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> Thanks to all for your replies. > > I am trying to set up a Netgear MA111 (v1) usb wireless adapter on a > desktop system, later to set up on a laptop if it works on the desktop > system. Sorry but I have to ask as you did not mention what you have done to get ready to install the software. Did you do aptitude install linux-wlan-ng linux-wlan-ng-source linux-wlan-ng-firmware and most important linux-wlan-ng-doc then did you read the file /usr/share/doc/linux-wlan-ng/firmware/NEWS.Debian.gz or do man linux-wlan-ng-build-firmware-deb if you did the above then, while connected to the net, did you execute the file mentioned there that downloads the necessary firmware files from the the linux-wlan.org site? Did you read the docs in /usr/share/linux-wlan-ng? Then if the answer to all of the above, did you look at the config files in /etc/wlan and edit, if necessary, the wlan.conf file? > > lsusb says: > Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0846:4110 NetGear, Inc. MA111 WiFi (v1) > Bus 001 Device 002: ID 058f:9254 Alcor Micro Corp. Hub > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > > http://linux-wless.passys.nl says that linux-wlan-ng should work with > this adapter. <http://www.linux-wlan.org> also says that the MA111 works with linux-wlan-ng. NOTE: Prior to running module-assistant, you must have a kernel source file and a kernel headers file installed. ie in my case VT1 root-3-TESTING:# dpkg -l linux-source* linux-header* |grep ^i ii linux-headers-2.6.18-4 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12 Common header files for Linux 2.6.18 ii linux-headers-2.6.18-4-k7 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12 Header files for Linux 2.6.18 on AMD K7 ii linux-source-2.6.18 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12 Linux kernel source for version 2.6.18 with > I did: > - install module-assistant > - run module-assistant prepare > - run module-assistant auto-install linux-wlan-ng > - reboot When you run m-a it compiles the software and creates .deb files. Make sure that they are then installed, either by m-a or by you. The linux-wlan-*.deb files will be in the /usr/src directory. After running m-a and installing all of the packages I get ii linux-wlan-ng 0.2.7+dfsg-2 utilities for wireless prism2 cards ii linux-wlan-ng-firmware 0.2.7+dfsg-2 firmware files used by the linux-wlan-ng dri ii linux-wlan-ng-firmware-files 0.2.7+dfsg-2 firmware files used by the linux-wlan-ng dri ii linux-wlan-ng-modules-2.6.18t40 0.2.7+dfsg-2 drivers for wireless prism2 cards ii linux-wlan-ng-source 0.2.7+dfsg-2 linux-wlan-ng driver As this is linux. There is no need to reboot. Oh, have you installed the dhcp3-client package? You need that for DHCP. <--<snip>--> removed dmesg listing > > (NOTE: eth0 is a wired pci card connection, works fine, uses tulip > driver). > > Notice from dmesg these lines: > prism2usb_init: prism2_usb.o: 0.2.5 Loaded > prism2usb_init: dev_info is: prism2_usb > usbcore: registered new driver prism2_usb I do not see the wlan entry in the ifconfig output. There should be scripts in /etc/network/if.up.d and post-down.d that start/stop the device as soon as it is plugged in or ifup/ifdown wlan are executed. They depend on a file you have to create in /etc/wlan. Here is what I see when the USB adapter is up #iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. sit0 no wireless extensions. wlan0 IEEE 802.11-b ESSID:"Mtntop_AP" Nickname:"Mtntop_AP" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:0F:B5:11:37:1F Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Tx-Power:18 dBm Retry min limit:8 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Link Quality=25/92 Signal level=-65 dBm Noise level=-90 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 # ifconfig lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:280 (280.0 b) TX bytes:280 (280.0 b) wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0A:E9:09:02:27 inet addr:192.168.1.9 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::20a:e9ff:fe09:227/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:73 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:64 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:13163 (12.8 KiB) TX bytes:11254 (10.9 KiB) and my /etc/network/interfaces file is # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback up route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 dev lo down route del -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 dev lo # The primary network interface # Ashton USB Dongle # NOTE: all setup for this USB Dongle is is in /etc/wlan/ # and the startup script in /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/linux-wlan-ng-pre-up # and down with the /etc/network/if-post-down.d/linux-wlan-ng-post-down auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet dhcp Hope I didn't miss anything. It's late so if you need more help, we are here. Regards Wayne -- Your mouse has moved. Windows needs to be restarted for the changes to take effect. [OK] _______________________________________________________ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]