ACX111 Wireless Card Final Configuration Help

d347hm4n · #1 3rd September 2007, 04:58 PM

O.K. guys, I'm going to list exactly what i have done and any help would be extremely welcome.

Install k-mod-ndiswrapper

Code:

su -c 'yum install kmod-ndiswrapper'

Create a directory in the base of the filesystem called ndiswrapper_drivers

Code:

su -c 'mkdir /ndiswrapper_drivers'

log in as root

Code:

su -

Change Directory to the location of the windows driver on the cd-rom

Code:

cd /media/WLAN_Card/Driver/

I was unsure what to copy over so i copied all of the files save the 98 driver

Code:

cp FwRad16.bin FwRad17.bin FwRad19.bin t1130_XP.sys TNET1130.INF tnetwcoinst.dll tnet1130.cat /ndiswrapper_drivers/

Install through ndiswrapper

Code:

ndiswrapper -i TNET1130.INF
installing tnet1130 ...

Code:

ndiswrapper -l
tnet1130 : driver installed
        device (104C:9066) present

I don't know what this step does

Code:

modprobe ndiswrapper

now i'm stuck

this is the output of iwconfig

Code:

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth1      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
          Bit Rate=54 Mb/s   Tx-Power:10 dBm   Sensitivity=0/3
          RTS thr=4096 B   Fragment thr=4096 B
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

bbfuller · #2 3rd September 2007, 05:39 PM

It appears to be telling you that you have a wireless network card waiting to be connected to an access point. It's called wlan0.

If you are running Gnome then you should have a network icon top right toolbar, left clicking on it should display a list of networks available for connecting to.

If you haven't got the network manager icon post back with details of which desktop you are running and if you installed from a livecd or the DVD.

By the way, the command:

iwlist wlan0 scan

should also tell you if it is seeing wireless networks even if you haven't got NetworkManager running.

What's happened to all the previous posts?

d347hm4n · #3 3rd September 2007, 06:34 PM

Deleted them from the topic started by bl4ckch1p, seeing as he has solved his problem, I'm running KDE and i have a W.E.P. enabled network that i want to connect to I have tried giving the key to the K-network manager or whatever it is called, writing this from work so can't check for you.

Thanks for the help that you have already given in the other topic, was able to get to this point in 5mins, hopefully will be connected tonight as I'm still fiddling with it

bbfuller · #4 3rd September 2007, 07:23 PM

Hello d347hm4n

Yes, I run KDE as well.

With WEP you 'should' be OK with connecting.

If you've installed from a livecd you may find that you need to issue the command:

system-config-services

as root and start the two NetworkManager entries there. tick them, start them and save the changes.

KNetworkManager from the main menu - System - will not start automatically each time you boot unless you manually add an entry to your /home/username/.kde/Autostart folder.

d347hm4n · #5 3rd September 2007, 10:55 PM

an iwlist wlan0 scan
provides

Code:

wlan0     Interface doesn't support scanning.

d347hm4n · #6 3rd September 2007, 10:59 PM

In the system-config-network-gui, when i click add interface, it shows up with other wireless card etc, mine isn't there, is there not a way of doing all on the CLI and bring it up at boot, doest it have something to do with the:

Code:

modprobe

step?

Oh and i have added the second network manager service ticked and saved the changes, Do i have to do it for runlevel 3 aswell ?

I have only done it on runlevel 5.....

d347hm4n · #7 5th September 2007, 12:02 PM

*bump*

Any more suggestions, i have no idea what to do

d347hm4n · #8 5th September 2007, 12:15 PM

Does

Code:

modprope mdiswrapper

insert the ndiswrapper into the kernel?

bbfuller · #9 5th September 2007, 06:26 PM

Hello d347hm4n

Does the command:

modprobe ndiswrapper bring things to life again?

Usually, that command inserts the ndiswrapper module for that session only. If you have a working connection from the "iwconfig" command after the modprobe command then there are two things to do to get the setup working each time you boot. The sequence goes:

Quote:

modprobe ndiswrapper

ndiswrapper -m

the second command to create an alias in the modprobe files. It probably ends up in /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper

as in your case:

Quote:

alias wlan0 ndiswrapper

That alias should also be copied into the file /etc/modprobe.conf.

Don't bother with that though unless iwconfig following modprobe ndiswrapper gives results.

By the way, it's my understanding that not all combinations of cards/drivers do support scanning.