ASUS wl 167g friver instalation

[CyBerT]

Hi. I have ASUS wl 167g USB wireless card. It has drivers. I read readme file and come to "build instructinons".
Could anyone tell me what does this commands do, cause i have no idea of what i'm doing:

Build Instructions:
====================
1> $tar -xvzf RT73_Linux_STA_Drv_x.x.x.x.tar.gz
go to "./RT73_Linux_STA_Drv_x.x.x.x/Module" directory.

2> $cp Makefile.4 ./Makefile # [kernel 2.4]
or
$cp Makefile.6 ./Makefile # [kernel 2.6]

3> [kernel 2.4]
$chmod 755 Configure
$make config # config build linux os version

4> $make all # compile driver source code

5> $cp rt73.bin /etc/Wireless/RT73STA/ # copy firmware

6> $dos2unix rt73sta.dat
$cp rt73sta.dat /etc/Wireless/RT73STA/rt73sta.dat
# !!!check if it is a binary file before loading !!!

7> $load
#[kernel 2.4]
# $/sbin/insmod rt73.o
# $/sbin/ifconfig rausb0 inet YOUR_IP up

#[kernel 2.6]
# $/sbin/insmod rt73.ko
# $/sbin/ifconfig rausb0 inet YOUR_IP up
==========================

[rong]

Log in as root (some of this operation requires being root).

1> $tar -xvzf RT73_Linux_STA_Drv_x.x.x.x.tar.gz
go to "./RT73_Linux_STA_Drv_x.x.x.x/Module" directory.

This uncompresses the file and puts the resulting files in the ./RT73... directory. Go to this directory to carry out the rest of the instructions.

2> $cp Makefile.4 ./Makefile # [kernel 2.4]
or
$cp Makefile.6 ./Makefile # [kernel 2.6]

Find out what kernel you have. Probably kernel 2.6, but you can run the command uname -r to find your kernel version. The command cp is file copy so you enter the cp Makefile.x ./Makefile with x the relevant kernel.

3> [kernel 2.4]
$chmod 755 Configure
$make config # config build linux os version

chmod 755 sets the permissions needed for Configure. Then run make config.

Basically you compile a program in three steps: configure, make and make file.

4> $make all # compile driver source code

Just type in make all. The pound signs at the end of the lines are just comments describing basically what the command will do.

The following lines now, hopefully, will be self explanatory.

5> $cp rt73.bin /etc/Wireless/RT73STA/ # copy firmware

6> $dos2unix rt73sta.dat
$cp rt73sta.dat /etc/Wireless/RT73STA/rt73sta.dat
# !!!check if it is a binary file before loading !!!

7> $load
#[kernel 2.4]
# $/sbin/insmod rt73.o
# $/sbin/ifconfig rausb0 inet YOUR_IP up

#[kernel 2.6]
# $/sbin/insmod rt73.ko
# $/sbin/ifconfig rausb0 inet YOUR_IP up
==========================

[CyBerT]

Thanks, but not you nor me are that lucky. Here are some problems:

I copied file (cp Makefile.6 ./Makefile) and it worked fine.

Now do I execute this since it has "[kernel 2.4]" written ?
3> [kernel 2.4]
$chmod 755 Configure
$make config # config build linux os version

If not, what command must i execute next? I tried some variations(make config, make all) an some led to *** No rule to make target `modules'. Stop..

Can somebody also tell me why there is "$" infront of command. I supose this must not be written in terminal.

[rong]

$make config # config build linux os version

Just type make config. The # is a comment re: the command and should not be entered with the command.

The $ is just a prompt symbol that is part of bash. You do not enter it.

[CyBerT]

Same story:

MasterMind:/home/sand/Desktop/rt73/RT73_Linux_STA_Drv1.0.3.6/Module # make config
make: *** No rule to make target `config'. Stop.

[CyBerT]

Anibody???