Tested on: Debian Etch, Lenny/Sid (Testing), kernel 2.6
- Plug WG111 and type lsusb to verify hardware is plugged. You should get something like:
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0000:0000 NetGear, Inc. WG111 WiFi (v2)
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
- On root shell, type:
apt-get install module-assistant
m-a prepare
m-a a-i ndiswrapper
modprobe ndiswrapper
Now ndiswrapper module is loaded. (if you got a FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found fatal error, repeat these steps) - If interface is successfully modprobed, then type
update-modules
To create ndiswrapper module config files. - Add
ndiswrapper
to /etc/modules to load this module on boot.
apt-get install wlassistant ndisgtk ndiswrapper-utils
- Run ndisgtk (or type ndiswrapper -i /media/cdrom0/ndis5/netwg111.inf, where cdrom0 is Netgear driver disc)
- Select Netgear driver from CD-ROM (netwg111.inf): it’ll be copied automatically to /etc/ndiswrapper
- Copy other files under /media/cdrom0/ndis5 in /etc/ndiswrapper/netwg111/
- If interface is not detected, type ndiswrapper -m to write modprobe config files for it.
- Use
gksu network-adminorgksu wlassistantto configure your wireless connection.
Tip: If after system upgrading you cannot access to wireless network, repeat step (2).
See also:
Hey, good howto, but in step(2) you say use the “m-a” command but you say in step(5) to install module-assistant. So the sequence is not correct.
Thanks Gyuszk, I’ve corrected that statement.
I get this problem:
when I type in
m-a a-i ndiswrapper
i get a graphical error message that says
installation of the ndiswrapper-source failed. Ignoring this package. Maybe you need to add something to the sources.list, maybe the contrib and non-free archives.
What do I do?
Take a look on APT howto for your distribution: maybe you have to add contrib and non-free archives to your /etc/apt/sources.list.