WiFi driver problem Netgear

02-10-2008	#1 (permalink)
Aravind Singh Just Joined! Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 7	WiFi driver problem Netgear Dear Friends, i have a WG311V3 Netgear 54Mbps WiFi card and have no linux driver for it. can any one help me with how to get this driver and installing it and having my wireless connection up and running. i have downloaded some driver but am not sure about it that it is the required driver or not or will it work or not. i am working on Mandriva 2008. waiting for respose Aravind Singh

02-10-2008	#2 (permalink)
waterhead Trusted Penguin Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Franklin, Wisconsin Posts: 3,958	First, I must tell you that multiple threads about the same problem or subject are not allowed. Besides, it is just plain confusing! Now about the wireless. You will need to know more about the wireless in order to set it up. Enter this into a terminal (as root) and post the output. Code: # lspci Unless it is a USB wireless. # lsusb __________________ Paul Please do not PM me with requests for help. I will not reply.

02-11-2008	#3 (permalink)
Aravind Singh Just Joined! Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 7	Well more details about my wi fi card is it is Wireless - G PCI adapter WG311 with 54MBPS [root@localhost aravind]# lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 03)00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 82)00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller (rev 02)00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02) 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88w8335 [Libertas] 802.11b/g Wireless (rev 03) [root@localhost aravind]# lsusb Unknown line at line 2389 Bus 003 Device 002: ID 045e:0084 Microsoft Corp. Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Whta should i do Aravind Singh

02-11-2008	#4 (permalink)
waterhead Trusted Penguin Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Franklin, Wisconsin Posts: 3,958	This would be the wireless. Code: Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88w8335 [Libertas] 802.11b/g Wireless (rev 03) A little searching found that this card should work with NDISwrapper http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/j...3/id,list_0-9/ Look at cards #6, #7 and #10. Since NDISwrapper uses the WinXP driver, if you hve one that came with your wireless, I would try that one first. There also appears to be a new Linux driver for some Marvel Libertas chips. http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_....html#Libertas I don't know if it supports your card or not. http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers It seems to work only in Ad-hoc mode. So it may not be a viable choice. If it is showing up as a network connection, then there is a Linux driver that is already loading for it. I also see a mention of it needing firmware loaded to work. You could run this command, and then check for any mention of the wireless and firmware. It will output a lot, so check it all. Code: lspci Post any relevant messages. __________________ Paul Please do not PM me with requests for help. I will not reply.

02-11-2008	#5 (permalink)
waterhead Trusted Penguin Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Franklin, Wisconsin Posts: 3,958	Check out this listing for NDISwrapper, look at card #29. http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/j...3/id,list_m-n/ __________________ Paul Please do not PM me with requests for help. I will not reply.

02-12-2008	#6 (permalink)
Aravind Singh Just Joined! Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 7	Problem Solved Thank you all, After reading an article on the wifi in the article section i was able to solve the problem and have installed the WIFI driver sucessfuly and now internet is working fine if any problem arise i will certainly ask the questions. Thank you all Aravind Kumar Singh

02-12-2008	#7 (permalink)
waterhead Trusted Penguin Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Franklin, Wisconsin Posts: 3,958	Please tell us how you solved the problem. __________________ Paul Please do not PM me with requests for help. I will not reply.

09-01-2008

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LuisC-SM

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This is an update to this thread

Quote:

Originally Posted by waterhead

Please tell us how you solved the problem.

I believe we will never get an answer from the original poster, however, the only way I know is with NDISwrapper so steps are as follows. (BTW I'm using openSuSE 11 GNOME x86)

1. install ndiswraper
2. Download the driver from this address:
NDISwrapper
(I used Nr. 4 BTW)
3. Extract it in Desktop (or any other place you like)
4. Open a terminal/Konsole change to the extracted directory and; as ROOT, type:

Code:

ndiswrapper -i Mrv8000c.inf

and to check if it's installed

Code:

ndiswrapper -l

that should display something like this:

Quote:

mrv8000c : driver installed
device (11AB:1FAA) present

5. Type

Code:

 modprobe -m 
depmod -a  # and the last
modprobe ndiswrapper  # this will load the module

6. Enjoy surfing

Luis

Last edited by LuisC-SM; 09-02-2008 at 12:05 AM.. Reason: Sorry. I forgot 2 importnt commands

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