Netgear WG111v2 Wireless Card

[emolotricity]

I can't seem to install my wireless card. What commands should I issue to get my hardware configuration so you guys can help me? Thank you very much in advance, I'm awful with wireless

It's a dhcp network, a thinkpad a20m, and, as previously mentioned, a Netgear WG111v2 wireless card. I can get a wired network running if you need me to copy the results of lspci etc. over to the post.

I go to VASMCC, to NETWORK, and then to Wireless. It says "Probing modules for hardware", then that window closes and it asks me if I wish to install a Windows driver using ndiswrapper, and I say no, because I don't have one. It says "no wireless cards found".

I'm using VL 5.9 Light Edition.

[hata_ph]

pls provide us the lspci and lsmod output...thanks...

[emolotricity]

Code:

root:# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03)
00:02.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1450 (rev 03)
00:02.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1450 (rev 03)
00:03.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 Ethernet Pro 100 (rev 09)
00:03.1 Serial controller: Xircom Mini-PCI V.90 56k Modem
00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24/30 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01)
00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x (rev 64)

root:# lsmod > text&&less text
Module                  Size  Used by
freq_table              4768  0
snd_seq_midi            7296  0
thinkpad_acpi          40364  0
snd_seq_dummy           3716  0
snd_seq_oss            32000  0
snd_seq_midi_event      7168  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                48624  6 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_m
idi_event
snd_pcm_oss            38144  0
snd_mixer_oss          15360  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_cs46xx             81384  0
gameport               12296  2 snd_cs46xx
snd_rawmidi            20352  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_cs46xx
snd_seq_device          7692  5 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,s
nd_rawmidi
snd_ac97_codec         98084  1 snd_cs46xx
i2c_piix4               8332  0
i2c_core               20992  1 i2c_piix4
serio_raw               6276  0
ac97_bus                2944  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm                67844  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_cs46xx,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer              20356  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    46628  11 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,s
nd_mixer_oss,snd_cs46xx,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_ti
mer
eepro100               27664  0
soundcore               7008  1 snd
snd_page_alloc          8712  2 snd_cs46xx,snd_pcm
mii                     5504  1 eepro100
shpchp                 30228  0
pci_hotplug            28616  1 shpchp
intel_agp              22420  1
agpgart                28108  1 intel_agp
evdev                   8704  0

[uelsk8s]

If it is a usb wifi, you will have to use lsusb to see it.

[emolotricity]

OK, lsusb it is.

Code:

root:# lsusb
Bus 1 Device 1: ID 0000:0000 

Thanks for having patience with me, guys.

[rbistolfi]

It is not showing there
Maybe lspcmcia?

Thanks for having patience with me, guys.

Thats not a problem here

[uelsk8s]

the best i can tell you need to use ndiswrapper to use this device
post the output of ndiswrapper -l

[emolotricity]

Code:

root:# lspcmcia
Socket 0 Bridge:        [yenta_cardbus]         (bus ID: 0000:00:02.0)
Socket 1 Bridge:        [yenta_cardbus]         (bus ID: 0000:00:02.1)

Code:

root:# ndiswrapper -l
2802w : driver installed
airplus : driver installed
bcmwl5 : driver installed
bcmwl5-1 : driver installed
gplus : driver installed
mrv8ka51 : driver installed
net8180 : driver installed
netadm11 : driver installed
netdlwl : driver installed
ntpr11ab : driver installed
w70n51 : driver installed

[uelsk8s]

download the driver from here:
http://ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/wg111v2_1_3_0.zip

Code:

wget -c ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/wg111v2_1_3_0.zip

unzip it

Code:

unzip wg111v2_1_3_0.zip

then run

Code:

ndiswrapper -i Driver/WIN98/net111v2.inf

then insert the module

Code:

modprobe ndiswrapper

and finally check iwconfig to see if it worked

[emolotricity]

Code:

root:# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"SKY13301" 
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 00:18:4D:F8:33:3E   
          Bit Rate=54 Mb/s   Tx-Power:20 dBm   Sensitivity=0/3 
          RTS thr=2346 B   Fragment thr=2400 B   
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:75/100  Signal level:-48 dBm  Noise level:-96 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

How do I make this my default internet connection method? Can I delete the files I just unzipped?

[uelsk8s]

you can set it with VLwifi

you can safely delete the files you unzipped

[emolotricity]

Thank you all very much, you've been really helpful and solved all my problems.