..does anyone know how to find a driver for a netgear usb wireless adapter so you can use it on an imac running linux?

I just got a free mac running linux and have a netgear(i believe its wg111) usb adapter I want to use on it. Of if there's another option for that machine so I can use it with my linksys wireless router that would work too. Odd situation I know...

5/30/2006 5:15:16 PM

1) ndiswrapper
2) win xp .inf file or files, it may require 2 inf files
3) modprobe
4) profit

[Edited on May 30, 2006 at 7:16 PM. Reason : 4]

5/30/2006 7:16:45 PM

yeah...i may need a bit more details on that..

5/30/2006 11:05:56 PM

good luck

5/30/2006 11:33:00 PM

I would just like a bit more detail on what I do with modprobe. I'm assuming I'm modifying a windows driver to work with linux on a mac...

5/31/2006 9:31:52 AM

basically this is how I got a Netgear WG111t working in Linux


ndsiwrapper -i athfmwdl.inf
ndiswrapper -i netwg11t.inf
ndiswrapper -m
modprobe ndiswrapper


I needed 2 INF files for it to work, you may only need one.

I would test it line by line to see if there are any errors. Once you are able to get it working you can just stick the commands in a perl script and put a line in rc.local to call that script at boot, it will automatically load it at boot.

5/31/2006 1:04:29 PM

Last time I checked, ndiswrapper didn't work on PPC based computers.

I think your best bet would be to figure out which chipset it's using, and find a module for it (the wg111 has different revisions which use different chipsets). More than likely, you'll be able to get it to work.

[Edited on May 31, 2006 at 2:19 PM. Reason : ]

5/31/2006 2:18:19 PM

how would i figure out the chipset and find a module for it?

5/31/2006 3:06:31 PM

The easiest way is to look it up online.

LIke first do WG111 xxx chipset where xxx is any particular revision numbers. Then search for <chipset> PPC linux driver.

5/31/2006 3:20:05 PM

damn, i am confused as all hell. I found this info:

Quote :

"The Netgear WG111 v2 USB card, contains a Realtek chipset. The card works with linux, but you need a 2.6.x kernel! Before you can use this card, you need to disable the IEEE80211 framework that comes wit the kernel. the driver comes with an own IEEE80211 Framework that is not compatible with the one in the kernel. Take care to load the modules in the correct order, otherwise the card won't work: ieee80211_crypt_rtl ieee80211_crypt_wep_rtl ieee80211_crypt_tkip_rtl ieee80211_crypt_ccmp_rtl ieee80211_rtl r8187"

and i found this site: http://www.scyld.com/rtl8139.html which seems like the right page, but i don't understand how to install the driver or anything. I've never really worked with any of this, any help would be appreciated.

5/31/2006 5:30:33 PM

You've reached the extent of my linux knowledge

If no one here can answer it for you, I would recommend hopping on the IRC or online forums for the distro you are using, and ask there.

Alternatively, depending on what mac it is, acquiring Mac OS X and installing it might save you a lot of troubles.

5/31/2006 5:44:51 PM

Yeah, i found a Mac OS online, but I'm not sure how to put it on discs that are bootable on the mac machine..

5/31/2006 7:29:32 PM

If they're ISOs, just burn them. A lot of times, even if it isn't an ISO, you can just burn the right files to the disk.

5/31/2006 8:30:17 PM

but by burning discs on a PC, they won't be bootable on a mac will they?

5/31/2006 8:44:51 PM

bttt

6/1/2006 12:28:20 PM

If they're ISOs, they will be. If it's just the files, they may not be, but i'm not sure.

6/1/2006 2:29:37 PM