Wireless USB Stick - WG111v3 - Installed but drops out

[jonathanpeter]

I've managed to get the above working. I have one problem, the connection keeps dropping out. Does anyone have any ideas as to how to resolve this?


I've noticed people have been struggling to get as far as me - so here is how I did it:

Open Terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal)

wget http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper-1.49.tar.gz
wget http://www.avengergear.com/upload/WG111v3.tar.bz2
tar xvvf ndiswrapper-1.49.tar.gz
tar xvvf WG111v3.tar.bz2
cd ndiswrapper-1.49
make
sudo su -            (enter your password)
apt-get remove ndiswrapper-common
apt-get install build-essential
make install
ndiswrapper -i ../WG111/WG111v3.inf
depmod -a
modprobe ndiswrapper
ndiswrapper -m
exit
exit

(then setup in the normal way via network manager)

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[jonathanpeter]

More information:

It drops out when I encrypt the network. If the network isn't encrypted it works fine.

Any thoughts?

[mdurham]

Same problem here, anybody know what the answer is?
Cheers, Mike

[PaulStr]

Every time I try(using ndiswrapper-1.49) I get this:

root@paul:~# ndiswrapper -i ../WG111/WG111.v3.inf
couldn't open ../WG111/WG111.v3.inf: No such file or directory at /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper line 219.
root@paul:~#

could someone help me?

[jonathanpeter]

You've got the filepath wrong. Which directory did you unzip the driver to? If you were following my instructions, it should have been:

ndiswrapper -i ./WG111/WG111v3.inf

I think.

[PaulStr]

I copied directly from your posts.

I've had this problem every time I've tried to use ndiswrapper with every version I've tried.

[mdurham]

PaulStr, install the 'ndisgtk' GUI installer, that should make it easier.
Cheers, Mike

[PaulStr]

I'll try that.

[EDIT]

I tried ndisgtk and it told me that the driver was already installed. I followed through with the rest of the procedure and it's still no dice.

[mdurham]

Originally Posted by PaulStr I'll try that. [EDIT] I tried ndisgtk and it told me that the driver was already installed. I followed through with the rest of the procedure and it's still no dice.

Try removing and reinstalling the driver with ndisgtk, maybe that will help things?
It's worth a try!

[jonathanpeter]

If the driver is installed, sounds like the device cannot be found. What happens when you do:

sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

?

Also, which version of WG111 hardware do you have? I know theres lots of different versions.

Another suggestion:

You could try removing the existing WG111v3 driver and install it again.