netgear wi-fi

[vineeth.chandran at gmail.com]

Hi Graham

 I have an WG111v2 netgear wi-fi usb dongle.How can i verify after the
installation that the usb dongle is working? do i need a router for
communicating between 2 usb dongles? if so which router i need for WG111v2 .

Vineeth




On 9/17/07, vineeth.chandran at gmail.com <vineeth.chandran at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have an WG111v2 netgear wi-fi usb dongle.How can i verify after the
> installation that the usb dongle is working? do i need a router for
> communicating between 2 usb dongles? if so which router i need for WG111v2 .
>
> Vineeth
>
>
>  On 9/16/07, Graham <grahamtodd2 at googlemail.com> wrote:
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> > On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 09:56:31 +0530
> > vineeth.chandran at gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > > I have an Kubuntu 6.05 installed on my system. I want to know how to
> > > get the drivers for the usb netgear wi-fi stuff.I heard there is
> > > ndiswrapper which can be used? any idea does kubuntu support
> > > ndiswrapper?
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> >
> > First to the easy part of your question: yes, Kubuntu does support
> > ndiswrapper.
> >
> > However, this may not be what you need.  Is the usb wi-fi "stuff" a usb
> > dongle?  Or a usb modem?
> >
> > If it is a usb dongle, it *should* work as a a usb device, and any
> > version of the kernel beyond 2.4.x will support it.  However, I have
> > heard of some usb wi-fi dongles which search for elements of the
> > Windows operating system before activating (much like winmodems).  You
> > have not specified the hardware for which you want drivers so its
> > impossible to say whether this is the case.
> >
> > For what its worth, I have found the TP-Link TL-WN321G dongle (or as
> > they refer to it "wireless usb adaptor") to work well with a TP-Link
> > TL-WR541G wireless router *and* a D-Link DI514 router, but only when
> > there is no other wireless PCI adapter installed, there is no wired
> > connection to the router through the NIC card, and there is "line of
> > sight" between the dongle and the router. This has been confirmed under
> > both Kubuntu and Mepis distros.
> >
> > I noticed, however, that the signal strength from my TP-Link router was
> > not very high when tested on my wife's PowerMac G4 in another room,
> > until I built a home made parabola for the antenna (with the help of
> > some of the very helpful people on the list) and raised the router on
> > top of a wardrobe.  The point I am making is that your dongle might not
> > be working due to factors other than the lack of software.
> >
> > Modems that are connected via the usb port are a different matter, and
> > I would have to know the precise details of your wi-fi set-up before I
> > could hazard a guess.
> >
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> Vineeth Saraschandran
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