Tim Kynerd wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 23:01:58 +0200, Tim Kynerd wrote:
>
>
>>Good guess! :-) It's a Netgear WG311T (i.e., the PCI version).
>>
>>"E: Couldn't find package kernel-image-2.6.11-1-686"
>>
>>All I have is what's on the DVD images I downloaded from debian.org and
>>burned (no access to the 'Net on that machine; I'm posting this from my
>>PowerBook). But there's a 2.6 kernel on the DVDs that I'll try installing.
>>Thanks for the info; that (upgrading the kernel with apt-get) is much
>>easier than I thought it would be.
>>
>>PS I downloaded the DVDs this weekend, so it's 3.1 (Sarge) r0a.
>>
>>Best,
>>Tim
>
>
> No luck. The kernel sorta seems to recognize the card and all -- at least
> there's an interface in the kernel now called "ath0" -- but I can't even
> activate it in the "Networking" tool. When I activate it, it is
> immediately deactivated again. :-(
>
> I've found /etc/network/interfaces and am going to try to make sure I have
> all the options in there that I need, but my feeling is that something
> more fundamental is wrong -- there actually doesn't seem to be any
> connection between interface ath0 and the hardware (the card). Does that
> make any sense?
>
> Best,
> Tim
>

Ahhh... The WG311T using the Atheros chipset with Super G technology,
I assume? You will need ndiswrapper to get it going.

I assume that you installed the wireless-tools package and that you are
using iwconfig, yes? If so, good.

Well, disable all encryption for now in your AP or Router. It is far
easier to get a wireless card going without it.

Copy the latest Windows XP drivers from Netgear's site to a known
directory and insert your DVD.

This is the debian way:

1)Open a console as root
2)Type in "apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils ndiswrapper-source
wireless-tools wireless-tools-udeb module-assistant" ... wait until done
3)type in module-assistant and go to step 4 or type in m-a update ; m-a
a-i ndiswrapper ; echo Enjoy! and go to step 11
4)Select UPDATE and hit enter.... wait until done
5)Select PREPARE and hit enter... wait until done
6)Select SELECT and hit enter... Scroll down to ndiswrapper and check it
and hit enter
7)Select GET and hit enter
8)Select BUILD and hit enter
9)Select INSTALL and hit enter
10)Utilize the menu system to exit back to the console prompt
11)Type in "modprobe -i <driver.inf>"
12)type in "modprobe ndiswrapper"
13)configure your card via iwconfig, enable WEP and all that
14)edit your /etc/network/interfaces so that the card will work on
bootup. Look in the wireless-tools docs for more parameters. Mine as an
example:
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
name Netgear WG311V2
wireless_mode managed
wireless_essid NETGEAR
wireless_key1 C13ACD5067D93435D44FDB7D5E
wireless_key2 C13ACD5067D93435D44FDB7D5E
wireless_key3 C13ACD5067D93435D44FDB7D5E
wireless_key4 C13ACD5067D93435D44FDB7D5E
wireless_defaultkey 1
wireless_keymode restricted
14)When everything is good, type in ndiswrapper -m

Enjoy!!

RK