Wifi Netgear WG511T

[Benjamin Roe]

I had to use ndiswrapper to get my Netgear WG311(v2) working in Linux.
Ndiswrapper lets you use the Windows drivers in Linux.

If you want to try it, you need to:

1) apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils (the version in Hoary is broken at
the moment, so hopefully you're using Warty)
2) Find the windows XP driver directory for your card. The directory
will have a file called wg511.inf or something similar.
3) Switch to this directory in a terminal window and type:
	ndiswrapper -i wg511.inf (or whatever the .inf filename is)
4) typing:
	ndiswrapper -l
   should now list your card as installed and "hardware present"
5) now type:
	modprobe ndiswrapper
   and your card should initialise, ready for configuration with the
GNOME tool or iwconfig.
6) Once that's working, type:
	ndiswrapper -m
   to make it load the module on startup

This has worked great for me with a netgear wg311 and a Belkin PCMCIA
11G card. One problem is that the GNOME network tools don't work
properly with ndiswrapper-installed cards, so to restart the network
sometimes you have to reinstall the module by typing:

rmmod ndiswrapper
modprobe ndiswrapper

or rebooting.

I hope that's some help.

Ben

On Sun, 2004-12-12 at 23:07 +1100, David wrote:
> I'm trying to set up wireless on a Dell inspiron 4000. I've done some
> extensive googling, but so far not figured out how to install drivers.
> I've looked at:
> http://madwifi.sourceforge.net/
> but that seems to require kernel recompiling which is beyond my meagre
> talents.
> 
> I believe it's an Atheros chipset.....
> >From Atheros website:
> 108 Mbps Wireless PC Card - Model WG511T PC Card 802.11b/g AR5002G Super G
> 
> Could someone point me to a How-to, web page or other resource? or better
> still give me a step-by-step? Is there a simple Ubuntu way of doing it?
> 
> Many thanks...
> 
> David.
> 
> 
> PS: I've been off this list for quite a while.. is there an archive? I
> remember this subject came up ages ago and someone suggested:
> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.user/
> but that only seems to give the most recent posts, with no search facility
> :(
>