[SOLVED] ndiswrapper Zoom USB Wireless-G 4410

[ScottWilson1990]

Right, i've just installed the wlanUZG.inf using

ndiswrapper -i /cdrom/Bin/Install/USB/Driver/Ndis5x/WlanUZG.inf

then:

ndiswrapper -l

giving

wlanuzg: Driver installed
device (0803:4410) present

Then i did:

ndiswrapper -m (followed by >) ndiswrapper -ma (followed by >) ndiswrapper -mi

Then I did:

modprobe ndiswrapper

slight pause.. then didnt get any readouts or anything, is this normal?

Then I did

depmod -a

slight pause again... then no readout or messages again.

Then I did:

iwconfig

giving

lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.

same as before. What am I doing wrong?

[waterhead]

Did you try rebooting to see if the wireless appeared?

Some Linux distros need to have a network card configured, before it will work. I don't know anything about Arch, so reed9 is going to have to help with that.

[ScottWilson1990]

Aaaah! reboot sorted it out. So the procedure (for anyone who comes across this post with the same problem) is how it was outlined in my last post, including the ndiswrapper -m, ndiswrapper -ma, ndiswrapper -mi, modprobe ndiswrapper and depmod -a, then adding ndiswrapper to the modules line in /etc/rc.conf, followed by a reboot, then iwconfig and wlan0 appears.

Final question, can someone explain what the modprobe does and what the depmod -a command does? (don't learn if you don't ask questions).

Thanks so much everyone who contributed to this post, going to see if I can get the wiki edited so there is a clear and concise section that says "HOW TO INSTALL YOUR WINDOWS DRIVER USING NDISWRAPPER" in big bold letters :P.

Thanks again everyone, really helpful,
Scott.

[waterhead]

Final question, can someone explain what the modprobe does and what the depmod -a command does? (don't learn if you don't ask questions).

I don't mean to be rude, but RTFM.
Actually, read the man pages:

man depmod

[ScottWilson1990]

Lol thanks waterhead, sometimes us noobs just have to be told I guess :P. I do tend to read most of the documentation before consulting the forum as a last resort though.

Thanks again,
Scott.

[waterhead]

I know that the man pages are sometimes difficult to wrap your head around. We are still here to answer any question you have.