ndiswrapper repository

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Hi there, and thanks for reading and possibly< answering this post.

I’ve seen that the opensuse ndiswrapper repository is down. However, ndiswrapper for tumbleweed seems to exist.

Do you plan to reintroduce ndiswrapper for the current opensuse version ?

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Did you check the hardware forum?

It seems to be available…
https://software.opensuse.org/package/ndiswrapper

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Fine ! I didn’t see that :wink:

Thx form the tip.

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Unfortunately, ndiswrapper doesn’t work with my wifi gizmo, an asus n600 (USB-n53_b1). No linux driver, and ndiswrapper returned too many unknown symbols.

But I have tried at least :frowning:

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Please post:

/sbin/lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net

lsusb

uname -a
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/sbin/lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net :

03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8071 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller [11ab:436b] (rev 16)
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:031f]
        Kernel driver in use: sky2
--
05:06.0 Network controller [0280]: Ralink corp. RT2561/RT61 rev B 802.11g [1814:0302]
        Subsystem: D-Link System Inc AirPlus G DWL-G510 Wireless Network Adapter (Rev.C) [1186:3c09]
        Kernel driver in use: rt61pci
        Kernel modules: rt61pci

lsusb :

Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 1307:0330 Transcend Information, Inc. 63-in-1 Multi-Card Reader/Writer
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 0b05:180b ASUSTek Computer, Inc. 
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 046d:c517 Logitech, Inc. LX710 Cordless Desktop Laser
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

uname -a :

Linux alpha.uhara.net 3.16.7-7-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Dec 17 18:00:44 UTC 2014 (762f27a) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I also add that it exists an USB-N53 linux usb driver, but it doesn’t work with my USB-N53_B1 wifi gizmo

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So this appears to show a wireless network device supported by the rt61pci driver…


05:06.0 Network controller [0280]: Ralink corp. RT2561/RT61 rev B 802.11g [1814:0302]
        Subsystem: D-Link System Inc AirPlus G DWL-G510 Wireless Network Adapter (Rev.C) [1186:3c09]
        Kernel driver in use: rt61pci
        Kernel modules: rt61pci

Did you try configuring your wireless device yet?

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Regarding your USB wireless device

Bus 002 Device 005: ID 0b05:180b ASUSTek Computer, Inc.

this wiki page for ASUS_USB-N53_B1 confirms no linux driver for this particular chipset.

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No, the ralink has no relationship with the asus usb wifi. The ralink works, but is used as a local master instead.

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Okay, but there is currently no native support for your USB wireless device.

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I know that. I mentioned it above. But it seems that it is a fairly common product, so I suppose that there will be a linux driver in a near future.

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Then what are you wanting to achieve? Using ndsiwrapper is a hack, and is not guaranteed of success. Given that USB wireless devices are relatively inexpensive, it’s often more pragmatic to just purchase a device with native Linux support.

But it seems that it is a fairly common product, so I suppose that there will be a linux driver in a near future.

Well, I’d hope so too, but that’s not always the case unfortunately. Even better if the manufacturer provides the driver or information to do so, otherwise developers are left to try and reverse-engineer working drivers.

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That’s right. I’ve email the asus tech support, and they answered… that they can’t answer :frowning:

Nevertheless the drivers for that type of device are made by mediatek, so I’m fairly confident that a driver will exist, but when ?