WiFi troubles: Netgear WG311T

[Eamonn Sullivan]

I use the WG311T ("v2") and have found the same thing -- it almost,
but not quite, works natively. What's the output of ndiswrapper -l
(that's an L)? Do you have ndiswrapper added to your /etc/modules?

-Eamonn

On 4/15/05, Samuel Thurston, III <sam.thurston at gmail.com> wrote:
> Howdy list!
> 
> I'm having headaches with my wireless setup.  I tried a D-Link card
> that wasn't on the compatibility list and had no luck, even though it
> claims to be supported by ndiswrapper.  Since nobody could offer me
> any help to get it working, I decided to give that card away to a
> friend and buy one listed on ubuntu's compatibility list wiki
> [http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCards].
> 
> It was a priority that the card be easy to set up, as I wasted
> something on the order of 30 hours trying to set up the previous card
> with no results, so I chose the Netgear WG311T, as it is marked as
> working "out of the box" and is pretty affordable.
> 
> lspci says:
> 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82810 GMCH [Graphics Memory
> Controller Hub] (rev 03)
> 0000:00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82810 CGC [Chipset
> Graphics Controller] (rev 03)
> 0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801AA PCI Bridge (rev 02)
> 0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801AA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
> 0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801AA IDE (rev 02)
> 0000:00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801AA USB (rev 02)
> 0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801AA SMBus (rev 02)
> 0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801AA AC'97
> Audio (rev 02)
> 0000:01:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212
> 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
> 0000:01:0d.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905 100BaseTX [Boomerang]
> 0000:01:0e.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k Data/Fax Modem (rev 01)
> 
> The atheros is our target here.  it's pciid is:  168c:0013 (rev 01)
> 
> I saw this (amongst other stuff) in lsmod:
> ath_pci                60608  0
> ath_rate_onoe           8904  1 ath_pci
> wlan                  118524  2 ath_pci,ath_rate_onoe
> ath_hal               133232  1 ath_pci
> 
> ok, everything looks hunky-dory so far. problem: ath0 or wlan0 does
> not show up in System>administration>networking or in /dev/.
> 
> then i did a dmesg | grep ath and found what is likely the problem:
> ath_hal: 0.9.12.14 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212)
> ath_rate_onoe: 1.0
> ath_pci: 0.9.4.12 (EXPERIMENTAL)
> ath%d: unable to attach hardware; HAL status 13
> 
> ok... not good. consulting matt foster's madwifi FAQ, on the topic
> "what does HAL status 13" mean i get this:
> 
> http://www.mattfoster.clara.co.uk/madwifi-8.htm#5
> 
> "unsupported"... GREAT!
> 
> as a last ditch effort, I tried using the drivers provided on the
> CDROM with NDISWRAPPER and while it says "driver present, hardware
> present" it still doesn't show up in /dev/ or
> System>Administration>Networking...
> 
> can anyone offer some advice here?  would it be worthwhile to download
> the newest madwifi source and recompile the modules?  will it cause
> problems since the module already exists in my kernel binaries?  or
> should i return this card and try some other model listed on the
> compatible list?  do i have any reason to believe that *this time* it
> will actually be compatible?  finally, is it possible that my
> ndiswrapper modules are interfering with the atheros drivers or vice
> versa? if so, how should i go about testing this theory?
> 
> Thanks,
> Sam
> 
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