Attempting to install wireless adapter on Suse 10.0

[markwombat]

Hey guys,

I have decided to give getting linux working on my wireless network one more go. I have been following a guide on the Suse website for installing the Netgear WG111v2 USB adapter onto Suse. I have managed to get the ndiswrapper installed and also the windows drivers on aswell.

All appears to be fine but the adapter doesnt actually work. I know that Suse is seeing the adaper as the iwconfig wlan0 command gives reading when the usb adapter is plugged in and nothing when its not.

However I cannot seem to connect to my wireless network at all, iwlist wlan0 scanning also does not find any networks.

The blue light on my device does not light up either.

I have ran ifup wlan0 and the DHCP client daemon appears to have difficulty getting an IP address saying it is "backgrounding".

I have tried my access point with and without WEP enabled and still no luck. The adapter worked previously in my XP box.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated thanks in advance

 

[markwombat]

Anyone got any ideas?

 

[Una]

I would keep trying different drivers, that seems to be the problem. Make sure you got the right driver because there seem to be multiple different chipsets for that adapter. The light not coming on indicates its a driver problem.


http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/List

Check on there if you have not read it.

This is for ubuntu but its the same stuff.

Card: NETGEAR WG111v2 802.11g Wireless USB2.0 Adapter (made in Taiwan)

* Chipset: Realtek RTL8187
* usbid: 0846:6a00
* Distro: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, kernel 2.6.15-25
* Driver: (BAD) Realtek RTL8187L Win98SE/WinME driver v 1.221 from http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloads1-3.aspx?Keyword=RTL8187 - DriverVer 5.1221.0412.2006. Uses name netrtuw.inf. This works for a while, but after ~5 minutes of ssh/file copy traffic, the machine hung and had to be rebooted (reproducibly).
* Driver: (BAD) Netgear wg111v2 1.40 (?) from http://kbserver.netgear.com/release_notes/D102948.asp (labeled as 2.00 on http://kbserver.netgear.com/products/wg111v2.asp) - DriverVer 5.1213.06.0327. Ndiswrapper will load this driver successfully and find the device, but iwlist scans will fail and the device won't associate.
* Other: MUST rmmod, or blacklist kernel driver r8187 (in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist) - it will claim the device before ndiswrapper gets a chance. The r8187 driver will associate with an AP and appear to work, but won't actually transmit any data.