Gentoo Forums
Gentoo Forums
Gentoo Forums
Quick Search: in
Wireless success via USB: Netgear WG111, ndiswrapper, WPA
View unanswered posts
View posts from last 24 hours

Goto page Previous  1, 2  
Reply to topic    Gentoo Forums Forum Index Networking & Security
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
Mgiese
Veteran
Veteran


Joined: 23 Mar 2005
Posts: 1607
Location: indiana

PostPosted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 11:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

could someone be so kind so have a look here :
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-526318-highlight-.html

i am trying to install another wireless card (toshiba wireless lan mini pci card) with orinoco chipset, hardware seems to work but still problems with WPA in general or wpa_supplicant... i think WEP could work right know, but i do want wpa here too
_________________
I do not have a Superman complex, for I am God not Superman :D

Ryzen9 7950x ; Geforce1650 ; kernel 6.5 ; XFCE
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
AludraHIXY
n00b
n00b


Joined: 07 Jan 2007
Posts: 1

PostPosted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 12:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey..uhhh... ive been trying for hours to find a solution to this but i cant find one...

I'm trying to install gentoo on a x86 box, so my only iso option is the minimal install CD. I'm pretty sure that you can only install gentoo from this cd if the computer in question is connected to the internet, and it is, by a WG111v1...(when i use Windows XP).

So i tried the first thing in this 'howto', "emerge -vabk ndiswrapper", but as im on the livecd installtion still, i cant use emerge yet(command not found). So ive downloaded ndiswrapper and its on the harddrive of my x86 box now, so i can mount the /dev/hda1 to /mnt/hda1 and access the harddrive like that... However, i cant use 'make' in order to compile/install ndiswrapper, as im still on the livecd installation and "command not found"...

Im thinking all i have to do is get ndiswrapper to work, so then i can continue with this howto...

Anyone got any idea how i can install ndiswrapper from the minimum install livecd?

Thanks!
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
korda
n00b
n00b


Joined: 14 Nov 2004
Posts: 11
Location: Australia

PostPosted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 12:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

[quote="Mgiese"]
Quote:
# finally, i just tried the following (wext instead of ndiswrapper):
Code:
# wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa.conf

....

but somehow strange that also there its just working with
Code:
wpa_supplicant -Dwext
even it is working over NDISWRAPPER ?!?!?!


Same here Mgiese, I could not link up with the AP using -Dndiswrapper but it worked with -Dwext, thanks for this tip, I've been stuck on this for a while.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
coolant
n00b
n00b


Joined: 27 May 2005
Posts: 11
Location: india

PostPosted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've bought the same USB dongle. device ID = 0x6a00.
The CD has some files, I tried ndiswrapper, and the interface wlan0 comes up.
But I'm unable to scan.


Assuming that my problem might be due to the versions of drivers (for XP as opposed to 98/ME), I proceeded to download from netgear site.

All I get from from their site (and a link to their latest drivers , version 3.00) is a "setup.exe" file, which doesn't work with cabextract or unshield.

Any info on how I can play with it.

And, I am able to scan the Access point if I load the native driver, but not make a connection. I'm using WPA for encryption, and I'll prefer to stick to it, unless ofcourse I'm left without a choice.
_________________
get done with it ....

homepage : http://coolantz.netfirms.com
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Reply to topic    Gentoo Forums Forum Index Networking & Security All times are GMT
Goto page Previous  1, 2
Page 2 of 2

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum