Ez Connect g 802.11g Wireless usb adapter (smc2862W-g eu) module

[stefanborremans]

I'm using an SMC wirless dongle (smc2862W-g eu) and would like to have it working on Ubuntu 5.10.

Which modules do I need to load it?

[unrealdark]

no one?

[Bigglez]

Sorry. I also have a USB SMC wireless waste of space. No drivers that I can find.

[Narkolas]

I'm runing on Ubuntu 6.10 with that usb adapter, using ndiswrapper.

This is how i made it work:

1. Get the driver. I got mine from SMC Networks: http://www.smc.com

2. Unpack the driver somwhere like in home dir.

3. Install ndiswrapper (use terminal or synaptic package manager), and the windows driver through NDISWrapper
Im using the terminal:
sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils-1.8
cd /where_you_unpacked_the_driver/ (if there's subfolder for OS go there, i used the WinXp folder)
sudo ndiswrapper -i SMC2862W.inf (This should be the name of the Windows INF file in the folder)
sudo ndiswrapper -l (shows if the driver is installed) Mine looks like this "smc2862w driver installed, hardware present"
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper (this inserts the module in the kernel)
sudo ndiswrapper -m (this creates a default entry for ndiswrapper in /etc/modprobe.d/)

4. Get the Network Manager package (is use gnome)
sudo apt-get install network-manager-gnome

5. Reboot

If all went well you should now have an additional applet in the top bar that displays the a list of WLANS in the area, or you can select add one (if ssid is hidden)

Hope that helps
Have Fun

[Bigglez]

Hey Narkolas - thanks for the drive-by-assist I will try your suggestion next time I am in the Linux + laptop zone.

Ciao.