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    Question Problems installing Asus wl-138g wifi adapter

    So i have an Asus wl-138g pci wifi adapter but i having problems finding out how to get it installed in fedora 12.
    I have got ndiswarpper installed fine and i have the drivers for the card but not sure exactly what i need to do to install the drivers and then setup the card and my network.

    I'd really appreciate any help i can get.

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    Hello darklighthim

    Welcome to the forum.

    I'll post the remainder of the instructions for ndiswrapper if you require them, but are you sure you do?

    Most wireless cards are a repackaging of a small range of chipsets and it's that which determines what you have to do in Linux.

    Code:
    lspci
    run from the command line should help us determine what you have.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bbfuller
    Hello darklighthim

    Welcome to the forum.

    I'll post the remainder of the instructions for ndiswrapper if you require them, but are you sure you do?

    Most wireless cards are a repackaging of a small range of chipsets and it's that which determines what you have to do in Linux.

    Code:
    lspci
    run from the command line should help us determine what you have.
    Cheers for the reply.

    I managed to install the card and had it working but i now have a new problem which is that i restarted fedora and i can't seem to get the wireless connection to show up, i am using the wired connection at the moment and i can see the wireless settings and when the connection was last used but i can't see how to connect to it and how to make i connect automatically on boot.

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    Hello darklighthim

    Are you using NetworkManager, that's the icon to the left of the clock in the panel on both KDE and Gnome?

    What steps have you followed to make sure ndiswrapper loads each time you boot the machine?

    Did you get ndiswrapper from the approved source, rpmfusion?

    Try posting the output of:

    Code:
    nm-tool

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    I have Network Manager and i am using it with my wired ethernet connection just now.

    I didn't set ndiswarpper to load at boot as i din't know i had to

    I used the yum command to downalod ndiswarpper.

    The output of nm-tool is

    NetworkManager Tool

    State: connected

    - Device: eth0 [System eth0] --------------------------------------------------
    Type: Wired
    Driver: sky2
    State: connected
    Default: yes
    HW Address: 00:50:8D:B6:FB:F9

    Capabilities:
    Carrier Detect: yes
    Speed: 100 Mb/s

    Wired Properties
    Carrier: on

    IPv4 Settings:
    Address: 192.168.1.100
    Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0)
    Gateway: 192.168.1.1

    DNS: 194.168.4.100
    DNS: 194.168.8.100

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    Hello

    Here are the full instructions for ndiswrapper, try working through them and see if you missed any parts out.

    Use the command:

    Code:
    uname -r
    to find your running kernel. That will either be PAE or not.

    then:

    Code:
    su -
    That's a space and a minus sign after the su. It gives full root rights over the machine, not just over your own environment which is what you get with plain su.

    If you haven't already, install the rpmfusion repositories:

    Code:
    rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
    Install ndiswrapper:

    Code:
    yum install kmod-ndiswrapper
    or:

    Code:
    yum install kmod-ndiswrapper-PAE
    depending on which kernel you discovered.

    This should bring in the three relevant packages.

    Then set up and configure ndiswrapper with:

    Code:
    ndiswrapper -i <path to your windows driver file>.inf
    should install the driver,

    Code:
    ndiswrapper -l
    if it is going to work should return "driver present" and "hardware present"

    Code:
    modprobe ndiswrapper
    should load the driver into the kernel, but probably only until you reboot.

    If you are lucky now and NetworkManager is running then after a short while it 'may' begin reporting wireless networks. NetworkManager is the preferred method of connecting to wireless networks with Fedora and should be located in the notification area of either KDE or Gnome just to the lefto of the clock.

    If it works, or indeed if it doesn't you will also need to run:

    Code:
    ndiswrapper -mi
    to ensure the ndiswrapper module loads each time of booting.

    Please remember that ndiswrapper is only happy with Windows XP/98 drivers and doesn't get on with Windows Vista drivers. Of those it doesn't happily co-exist with all XP/98 drivers either. Be prepared to experiment if your original doesn't work.
    Post back with questions or problems.

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    Thanks very much for your help, i went through all steps and its now allowing me to connect to my wireless network every time.

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