install netgear wg311v3 wireless pci adapter under linux

[NSWsnowfire]

I am using Gnome.

[deltaflyer44]

Go to YaST - network devices - network settings. click on your wired device & under the global settings,set it to "on cable connect", should help

Andy

[NSWsnowfire]

can I have two card working at the same time?

I disabled the wire network. but the wireless is still not working.

[deltaflyer44]

You can have two devices working at the same time,but, sometimes it can be a PITA setting up. Now, i've been having some fun this weekend. Decided to have a hunt around & found an old netgear card i had. this was a wg311 v3 as well & was pci.So, after installing it in the machine i have for testing, i found i needed to use ndiswrapper for it. Here's what i did to get it working:-

1 ) install ndiswrapper from the dvd
2 ) copy windows drivers to /home/andy/netgear, making sure i had the .cat,.inf & .sys files
3 ) opened a console & cd to the directory /home/andy/netgear
4 ) typed "su" & pressed enter,typed in root's password
5 ) typed " ndiswrapper -i name/of/inf " & pressed enter
6 ) typed "ndiswrapper -ma" & pressed enter
7 ) typed " modprobe ndiswrapper" & pressed enter
8 ) typed "ndiswrapper -l" & pressed enter,device was present with driver
9 ) exited console.
10 ) went to YaST - network devices - network settings.
11 ) under Global i selected,disable ipv6,selected network manager & set wireless to on boot
12 ) went back to first page.Selected my wired card & changed to on cable connection.
13 ) clicked on my wireless device & selected edit/configure
14 ) filled in the details of ESSID,encryption,etc. under hardware i put ndiswrapper in the module section
15 ) applied settings
16 ) clicked on network manager, found my ESSID being broadcast & selected to connect to it.
17 ) Had to fill in my wpa key again,saved, then connected.
18 ) wireless connected & i started surfing.

Hope this helps. I also have my own ndiswrapper howto here Howto's just scroll down for it

Andy

[NSWsnowfire]

Thanks!
I clicked on network settings, there are 3 devieces:
1. 88w8335[Libertas]802.11b/g Wireless
2. L1 Gigabit Etherner Adapter
3. Wireless Network Card ( which is the one I add in)

I don't know where is the first one from. looks like the wireless card, but I cann't delete it or edit it.

so confused.......

[NSWsnowfire]

the description for the first one:

88w8335 [Libertas] 802.11b/g Wireless (Not connected)
BusID : 0000:05:01.0
Unable to configure the network card because the kernel device (eth0, wlan0) is not present. This is mostly caused by missing firmware (for wlan devices). See dmesg output for details.

[NSWsnowfire]

this is the description for the 3 one (wireles I added in)
Wireless Network Card (No hwinfo)
• Device Name: wlan4
• Started automatically at boot
• IP address assigned using DHCP

[NSWsnowfire]

I couldn't find the following command in my suse system:

/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware

[NSWsnowfire]

but I found:

install_acx100_firmware
install_intersil_firmware

Which one shoud I use? or they are different thing?

[deltaflyer44]

They have nothing to do with your device. The simplest method for this,is, delete both wireless devices & start again,following my step-by-step

Andy