WLAN with WG511 (China / Marvell Chipset): SSID hiding etc.

[Harald Husemann <bofh@dark-hackers.de>]

Hi there,

I have a Dell Latitude notebook running lenny/sid, and just added a 
"SysKonnekt" PCMCIA WLAN-card to it, which has a WG511 Marvell chipset.
Googling a bit, helped me getting the card working with ndiswrapper and 
wpa_supplicant, but there are a few caveats left:

1. It seems that ndiswrapper is not available for the newest kernel 
(2.6.26-1-686), but only for 2.6.25 - is this correct? And, if yes, is 
there a possibility to get the module working with 2.6.26 (except of 
compiling it, which is of course an option, but maybe there's an easier 
way)?

2. When I start wpa_supplicant in a console without sending it to the 
background, it works and I get a connection to my WLAN (Linksys router 
running Talisman with WPA/TKIP), when I issue a "dhclient wlan0" in 
another console. Obviously, this is a bit complicated, so I tried to 
script it up, and start wpa_supplicant with the -B option or send it to 
the background by using "&". But then, it's not working at all, and it 
seems the driver is unable to build up the connection... Is there a way 
to automate things a bit?

3. It seems that ndiswrapper (or wpa_supplicant, unsure about this) 
stops working when I switch off SSID broadcast. But, I'd like to hide my 
SSID because of security risks, so has someone getting it working with 
SSID hiding?

Thanks,

and have a nice hackin',

Harald