typing SU (you'll be prompted for the root pasword). You'll need to use ndiswrapper to point to the .inf file.

You'll probably only need to do this after copying the files from your driver\windows 2000 folder to your desktop (you'll need to install with the inf file included).

Note that i need to include the actual ESSID of cockfield for mine to work. If you don't know the ESSID, login to your router and look.

You'll also need to remove a driver named mrv8k51 that's already included in Mepis (even though it's seeing the hardware, it won't work with my version 3 card). You'll need to pass the ESSID of your router to it (not needed for most cards). From a console logged in as root:

cd Desktop
ndiswrapper -e mrv8k51
ndiswrapper -i WG311v3.INF
ndiswrapper -m
modprobe -r ndiswrapper
modprobe ndiswrapper
iwconfig wlan0 ESSID cockfield
dhclient

Here's an example of what I need to do for my WG311 Version 3 card: Make sure you're root (type SU and enter a password first). I needed to remove a driver because of a conflice (ndiswrapper -r mrv8k51).

root@1[Desktop]# dir
Documents konsole.desktop trash.desktop WG311v3.INF WG311v3XP.sys
Hard\ Disc\ Device MEPIS\ websites WG311v3.cat WG311v3.sys
root@1[Desktop]# ndiswrapper -l
Installed ndis drivers:
airplus driver present
bcmwl5 driver present
lsbcmnds driver present
lstinds driver present
mrv8k51 driver present, hardware present
netr33x driver present
prismnic driver present
wlanuig driver present
wlipnds driver present
root@1[Desktop]# ndiswrapper -e mrv8k51
root@1[Desktop]# ndiswrapper -i WG311v3.INF
Installing wg311v3
Forcing parameter AdhocGMode|1 to AdhocGMode|0
Forcing parameter AdhocGMode|1 to AdhocGMode|0
root@1[Desktop]# ndiswrapper -m
Adding "alias wlan0 ndiswrapper" to /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper
root@1[Desktop]# modprobe -r ndiswrapper
root@1[Desktop]# modprobe ndiswrapper
root@1[Desktop]# iwconfig wlan0 ESSID cockfield
root@1[Desktop]# dhclient wlan0
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.3
Copyright 2004-2005 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP

Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:0f:b5:f4:79:b6
Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:0f:b5:f4:79:b6
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
DHCPOFFER from 192.168.1.1
DHCPREQUEST on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK from 192.168.1.1
bound to 192.168.1.101 -- renewal in 42744 seconds.

After getting them to work, make sure to update the "Network Configuration" information under MEPIS OS Config Center. You'll need to set your ESSID under the WiFI Tab, as in this screen print:

Then, make sure "Start at System Boot" is checked under the wlan0 Tab, as in this screen print. DHCP is already checked by Default.

Jim C.

Note that if you install the driver incorrectly, it won't see the hardware properly when you check by typing ndiswrapper -l

So, simply remove it using a -e and try again:

ndiwrapper -e wg311v3

thanks... i managed to install the driver but actually the problem is still there. if i typ the command: ndiswrapper -l, the driver is there. pls help... or else i will die of not having a complete linux system.
Linux Newbie

What do you see when you type ndiswrapper -l?

Do you see wg311v3 in the list, with driver present, hardware present beside it?

If not, something went wrong with the driver install and you'll need to remove it using -e and start over.

If so (driver and hardware show present), is that the only driver that shows hardware present (you've got to make sure the mrv8k51 is removed, as per my previous posts)?

Then, you've got to follow the rest of the steps (it only takes a minute to get it up and running). Look at the commands in my posts above and let us know what's not working.

You'll need to know the ESSID of your router to complete the process (as I mentioned above).

It's only a handful of steps to get this card working if you follow them exactly.

Jim C.

Ok, i've managed to do all of that, but when I type "modprobe ndiswrapper". it comes up with the error "FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found" Help? I have no idea what to do!

try
insmod ndiswrapper

i'm just learning about the difference between these two commands, so do try

i tried it, and it came up with "can't read ndiswrapper: no such file or directory"

All you logged in as Root?

That's the way I normally get ndiswrapper to work (although I guess you could try to use sudo instead).

Jim C.