TP-WV422G V2.4 USB to WIFI Dongle.... Fix.

[alfred]

On 27/08/2010 9:45 PM, alfred wrote:
>
> I've stopped Lurking for a while with this. Ubuntu 9.10 was a very bad
> experience for me. Costly, very time consuming.
>
> I thought I would give it one more try. so I put the 32 bit 10.04 and
> the 64 Bit 10.04 on my Linux box. Wubi 10.04 on my Revo. Betbook remix
> on my Acer Aspire one. Did all the upgrades, and Surprise!!! It still works!
>
> I just put Ubuntu 10.05 on a Think Pad from the Win 98 days. 800 Mhz CPU
> 256 Meg Memory, 20 Gig Hard Drive, It took a little while but that went
> OK too including all the Upgrades! Keep Up the Good Work Ubuntu!!!
>
> We needed a USB to Wifi adapter, and I had used an Netgear N USB Wifi
> adapter which worked seemingly OK. Then for the Think Pad I got a TP
> Link TL-WB422G V2.4. It would not scan or connect and was just looking
> like it would not work at all. I went on the Web and found:
>
> http://dinthsblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/i-was-fighting-to-run-tp-link-wn422g-v2.html
>
>
> I did everything mentioned in this Blog, and developed a method for
> doing it, because much of what to do was left out of the Blog, because,
> the person writing it assumes that the person reading it is someone
> knowing much more than they do. So going through the steps, I had to
> confirm the step of getting the USB ID. Then Turned the Computer Off
> then took the WN422G off the USB Port and Put the Netgear on it to be
> able to download, because the netgear was going better than the WN422G.
> Then I found this Page:
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsTP-Link
>
>
> "Identified as 0cf3:1006, using command "sudo lsusb" .Start terminal:
> applications/accessories/terminal. type in terminal, without quotes:
> "sudo apt-get install ndisgtk", "sudo ndisgtk". Use xp drivers for
> tl-wn422g, from cd. Link on the bottom. Path: TL-WN422G\Driver
> Files\Win2K_XP\netathuw.inf. (md5sum: 10B3EA75CE9362CE9E908E71866BBDC2
> athuw.sys, 990CF163377A312EC7AD07E493C029C0 netathuw.cat,
> 171795D09A6DB31103A9F39DF4270F5C netathuw.inf). After install, it says
> hardware not present. Type in terminal, without quotes: "sudo
> ndiswrapper -a 0cf3:1006 netathuw", "sudo ndiswrapper -m", "sudo
> ndiswrapper -ma", "sudo ndiswrapper -mi". Restart pc. Source:
> http://dinthsblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/i-was-fighting-to-run-tp-link-wn422g-v2.html.
> Files:
> http://rapidshare.com/files/398240699/drivers_tplink_tl-wn322gv3_4__tl-wn422g_v2_.zip.html
> MD5: D0ED3370ED6ACEC429356E528B6E9E72 ,
> http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XGZ8KG3U. You can find version of device on
> the box, near serial number."
>
> The rapidshare File was Broken.
>
> I was able to download the
> ...///drivers_tplink_tl-wn322gv3_4__tl-wn422g_v2_.zip.html from
> www.megaupload.com/?d=XGZ8KG3U
>
> The device version was 2.4. Using the method above I Installed this Win
> 2K_XP Driver into ndiswrapper. Then Paired the Driver with the device.
> It seemed to work.  It scans now and connects, but it still disconnects
> , and then does not work on Boot up unless you boot twice. So I ran the
> Pairing again, this time there were two notes saying that two lines
> needed to be deleted in the .conf file, but it is not real clear which
> config file we are talking about. I looked at the contents of the
> destinations given but could see no .config files. I tried to find
> ndisgtk,cong or ndiswrapper.conf and could not find that either. I'm not
> even sure if that is what I need to look for, because<ndiswrapper>  with
> the lines to take out. It seems just about all the USB to Wifi devices
> are handled differently.
>
> Has anyone out the in Canadian Ubuntu Forum Land done this fix for the
> TP-WN422G that knows where, and how to remove the lines of the
> ????.config File. So that the device does not disconnect in a random manner.
>
> Alfred!
>
A little Add On to this:

In Linux there is always the Hardware Problem, when we want to use some 
device, we need to get out the clay and somehow mold it into what we 
were looking for, and take the Dead Device we bought, and somehow 
resurrect it from the DEAD!

The Reason for this is that Manufacturers don't like giving up their 
Secrets to Open Source.

Now I'm not all that knowing about whether ARDUINO Fans would make the 
Common Devices that Open Source Community People might like to use, 
because that is an OPEN SOURCE COMPUTER. So When we need an RS232 Port 
on our Computer that only has USB Ports, then we have one that works 
with Linux Drivers that work. When we need a WIFI USB Port then we have 
one that works with Linux Drivers that Work, instead of some sort of 
bought thing, we need to wish into working. When we need some sort of 
device that is out there that has no Linux Drivers at all, with ARDUINO 
we can have such a device, and know that it will work perfectly. Perhaps 
even devices that could make some of the DEAD Buys work perfectly, when 
they are put in between the Port we have and the device, say some sort 
of printer that has a marginal Driver in Linux.

I've seen many such Arduino Gizmo's on Instructables Dot Com, Perhaps a 
Contest there to make such devices, might be what is needed to give that 
Community a friendly Nudge, to get them to create such Items, out of 
Open Source Computers. If We need something then we could buy a Kit, or 
buy it ready made, just an Idea, right now..  The excuse that such 
secrets will not be given to the Open Source Community does not stand in 
the way of getting this done, when it comes from an already OPEN SOURCE 
COMMUNITY, crafting Computer Add Ons, Interfaces, and the like.

Alfred!