I have a Netgear WG111v2 USB wireless adapter which I am trying to get up and running on my Vector Linux 5.8 SOHO RC2 box.

I have followed the instructions in "Wireless Networking : Read this first" on the VL forum -and I have successfully installed the Windows XP driver from the Netgear website into ndiswrapper as well as editing the appropriate files as instructed

Unfortunately I am unable to link up with my wireless router and I would be grateful for any advice you can offer. Below I have given you some of the relevant outputs

root:# cat /etc/modprobe.conf
# /etc/modprobe.conf (old location for Linux 2.6+ config)
#
# The use of this config file is deprecated if you are using a
# 2.6.x or newer kernel. Instead, create files in the
# /etc/modprobe.d/ directory containing modprobe options.
#
# For more information, see "man modprobe.conf".

alias eth0 3c59x
alias wlan0 ndiswrapper


root:# ndiswrapper -l
2802w : driver installed
airplus : driver installed
bcmwl5 : driver installed
gplus : driver installed
mrv8ka51 : driver installed
net111v2 : driver installed
device (0846:6A00) present
net8180 : driver installed
netadm11 : driver installed
netdlwl : driver installed
ntpr11ab : driver installed
w70n51 : driver installed

INTERFACES="eth0 wlan0"

# Additional parameters for ifplugd.
# (Run "ifplugd -h" for further information.)
ARGS="-fwI -u0 -d5 -pql"
#ARGS="-fwI -t2 -u0 -d10"

# Additional parameters for ifplugd for the specified interface. Note
# that $ARGS is ignored, when a variable like this is set for an
# interface
#ARGS_wlan0="-MwI -u5 -d5"

root:# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:60:08:91:89:5A
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:590 (590.0 b)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0x1000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:4D:C4:A3:EC
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

vector://etc
root:# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 No scan results

root:# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSIDff/any
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power:20 dBm Sensitivity=0/3
RTS thr=2432 B Fragment thr=2432 B
Encryption keyff
Power Managementff
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

root:# ifconfig wl0 up
wl0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device

root:# iwconfig wlan0 channel Auto
Error for wireless request "Set Frequency" (8B04) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.


I hope the above outputs are helpful - I am uncertain as to wether I have correctly edited the ifplugd.comf file.
Again thanks for any advice

Have you tried to connect to another wireless router perhaps in a cafe somewhere?

Because it looks like the computer sees the nic but not the network.

Also check the bands on which each network device is broadcasting. Because the nic maybe broadcasting on one band and the router could be broadcasting on another.

Hi Thorn,

Thanks for the advice. Apologies but I should have put another post in to say I have solved the problem.

Basically linked to the Windows XP driver not working. I removed it and put in the Windows 98 driver from the Netgear website and now works perfectly

Vector Linux is a great little distro.