Wireless Networking With Netgear Card

[cadentsoul]

I am trying to no avail to configure wireless networking in Suse 10. I have a Netgear WG311T card. I am extremely solid with windows, which I am dual booting, but completely new to Linux. I ran a quick google search to see if I couldn't figure it out myself, but most of the results were either inaccurate or over my head. Any advice? Thanks!!

[unchiujar]

google ndiswrapper

[rudyd]

You most likely will be able to get this working with ndiswrapper.
Go into YaST > Software > Software Management. Install ndiswrapper. When you have that installed, get your original windows drivers for your card. There will be a directory containing a .inf file and a .sys file - these are needed for ndiswrapper to work.

Copy these files to your home directory. With your wireless device connected run the following -
Code:

cd ~ su <enter root password> ndiswrapper -i nameofyourinffile.inf ndiswrapper -l //This is a lowercase 'L', not a one.

When you run the last command if your device appears and is listed then the network manager applet should allow you to configure a connection. If all is successful post back and I will show you how to make it permanently load on boot.

This is sample output from my wireless card for reference -
Code:

btrprime:~ # ndiswrapper -l Installed drivers: neta3ab driver installed, hardware present