I’m in the process of getting an ancient Marvell Wireless Adapter working in a dual boot Linux/XP system.
At one point, I couldn’t reboot Linux, after a change to /etc/sysconfig/kernel, but I managed to back that change out and I have a booting system.
Once I had the system back, I went into Yast to look at the state of the network adapter. I then had a popup that said something about ndiswrapper, and did I want a Modprobe performed. I replied in the affirmative, and I know have an adapter that knows about my router.
Problem is that I am being offered only LEAP, Dynamic WEP, and WEP in the security dropdown box; no mention of WPA.
Is that something to do with Windows 98 driver I have associated with the adapter or something else?
On 03/14/2014 02:16 PM, Gazzamo wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I’m in the process of getting an ancient Marvell Wireless Adapter
> working in a dual boot Linux/XP system.
>
> At one point, I couldn’t reboot Linux, after a change to
> /etc/sysconfig/kernel, but I managed to back that change out and I have
> a booting system.
>
> Once I had the system back, I went into Yast to look at the state of the
> network adapter. I then had a popup that said something about
> ndiswrapper, and did I want a Modprobe performed. I replied in the
> affirmative, and I know have an adapter that knows about my router.
>
> Problem is that I am being offered only LEAP, Dynamic WEP, and WEP in
> the security dropdown box; no mention of WPA.
>
> Is that something to do with Windows 98 driver I have associated with
> the adapter or something else?
Yes, that driver apparently does not support WPA. It is probably too old.
As I told you in the other thread, you should look for an XP driver.
Thanks for the tips. I found an XP driver, installed it with ndiswrapper, which returned a handful of warnings concerning missing sections, and I still have no WPA in the security dropdown. I think that you are correct in saying that I should get an adapter that is supported. I’ve looked on the Auction site, and see that WG111V2 is a USB device, I really need a PCI adapter as USB slots are at a premium. I don’t need 802.1N, so would any Netgear adapter do the job? I’m open to suggestions.
On 03/14/2014 04:06 PM, Gazzamo wrote:
>
> lwfinger;2630490 Wrote:
>> On 03/14/2014 02:16 PM, Gazzamo wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I’m in the process of getting an ancient Marvell Wireless Adapter
>>> working in a dual boot Linux/XP system.
>>>
>>> At one point, I couldn’t reboot Linux, after a change to
>>> /etc/sysconfig/kernel, but I managed to back that change out and I
>> have
>>> a booting system.
>>>
>>> Once I had the system back, I went into Yast to look at the state of
>> the
>>> network adapter. I then had a popup that said something about
>>> ndiswrapper, and did I want a Modprobe performed. I replied in the
>>> affirmative, and I know have an adapter that knows about my router.
>>>
>>> Problem is that I am being offered only LEAP, Dynamic WEP, and WEP in
>>> the security dropdown box; no mention of WPA.
>>>
>>> Is that something to do with Windows 98 driver I have associated with
>>> the adapter or something else?
>>
>> Yes, that driver apparently does not support WPA. It is probably too
>> old.
>>
>> As I told you in the other thread, you should look for an XP driver.
>
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the tips. I found an XP driver, installed it with
> ndiswrapper, which returned a handful of warnings concerning missing
> sections, and I still have no WPA in the security dropdown. I think that
> you are correct in saying that I should get an adapter that is
> supported. I’ve looked on the Auction site, and see that WG111V2 is a
> USB device, I really need a PCI adapter as USB slots are at a premium. I
> don’t need 802.1N, so would any Netgear adapter do the job? I’m open to
> suggestions.
PCI devices are a bit harder as the vendors on E-bay tend to not give the
vendor/model information. One option is the Linksys WMP54G device for $18 new in
box. That one uses Linux driver b43. Before it will work, you would need to run
the command
I sourced a second hand WMP84G on Amazon for £9 plus postage, installed it in the box and after a number of false starts for both XP and openSUSE, Wireless is working on both systems. Thanks for the advice.
BTW I didn’t need to install bcm43xx, the drivers must be installed by default.
On 03/19/2014 04:46 PM, Gazzamo wrote:
>
> lwfinger;2630548 Wrote:
>>
>>
>> PCI devices are a bit harder as the vendors on E-bay tend to not give
>> the
>> vendor/model information. One option is the Linksys WMP54G device for
>> $18 new in
>> box. That one uses Linux driver b43. Before it will work, you would need
>> to run
>> the command
>>
>>>
> Code:
> --------------------
> > >
> > sudo /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware
> >
> --------------------
>>>
>>
>> You need to have network for that to work.
>
> Hi,
>
> I sourced a second hand WMP84G on Amazon for £9 plus postage, installed
> it in the box and after a number of false starts for both XP and
> openSUSE, Wireless is working on both systems. Thanks for the advice.
>
> BTW I didn’t need to install bcm43xx, the drivers must be installed by
> default.
I think that model has an RaLink chip in it, not a Broadcom chip. The driver is
probably rt2x00pci, where x is 4, 5, 8. You were fortunate that the arbitrary
device you selected had a Linux driver with firmware in the kernel-firmware package.