[ale] Wireless Configuration Suse 10.0 Inspiron 8200

[Dow Hurst]

Ritchi,
I think you can download the firmware for that card off the update site 
in Yast Online Update.  However, once I got the ndiswrapper stuff 
working, I just configured the card with Yast2 like normal.  This was 
for builtin True Mobile wifi on a Dell I8500.  I never saw lights that I 
remember but iwconfig worked and I was online without problems.  It 
would boot up with the wifi on as well.
Dow

Ritchi Craver wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I am new to ALE so any guidance on if I should search archives or
>something before sending another email please let me know.
>
>Also an upfront warning, I am not the sharpest tool in the linux shed
>so please type slowly!
>
>I have a dell Inspiron 8200 with Suse 10.0
>My Wireless card is a Linksys Wireless-G WPC54G v.2
>I am using the ndiswrapper that came with the Distribution.
>
>I have followed the instructions I believe at:
>http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/Suse_Professional_9.2
>
>and also at:
>http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/phpwiki/index.php/Installation
>
>basically I get to the part where I run :
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>rcraver at rcraver:~> ndiswrapper -l
>Installed ndis drivers:
>lstinds driver present
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>I see the drivers installed
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>rcraver:/home/rcraver # modprobe ndiswrapper
>rcraver:/home/rcraver # iwconfig
>lo        no wireless extensions.
>
>sit0      no wireless extensions.
>
>eth0      no wireless extensions.
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>So I am not seeing any lights on the card, I am not seeing wlan0, and
>I am not seeing any lights whatsoever on the card.
>
>Am I missing where I need to configure wlan0?
>
>I see in the packages in Yast that I have installed the wirelss tools
>but how can I tell if it is installed and not just that the package is
>on the machine?
>
>Is it possible I am just not using the correct driver?
>
>I got the driver from:
>
>Card: Linksys #[WPC54G v2], 54Mbps -- [link here|List#WPC54G v2]
>
>    * Chipset: Texas Instruments ACX 111
>    * pciid: 104c:9066
>    * Driver: Linksys ftp://ftp.linksys.com/pub/network/wpc54gv2_driver_utility_
>v2.02.zip
>
>-The driver is a .zip and I tried all of the .sys files in the .zip
>and only one of them worked, I got an error message with the oters
>when I ran the "ndiswrapper -l" command.
>-I never did an unzip or anything (is there something I should do with that?
>
>A friend of mine has suggested just going without wireless and just
>using the Eth port and a cable, but I want to see this work, thats why
>I got linux to begin with :)
>
>Any questions, slight guidance, or just outright "here is how you do
>it" is welcome.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Ritchi
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