On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 09:39:27 -0400, Russ wrote:

> 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

wireless-tools-udeb is not on the DVDs.

The Debian machine has no Internet connectivity.

Suggestions?

But I went on anyway....

> 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>"

FATAL: Module WG311T13.inf not found

I recalled that by default, the working directory is not in your $PATH
(especially root's!), so I tried to rectify that:

FATAL: Module ./WG311T13.inf not found

Above, when you told me to copy the driver to "a well-known directory,"
did you mean a SPECIFIC directory? If so, which one? (Aren't modules
supposed to live somewhere specific? But I don't recall where.)

Or is this due to the lack of wireless-tools-udeb?

-rest snipped-

Best,
Tim