Re: wireless - is it possible?
On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 22:36 -0400, Wayne Topa wrote:
> Default User(xyzzyx@sbcglobal.net) is reported to have said:
> > On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 23:24 +0200, Andreas Janssen wrote:
> > > Default User (<xyzzyx@sbcglobal.net>) wrote:
> > >
> > > > Easy question: has anyone been able to get any currently available
> > > > wifi USB or PCMCIA adapter to work with a 2004 Toshiba Satellite
> > > > M35X-S109 laptop (no built-in wifi), using Debian Etch?
> > > >
> > > > Very hard question: if so, how were you able to do it?
> > > >
> > > > I have tried a Netgear MA111 (v1?) USB adapter. I have only been able
> > > > to get it to work "out of the box" with OpenBSD (any recent
> > > > distribution), and Freespire 1.0.13 (before the switch to an Ubuntu
> > > > base).
> >
> <--<snip>-->
>
> > FWIW, the MA111 says FCC ID: PY3MA111 on the side, and the WG111 says
> > PY3WG111V2 on the side. I do not know how to determine the chipset
> > inside either. I am not married to Netgear, I just happen to have those
> > two adapters (purchased new). I am not familiar with moduel-assistant,
> > or adding or subtracting kernel modules. Nor have I ever "built" a
> > package, or compiled a driver. I have never rebuilt a kernel. I would
> > much rather just buy a new adapter, if it would JUST WORK, without any
> > fuss. If I could only find one.
>
> To find out which chipset your dongles use, try Googleing with
> " linux WG111". You should have the chipset in the 1st or 2nd page.
>
>
> Take a look at <http://madwifi.org> . Look for the Comaptability
> page. It shows all of the Atheros cards that work with the madwifi
> drivers. I have had very good results with the Netgear WG511U V2
> PCMCIA cards. Very easy to setup and operate in a lot of different
> modes.
>
> The latest madwifi packages in testing (0.9.3-1) are working here on 3
> Thinkpads and 2 desktops.
>
> I have 2 USB dongles that use the rt2x00 drivers but they only partially
> work. It took me less then an hour to get the WG511U's running as in
> AP, Ad-Hoc and Managed modes. They are realy good in wardriving as
> well with kismet.
>
> :-) HTH, YMMV, HAND :-)
> Wayne
>
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About the Netgear WG111, the madwifi site says:
"Rev 02 has a TI chip, and is not compatible (Device Information :
104c:9066, Work with ndiswrapper)."
The site does not seem to mention the MA111.
I did install ndiswrapper-common, but when I run sudo ndiswrapper, i
get:
"Error: no versions of ndiswrapper found!"
man ndiswrapper only says:
"ndiswrapper is a wrapper for the version-specific ndiswrapper-X.X
programs (where -X.X is ndiswrapper is a wrapper for the
version-specific ndiswrapper-X.X programs (where -X.X is the version
number of the utils; ie, ndiswrapper-1.8). It simply figures out which
version should be called, and calls the appropriate binary. Each
version’s man page contains its usage details."
Well gee, that sure explains it all . . .
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