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#1 2009-05-05 19:15:23

mariusmeyer
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From: Norway
Registered: 2009-04-25
Posts: 244

[SOLVED] Using a NETGEAR WN111v2 USB network adapter with Arch Linux

Hello!

I just recently bought the adapter mentioned in the subject, and hoped to get it working with my lovely Arch Linux OS. (I had read somewhere online that it should work some way or another; ndiswrapper or a kernel driver). However, I've yet to get it working. I tried the tips I found:

Here:http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php? … ht=WN111v2
which links to here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=885520

Basically, it tells me that I should use ndiswrapper with the arusb_xp drivers provided by NETGEAR. So I place the three files arusb_xp.inf, arusb_xp.sys and arusb_xp.cab in a folder, and run:

sudo ndiswrapper -i arusb_xp.inf
ndiswrapper -l
arusb_xp : driver installed
     device (0846:9001) present
sudo ndiswrapper -m
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

This should install my drivers, add an alias in modprobe.d/ndiswrapper saying "alias wlan0 ndiswrapper" and load ndiswrapper in itself... right?
But after a iwconfig I can still see only eth0 and lo, no wireless interfaces at all. I checked lsmod, but couldn't find any conflicting drivers loaded.
Anybody got an idea why it worked for the people with Ubuntu and not me? Any and all help greatly appreciated!

Cheers big_smile

EDIT: For some magical reason, the drivers that came with my adapter did NOT work, while the drivers on the second link, named the same, DID. I have not inspected how they differ, but luckily, they work. Yey!

Last edited by mariusmeyer (2009-05-07 08:52:21)

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