SDB:WG111v3

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Version: 10

This article is talking about how to install WG111v3 driver for openSUSE/SUSE Linux 10

Situation

Since WG111v3 does not get any native Linux drive, you will need to use ndiswrapper to install the Windows driver to it to work. It include both 32 and 64 bits driver. If you get a NetGear WG111v3 USB wireless card. You can use the following to enable it.

Procedure

First you need to download the Windows Driver, since the Netgear driver didn't show the INF file directly, you kind of have to install the drive in a windows machine or download my extra from WG111v3 tar bz2

then you can extract the file

$>tar -jxvf WG111v3.tar.bz2

after install the ndiswrapper and kernel driver e.g. ndiswrapper-kmp-default. you can now using ndiswrapper to install the inf file as root as below.

$>sudo ndiswrapper -i WG111/WG111v3.inf

then you can modprobe ndiswrapper to enable the driver as root

$>sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

after restart networking you should able to use NetworkManager to control the wireless usb drive.

$>sudo rcnetwork restart

Links

SDB:Ndiswrapper

cn:SDB:WG111v3