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Squall90

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From: Germany

Registered: 2008-10-19

Posts: 26

NETGEAR WG111v2 WP2 issue

Hello there,

today I wanted to configure an old wlan adapter on my laptop. I downloaded the drivers from netgear.com and installed it with wine, to get the .inf and .sys files -- I couldn't extract them with cabextract or squeeze...
Then I installed the drivers with ndiswrapper. Then the adapter was blinking (a little lamp on it).
With

# ifconfig wlan0 scan

I can now scan for networks.
First I tried the manually way but then I thaught, I want to have an automatic connect. However I tried to use netcfg. I created a network profile under /etc/network.d ->

CONNECTION="wireless"
INTERFACE=wlan0
SCAN="yes"
SECURITY="wpa"
ESSID="WLAN-........."
KEY="...."
IP=dhcp"
TIMEOUT=20

I checked the SSID and the KEY twice. They seem to be correct.
But everytime I tried to run

netcfg home

the result was:

:: home up  - Wireless association failed.                              [FAIL]

Then I disabled WPA2 on my router and run

# dhcpcd wlan0

Tada....! Network! So, the driver works fine.

What can I do now to connect to my WPA2 secured network?

Thanks!

mcover

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From: Germany

Registered: 2007-01-25

Posts: 134

Re: NETGEAR WG111v2 WP2 issue

The fact the the adapter is old AND you are using ndiswrapper is a sure way to have problems with WPA*. There have always been problems with WPA until the switch to mac80211 stack. I couldn't get WPA to work with ndiswrapper for a start.

I suggest you look for a mac80211 based module for your adapter. lshwd output would be useful to identify your adapter in more detail (chipset?).

Last edited by mcover (2009-05-01 12:49:52)

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Registered: 2006-11-26

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Re: NETGEAR WG111v2 WP2 issue

How did you generate the key?

Do you use the same key as on the router? Netcfg will call wpa_supplicant and wpa_supplicant needs the key in a hex format, not ASCII.

Check the

wpa_passphrase

command.

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schuay

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From: Austria

Registered: 2008-08-19

Posts: 564

Re: NETGEAR WG111v2 WP2 issue

any reason you are using ndiswrapper instead of the rt8187 module included in the kernel? works flawlessly here, plug + play..

Squall90

Member

From: Germany

Registered: 2008-10-19

Posts: 26

Re: NETGEAR WG111v2 WP2 issue

Okay, thank you all for your answers! With the rtl8187 module it works. In wicd I choose wext as driver.