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Re: wireless card

Here is what I did to get a netgear to work perfectly with ndiwrapper

NdisWrapper

NdisWrapper will use Native Windows Drivers (.INF) on/under/for/with Linux

I have only done this with the 2.6 kernel, never 2.4. 

I also indicate the rev's I used, you may find different revisions.
 
1 Get the source 
ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net  		http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/
sourceforge.net/projects/ndiswrapper/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ndiswrapper/1
cd /usr/local/src 
mkdir ndis;cd ndsi 
download the ndiswrapper-1.9.tar.gz 
gunzip ndiswrapper-1.9.tar.gz 
tar -xvf ndiswrapper-1.9.tar.gz 
make distclean 
make 
make install 
-- OR -- 
apt-get install ndiswrapper-source # Source for the ndiswrapper linux
kernel module 
apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils # Userspace utilities for ndiswrapper 
The following is also need to process the windriver.inf file 
apt-get install zip # for win zip'd files 
apt-get install unzip # for win zip'd files 
apt-get install unshield # for win .cab files 
Might also need kernel headers (correct for your cpu, etc.) 
apt-get install kernel-headers-2.6.8-2-386 
Get the Windows Driver you want to use 
Download the driver 
unzip driver.zip 
unshield -d 
x cabfile.cab 
find the driver.inf to use 
ndsiwrapper -i driver.inf 
ndsiwrapper -l
should report on sw and hw SO have the h/w hookedup and powered 
ndsiwrapper -m 
depmod -a 
modprobe ndsiwrapper 
configure the h/w as needed. 
I offer as an example some detail on install/config for a Netgear WG111 V2
Wifi Fob. from the website: 

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/Installation#Compile_
and_install
 
I used some combo of the following to get my Netgear 111 to 'see' and
'talk' to the network ... 
unzip wg111v2_v1.0.0.5.zip 
unshield data2.cab 
ndiswrapper -i data2.inf 
ndiswrapper -m 
depmod -a 
modprobe ndiswrapper 
vi /etc/network/interfaces Add the entires for wlan0
these matched the entrie for the cardbus wireless eithernet card I had
already running in the machine. 
ifdown wlan0; ifup wlan0 
Once I had the fob working, I had to hand create an S99wlan0 file to bring
the fob up. This was set in the rc*.d directory structure. 

THE HTML source to this (behind a password or I would give you the URL)

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  <LH>NdisWrapper will use Native Windows Drivers (.INF) on/under/for/with
Linux<BR>
      I have only done this with the 2.6 kernel, never 2.4. <BR>
      I also indicate the rev's I used, you may find different revisions.
</LH>
  <LI> Get the source 
    <OL>
	<LI> <A
HREF="http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/";>ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net</A><BR>
           <A
HREF="http://sourceforge.net/projects/ndiswrapper/";>sourceforge.net/projects
/ndiswrapper/</A>
         <UL>
            <LI> cd /usr/local/src
            <LI> mkdir ndis;cd ndsi
            <LI> download the ndiswrapper-1.9.tar.gz 
		<LI> gunzip ndiswrapper-1.9.tar.gz 
            <LI> tar -xvf ndiswrapper-1.9.tar.gz 
            <LI> make distclean
            <LI> make
            <LI> make install
         </UL>
     </OL>
         -- OR --
     <OL>
	<LI> apt-get install ndiswrapper-source # Source for the ndiswrapper linux
kernel module
	<LI> apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils # Userspace utilities for ndiswrapper
      
     </OL>
   
   <LI> The following is also need to <I>process</I> the windriver.inf file
     <UL>
	 <LI> apt-get install zip # for win zip'd files
	 <LI> apt-get install unzip # for win zip'd files
	 <LI> apt-get install unshield # for win .cab files
     </UL>

    <LI> Might also need kernel headers (correct for your cpu, etc.)
		<UL>
			<LI> apt-get install kernel-headers-2.6.8-2-386
		</UL>
   
   <LI> Get the Windows Driver you want to use
		<OL>
			<LI> Download the driver
			<LI> unzip driver.zip
			<LI> unshield -d <dir for cab contents> x cabfile.cab
                  <LI> find the driver.inf to use
		</OL>
   <LI> ndsiwrapper -i driver.inf 
   <LI> ndsiwrapper -l<BR>
		should report on sw and hw SO have the h/w hookedup and powered
   <LI> ndsiwrapper -m
   <LI> depmod -a
   <LI> modprobe ndsiwrapper
   <LI> configure the h/w as needed. <BR>
        I offer as an example some detail on install/config for a Netgear
WG111 V2 Wifi Fob.
	  from the website: <A
HREF="http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/Installation#Co
mpile_and_install">NdisWrapper - Install</A>
</OL>

<OL>
   <LH>I used some combo of the following to get my Netgear 111 to 'see'
and 'talk' to the network ...</LH>
   <LI> unzip wg111v2_v1.0.0.5.zip
   <LI> unshield data2.cab
   <LI> ndiswrapper -i data2.inf
   <LI> ndiswrapper -m
   <LI> depmod -a
   <LI> modprobe ndiswrapper
   <LI> vi /etc/network/interfaces 
        Add the entires for wlan0<BR>
	  these matched the entrie for the cardbus wireless eithernet card I had
already running in the machine.
   <LI> ifdown wlan0; ifup wlan0
   <LI> Once I had the fob working, I had to hand create an S99wlan0 file
to bring the fob up. 
        This was set in the rc*.d directory structure.
</OL>
	

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