Re: wireless - is it possible?
On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:23:27 -0500 Default User [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] So far, two wireless adapters have been mentioned as working with Etch, (assembly required): Netgear WG511U V2 pcmcia card Netgear WG511T pcmcia card Is anyone out there using any other currently available wireless adapters with Etch? This one [0]. Celejar [0] http://www.amazon.com/Airnet-802-11g%2B-108Mbps-Wireless-Adapter/dp/B000KZBXOM/ref=sr_1_4/104-5983491-7318323?ie=UTF8s=electronicsqid=1177961692sr=1-4 -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: wireless - is it possible?
#include hallo.h * Default User [Sat, Apr 28 2007, 04:04:41PM]: 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). I have also tried a Netgear WG111 (v2) adapter. To date, it won't work out of the box with any of many non-M$ OSes tried. We tried several sticks at my previous university and most of them sucked. Some of those Netgear have been supported by the free drivers, other (v1 rev. 2 or so) have not been supported anymore but ndiswrapper did the trick, but some has been working and some didn't, and IIRC none of v2 did work. For ralink based ones, I have a mixed feeling. An old ASUS stick did work with an old driver, but a more recent driver screwed up something in the kernel and made it first loose the keyboard control and then crash, after just replugging the stick two or three times. A newer stick with Ralink chipset (IIRC from D-Link) was not really supported either: driver loads, the interface is created but no data is transfered after that. Well, and the best experience we had was with the cheapest stick from MSI having some Zydas chipset (IIRC MSI US54SE). Stick inserted, WEP or WPA configured, WORKS! They are still not perfect, in a certain combination (old Cisco AP and WEP mode) the data transfers got stuck after few minutes and the stick has been restarted (messages about reseting the SoftMAC in the kernel log). However, there was no such trouble with in plain or WPA mode, IIRC. Regards, Eduard. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: wireless - is it possible?
Default User ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: 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 . . . You did not install the ndiswrapper programs and the ndiswrapper kernel module. Install ndiswrapper-utils and run module-assistant auto-install ndiswrapper-source After that, follow the configuration guidelines in the ndiswrapper Wiki on ndiswrapper.sf.net. For the future, use apt-cache show $packagename and apt-cache search $keyword to get more information on the packages you are about to install. regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps-sarge.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: wireless - is it possible?
Default User ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Sun, 2007-04-29 at 00:14 +0200, Andreas Janssen wrote: Default User ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 23:24 +0200, Andreas Janssen wrote: Default User ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I think one of them uses a ralink chipset, which means that there is a driver available, however you need to compile and install it yourself (e.g. using module-assistant). The netgear wg511t pcmcia card also works, it uses an atheros chipset and runs with the madwifi driver. Packages are available in non-free, so you also need to build them using non-free. If you want to buy Netgear adapters, take a close look at the product name. An additional letter or number can mean that is uses a completely different chipset. 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. Maybe lsusb knows. As for module-assistant, usually it is sufficcient to - replace main with main contrib non-free in your sources.list and run apt-get update - install module-assistant - run module-assistant prepare - run module-assistant auto-install $driver-source - load the driver manually or reboot regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps-sarge.html The output of sudo lsusb is: Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0846:4110 NetGear, Inc. MA111 WiFi (v1) Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0846:4240 NetGear, Inc. WG111 WiFi (v2) Bus 001 Device 002: ID 058f:9254 Alcor Micro Corp. Hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID : There they are, but it doesn't seem to say what chipset they have. And as for: module-assistant auto-install $driver-source, what would $driver-source be, and where? I did take to heart, from man module-assistant: NOTE: don?t even think about using some random kernel-source-x.y.z package contents (or linux-x.y.z tarball from the Internet) to specify the kernel source for your currently running kernel. Don?t! Those source is not exactly what have been used to build the running kernel and its configuration most likely does not match yours. I think that just refers to the kernel source code, not to module source code to be added. I think . . . No. It means you need to install the matching headers for your running kernel to build the modules. If you use a precompiled Debian package, running module-assistant prepare will install them. The name of course depends on the driver. If you use an atheros based card, it is madwifi-source. If you use a ralink based card, the name is rt2x00-source (new driver), or rt2400-source/rt2500-source/rt2570-source (older driver, but less experimental). regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps-sarge.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: wireless - is it possible?
Default User([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 22:36 -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: --snip-- 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 Compatibility 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. --snip-- 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). That's why I didn't buy one. The site does not seem to mention the MA111. So, if you checked on google first, you would not have purchased either one of those. See, your learning. I did install ndiswrapper-common, but when I run sudo ndiswrapper, i get: Error: no versions of ndiswrapper found! Another lesson learned! You didn't install everything required. VT1 root-3-TESTING:~# apt-cache search ndiswrapper ndiswrapper-common - Common scripts required to use the utilities for ndiswrapper ndiswrapper-source - Source for the ndiswrapper linux kernel module ndiswrapper-utils - Userspace utilities for ndiswrapper ndiswrapper-utils-1.1 - Userspace utilities for ndiswrapper ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 - Userspace utilities for the ndiswrapper linux kernel module --snip-- I do not want to use ndiswrapper. I did a lot of searching for, not only a Wireless card, but one that would function on Linux. I don't know anything about how to use ndiswrapper so can't help you with it. I can tell you that _installing_ it is no different then installing the madwifi drivers. If you learn how to install it, you are well on your way. Don't forget Google. The ndiswrapper _is_ used on linux by a lot of people and many have pointed out how they accomplished it, on Google. Good Luck! Wayne -- Pascal Users: To show respect for the 313th anniversary (tomorrow) of the death of Blaise Pascal, your programs will be run at half speed. ___ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: wireless - is it possible?
On Sun, 2007-04-29 at 11:26 -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: Default User([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 22:36 -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: --snip-- 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 Compatibility 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. --snip-- 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). That's why I didn't buy one. The site does not seem to mention the MA111. So, if you checked on google first, you would not have purchased either one of those. See, your learning. I did install ndiswrapper-common, but when I run sudo ndiswrapper, i get: Error: no versions of ndiswrapper found! Another lesson learned! You didn't install everything required. VT1 root-3-TESTING:~# apt-cache search ndiswrapper ndiswrapper-common - Common scripts required to use the utilities for ndiswrapper ndiswrapper-source - Source for the ndiswrapper linux kernel module ndiswrapper-utils - Userspace utilities for ndiswrapper ndiswrapper-utils-1.1 - Userspace utilities for ndiswrapper ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 - Userspace utilities for the ndiswrapper linux kernel module --snip-- I do not want to use ndiswrapper. I did a lot of searching for, not only a Wireless card, but one that would function on Linux. I don't know anything about how to use ndiswrapper so can't help you with it. I can tell you that _installing_ it is no different then installing the madwifi drivers. If you learn how to install it, you are well on your way. Don't forget Google. The ndiswrapper _is_ used on linux by a lot of people and many have pointed out how they accomplished it, on Google. Good Luck! Wayne -- Pascal Users: To show respect for the 313th anniversary (tomorrow) of the death of Blaise Pascal, your programs will be run at half speed. ___ So far, two wireless adapters have been mentioned as working with Etch, (assembly required): Netgear WG511U V2 pcmcia card Netgear WG511T pcmcia card Is anyone out there using any other currently available wireless adapters with Etch? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: wireless - is it possible?
On Sunday 29 April 2007 13:23, Default User wrote: So far, two wireless adapters have been mentioned as working with Etch, (assembly required): Netgear WG511U V2 pcmcia card Netgear WG511T pcmcia card Is anyone out there using any other currently available wireless adapters with Etch? I use a D-Link dwl-g630 cardbus card on my laptop. I use madwifi and wpa_supplicant to get it going. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: wireless - is it possible?
Default User([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: On Sun, 2007-04-29 at 11:26 -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: Default User([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 22:36 -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: --snip-- 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 Compatibility 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. --snip-- So far, two wireless adapters have been mentioned as working with Etch, (assembly required): And the assembly is really difficult! m-a a-i madwifi Netgear WG511U V2 pcmcia card Netgear WG511T pcmcia card Is anyone out there using any other currently available wireless adapters with Etch? I guess you don't have the time to check that out on google either. Bye -- Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft ... and the only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labor. -- Wernher von Braun ___ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wireless - is it possible?
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). I have also tried a Netgear WG111 (v2) adapter. To date, it won't work out of the box with any of many non-M$ OSes tried. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: wireless - is it possible?
Default User ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 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). I have also tried a Netgear WG111 (v2) adapter. To date, it won't work out of the box with any of many non-M$ OSes tried. I think one of them uses a ralink chipset, which means that there is a driver available, however you need to compile and install it yourself (e.g. using module-assistant). The netgear wg511t pcmcia card also works, it uses an atheros chipset and runs with the madwifi driver. Packages are available in non-free, so you also need to build them using non-free. If you want to buy Netgear adapters, take a close look at the product name. An additional letter or number can mean that is uses a completely different chipset. regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps-sarge.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: wireless - is it possible?
On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 23:24 +0200, Andreas Janssen wrote: Default User ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 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). I have also tried a Netgear WG111 (v2) adapter. To date, it won't work out of the box with any of many non-M$ OSes tried. I think one of them uses a ralink chipset, which means that there is a driver available, however you need to compile and install it yourself (e.g. using module-assistant). The netgear wg511t pcmcia card also works, it uses an atheros chipset and runs with the madwifi driver. Packages are available in non-free, so you also need to build them using non-free. If you want to buy Netgear adapters, take a close look at the product name. An additional letter or number can mean that is uses a completely different chipset. regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps-sarge.html 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 UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: wireless - is it possible?
Default User ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 23:24 +0200, Andreas Janssen wrote: Default User ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I think one of them uses a ralink chipset, which means that there is a driver available, however you need to compile and install it yourself (e.g. using module-assistant). The netgear wg511t pcmcia card also works, it uses an atheros chipset and runs with the madwifi driver. Packages are available in non-free, so you also need to build them using non-free. If you want to buy Netgear adapters, take a close look at the product name. An additional letter or number can mean that is uses a completely different chipset. 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. Maybe lsusb knows. As for module-assistant, usually it is sufficcient to - replace main with main contrib non-free in your sources.list and run apt-get update - install module-assistant - run module-assistant prepare - run module-assistant auto-install $driver-source - load the driver manually or reboot regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps-sarge.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: wireless - is it possible?
On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 23:24:35 +0200 Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Default User ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Easy question: has anyone been able to get any currently available wifi USB or PCMCIA adapter to work with a 2004 Toshiba Satellite M35X-S109 laptop (no built-in wifi), using Debian Etch? Very hard question: if so, how were you able to do it? I have tried a Netgear MA111 (v1?) USB adapter. I have only been able to get it to work out of the box with OpenBSD (any recent distribution), and Freespire 1.0.13 (before the switch to an Ubuntu base). I have also tried a Netgear WG111 (v2) adapter. To date, it won't work out of the box with any of many non-M$ OSes tried. I think one of them uses a ralink chipset, which means that there is a driver available, however you need to compile and install it yourself (e.g. using module-assistant). The netgear wg511t pcmcia card also works, it uses an atheros chipset and runs with the madwifi driver. Packages are available in non-free, so you also need to build them using non-free. If you want to buy Netgear adapters, take a close look at the product name. An additional letter or number can mean that is uses a completely different chipset. if its an ralink chipset than the following package may be the start (gets you the source) rt2x00-source you would still need to compile it zydass has a module in the kernel, I don't know if it's compiled by default on debian kernels though (zd1211 I think). You will need izd1211-firmware package for the firmware, possibly zd1211-source if the sources are not compiled It says that it supports: 3COM 3CRUSB100756891:a727 AOpen 802.11g WL54 07b8:6001 iNexQ UR055g1435:0711 Sitecom WL-113 0df6:9071 Telegent TG54USB129b:1666 TwinMOS G240126F:a006 Yakumo QuickWLAN0b3b:1630 Airlink+ AWLL3025 0ace:1211 Zyxel ZyAIR G-220 0586:3401 X-Micro XWL-11GUZX 0ace:1211 Edimax EW-7317UG0ace:1211 Safecom SWLU-5400 07b8:6001 Longshine LCS-8131G 07b8:6001 Planet WL-U356 0ace:1211 Sweex wireless 54MB 5173:1809 Acer WLAN-G-US1 0ace:1211 Trendnet TEW-424UB 0ace:1211 DrayTek Vigor 550 0675:0550 Asus WL-159g0b05:170c Trust NW-3100 I have a ralink rt73 based dongle by level one but this one gives quite a bit of trouble about which driver it will accept (rt2x00 doesn't work, the legacy rt73 does, but only the new versions) regards Andreas Janssen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: wireless - is it possible?
Default User([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 23:24 +0200, Andreas Janssen wrote: Default User ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 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 -- Real programmers don't bring brown-bag lunches. If the vending machine doesn't sell it, they don't eat it. Vending machines don't sell quiche. ___ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: wireless - is it possible?
On Sun, 2007-04-29 at 00:14 +0200, Andreas Janssen wrote: Default User ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 23:24 +0200, Andreas Janssen wrote: Default User ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I think one of them uses a ralink chipset, which means that there is a driver available, however you need to compile and install it yourself (e.g. using module-assistant). The netgear wg511t pcmcia card also works, it uses an atheros chipset and runs with the madwifi driver. Packages are available in non-free, so you also need to build them using non-free. If you want to buy Netgear adapters, take a close look at the product name. An additional letter or number can mean that is uses a completely different chipset. 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. Maybe lsusb knows. As for module-assistant, usually it is sufficcient to - replace main with main contrib non-free in your sources.list and run apt-get update - install module-assistant - run module-assistant prepare - run module-assistant auto-install $driver-source - load the driver manually or reboot regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps-sarge.html The output of sudo lsusb is: Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0846:4110 NetGear, Inc. MA111 WiFi (v1) Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0846:4240 NetGear, Inc. WG111 WiFi (v2) Bus 001 Device 002: ID 058f:9254 Alcor Micro Corp. Hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID : There they are, but it doesn't seem to say what chipset they have. And as for: module-assistant auto-install $driver-source, what would $driver-source be, and where? I did take to heart, from man module-assistant: NOTE: don’t even think about using some random kernel-source-x.y.z package contents (or linux-x.y.z tarball from the Internet) to specify the kernel source for your currently running kernel. Don’t! Those source is not exactly what have been used to build the running kernel and its configuration most likely does not match yours. I think that just refers to the kernel source code, not to module source code to be added. I think . . . -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: wireless - is it possible?
On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 22:36 -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: Default User([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 23:24 +0200, Andreas Janssen wrote: Default User ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 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 -- Real programmers don't bring brown-bag lunches. If the vending machine doesn't sell it, they don't eat it. Vending machines don't sell quiche. ___ 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 . . . -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
