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mjjjurek

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Registered: 2007-07-23

Posts: 18

Wireless Network Configuration

Hello,

I am trying to get my Trendnet TEW-423PI card to work with Arch.  I tried installing it with ndiswrapper, but it seems to not detect the card.

I am currently connected through my lan card on eth0 and I have my wireless card on another port.  Can they still work simultaneously?  Would the wireless card be called eth1, wlan0, or wlan1?

I followed the instructions on these pages:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ndi … supplicant

I have the driver Mrv8000c.inf installed.

When I run iwconfig, I get:

lo      no wireless extensions.
eth0  no wireless extensions.

When I run iwlist (any of the three possibilities) scan, I get:

Interface doesn't support scanning.

Any ideas?

Jansson

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2006-09-10

Posts: 106

Re: Wireless Network Configuration

Hello mijjurek.

When I run iwconfig, I get:

lo      no wireless extensions.
eth0  no wireless extensions.

When I run iwlist (any of the three possibilities) scan, I get:

Interface doesn't support scanning.

Whitch is the third possibility?

Could you give us the ouput of:

#ndiswrapper -l

/Jansson

mjjjurek

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Registered: 2007-07-23

Posts: 18

Re: Wireless Network Configuration

Oh.  Sorry about that.  The 3 possibilities are wlan0, wlan1, or eth1.  I don't know which one it is, so I tried all three.

Running ndiswrapper -l gives me:

mrv8000c : driver installed

Thanks for your reply

AlmaMater

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Registered: 2007-02-28

Posts: 108

Re: Wireless Network Configuration

edit modprobe.conf in /etc/

alias ath0 ndiswrapper

and use ath0 (thats what i use, u can especify eth1 instead ath0)

and add ndiswrapper to your MODULES array in /etc/rc.conf

Last edited by AlmaMater (2007-08-30 05:28:44)

mjjjurek

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Registered: 2007-07-23

Posts: 18

Re: Wireless Network Configuration

There was already an entry for wlan0.  That did not work.

I tried ath0 and eth1 as well.  Same problems.

Jansson

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2006-09-10

Posts: 106

Re: Wireless Network Configuration

ok, ndiswrapper states that it's installed, but it can't find the device, my working ndiswrapper:

jansson ~ $ ndiswrapper -l
bcmwl5 : driver installed
    device (14E4:4311) present (alternate driver: bcm43xx)

So something is fishy somewhere.... don't know where you got the .inf, but the manufacturers support site is a great place to get hold of proper drivers (even if it's probably an selfextracting exe you'll get... but wine should be able to unpack it for you).

If "#ndiswrapper -m" is run, it creates an entry in modrobe.conf, so no fiddling there should be necessary.

/Jansson

mjjjurek

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Registered: 2007-07-23

Posts: 18

Re: Wireless Network Configuration

The manufacturer of my wireless card has not released a driver for my specific card.  I only learned through researching the net that the Mrv8000c.inf was the file that seemed to work from other people who owned my same card.  Should I consider returning this card?  I am waiting to hear back from the manufacturer of the card to see if there are any other alternatives.

I already ran ndiswrapper -m.  I ran it again and it said "module configuration already contains alias directive"

Last edited by mjjjurek (2007-08-30 16:13:46)

mjjjurek

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Registered: 2007-07-23

Posts: 18

Re: Wireless Network Configuration

If I have to buy a new card, is there a good cheap alternative that is known to work with Arch?

mjjjurek

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Registered: 2007-07-23

Posts: 18

Re: Wireless Network Configuration

Apparently, the chip for the card is Realtek 8185L.  I am going to try installing this driver for linux instead to see what happens...

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/dow … e#RTL8185L

DkSoul

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Registered: 2005-11-24

Posts: 34

Re: Wireless Network Configuration

Hi,

Check if the ndiswrapper kernel module is loaded

lsmod |grep ndiswrapper

If it isn't you should add it to your /etc/rc.conf (and reboot your computer)

#
# Modules to load at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a module with a ! to blacklist it
#
MODULES=(ndiswrapper)

or load it manually (as root)

modprobe ndiswrapper

Then add your network card driver to ndiswrapper and see if it works

DkSoul

Last edited by DkSoul (2007-08-31 11:24:37)

mjjjurek

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Registered: 2007-07-23

Posts: 18

Re: Wireless Network Configuration

Thanks for you help.  Unfortunately, I have already added it to my list of modules and have manually started it numerous times.  My previous message about trying the other driver did not work.  In fact, I am thinking I got a bum network card since I do not see the thing at all when I run the command lshwd.  So, now I am back to asking, is there a wireless network card that you guys recommend?

DkSoul

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Registered: 2005-11-24

Posts: 34

Re: Wireless Network Configuration

Have you already tried with the latest drivers? (http://www.trendware.com/downloads/info/TEW-423PI.htm)
About your question, I have a wireless card (MSI PC54G2) with a Ralink 2500 chipset and I have had no problems with it so far.

mjjjurek

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Registered: 2007-07-23

Posts: 18

Re: Wireless Network Configuration

Yeah.  I did that as well.  I just returned the network card.  I will go out and buy another one as soon as I am sure what I get will work.  Thanks again!