eth1 No scan results root@3[NETGEAR]# gotta feeling it aint gonna work for me ndiswrapper -l BRB http://pastebin.ca/332027 * francofait (n=francofa@adsl-60-65.37-151.net24.it) has joined #mepis this is kinda weird pci - kinfocentershows my card listed correctly close to bottom says this Subsystem:NetGear WG511 Wireless Adapter but in term lspci showing 0000:07:00.0 Network controller: Intersil Corporation ISL3890 [Prism GT/Prism Duette]/ISL3886 [Prism Javelin/Prism Xbow] (rev 01) * HappyHobo hugs his Hawking G wireless card with its rt2500 chipset. lol well heres whats gonna happen im ither gonna get wireless working on mepis or im gonna go back to god awfull xp Only one option there. OK, there's your problem. ndiswrapper -e prismnic (Unless you have two wireless adapters...) root@3[NETGEAR]# ndiswrapper -e prismnic root@3[NETGEAR]# nope just 1 now what can i do still showing 0000:07:00.0 Network controller: Intersil Corporation ISL3890 [Prism GT/Prism Duette]/ISL3886 [Prism Javelin/Prism Xbow] (rev 01) in lspci mepis hates my lappy heh * klrtmto (n=klrtmto@wsip-70-168-48-106.sd.sd.cox.net) has joined #mepis gonna have no hair soon any luck hammer? nope * weseven has quit () have you tried taking OUT the wep key and connecting that way first? already disabled ok and where are ya now? worse i forgget the http to get me into router still NOT READY! message? pm ya? http://192.168.1.1 sure you hafta disable WEP in the router or else anything that tries to connect THRU that router will need the key * francofait has quit ("KVIrc 3.2.0 'Realia'") hammer2: rmmod ndiswrapper;modprobe ndiswrapper i gotta run. I'm at work and I hafta reboot into >that< OS for a while.... i'll be back * klrtmto has quit (Client Quit) root@3[NETGEAR]# rmmod ndiswrapper;modprobe ndiswrapper root@3[NETGEAR]# k NETGEAR is a folder on Desktop btw if that matters * HappyHobo has quit () well I hate to see you give up, but I am at the end of my rope. gotta do some work. I'll be around. dont really wanna give up as i wasted over 12hrs already running out of other options another card? costs to much dont and wont have cash for a long time got more imortant things to buy as i have a wife and 3 kids i h8 windows but at least all works well with them hammer2: iwconfig trying to avoid that rout I'm sure. http://pastebin.ca/332061 ndiswrapper -l http://pastebin.ca/332080 OK, good. /etc/init.d/networking restart weird heard a bunch of noice Odd http://pastebin.ca/332085 noise* im on wired connect right now should i unplug and retry that? ... Are you using ethernet? Ahh ya wired net for now till i get wireless goin OK IC. :) unplug and re do that/.' No. k Let's make sure there's nothing in the way (this happened to me) OK rmmod islsm root@3[NETGEAR]# rmmod islsm ERROR: Module islsm does not exist in /proc/modules root@3[NETGEAR]# Ratz. Let me do some research. ok looks like Digital_Pioneer is gonna do you more good than I. hammer2 that is what I said last night. :P I could not/ cannot get my wifi working if my ethernet is connected ximwork: Perhaps not, but I don't think that's the problem. why not try to see? I don't either, just making an observation. ill unplug and try and then we know more? Go ahead. ndis just made things worse for me k hammer2: make notes that way you are not reinventing the wheel six months from now. Oh BTW roer on the Wife and 3xkids roer==roger its in sleeping mode was worth a shot anyways gonna connect wire now attempinmg to load now but not connecting lol retsrating it restarting* hammer2: Ya know what? I think maybe we're going the wrong way here. hammer2: rmmod ndiswrapper;modprobe islsm ok hang on rebooting it i couldnt connect to the net with wire islsm didn't work for my WG111, but I think it works with WG511! WG111 is older then mine right? Maybe. DK. i did some wheel n deal n to get mine from the buy and sell traded off a router for it cash flow is extream tight * hammer2 has quit (Read error: 104 (Connection reset by peer)) if I am not mistaken it is a good card. I believe it has a prism chip in it. * hammer2 (n=hammer@S0106000ae445fcc2.wp.shawcable.net) has joined #mepis rmmod ndiswrapper;modprobe islsm Yes. root@3[hammer]# rmmod ndiswrapper;modprobe islsm root@3[hammer]# iwconfig NOT READY ERROR AGAIN OK. oops caps sorry paste it or no No. k work there but ill type here h8 typing on lappy lol its down low and h8 being hunched over here at least im comfortable :) Is it a WG111v2? plus easyer to type on this anyways nope not v2 its a wg511 Excellent. i dont understand why it shows the right card installed in the location i mentioned earlyer BUT in term says the 1 ya told me to erase and although erased its still there when i lspci conflict im thinkin Are you sure your laptop doesn't have built-in wireless? postive it has a dial up modem built in and also high speed built in wired only wireless is my WG511 pcmia card when i typed the last commands i heard sounds and was told last night i should hear sounds yep i hear the sounds but doesnt seem to matter still not functioning mnetwork and look and see what is and is not listed i also see an icon missing Anybody do perl scripting? says etho and named any oops eth1 sorry ESSID any check each one and see what all you hve there? was blank beofre before I am fluent in typos only eth0 and eth1 OK rest say does not exist at least you see something there now somewhat and i also see something that disappeared gotta run for now. I am sure you are making head way now i use to have an icon that had a wireless thing but said nothing was there dunno where Digital_Pioneer took off to but I hope yall get it going showed unplugged or something rather cant remember just remembering seeing the icon now the icon is not there anymore * Digital_Pioneer took off to here. ok Digital_Pioneer i really like the new mepis i pray i get this sucker working 0000:07:00.0 Network controller: Intersil Corporation ISL3890 [Prism GT/Prism Duette]/ISL3886 [Prism Javelin/Prism Xbow] (rev 01) still shows lspci command sounds like you are real close now closer now then i was lastnight lol at least today i heard the sounds i was told im suppose to hear if it shows up in mnetwork you might try adding your SSID and stuff, but only after checking in with Digital_Pioneer because the last thing I want to encourage is messing up whatever is working so far. gotta run later take care OK, let's try to get you going with Prism54 gl folks ok the_hammer: http://prism54.org/firmware/2.5.6.0.arm what do i do with it its on Desktop hammer2: Do you have a /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware folder? nope OK. Put it in /lib/firmware and reboot and pray it works. Once rebooted, rmmod ndiswrapper (keep doing that until it throws an error) and modprobe islsm Then check iwconfig I'll BRB * hammer2 has quit ("Leaving") * hammer2 (n=hammer@S0106000ae445fcc2.wp.shawcable.net) has joined #mepis Digital_Pioneer> Once rebooted, rmmod ndiswrapper (keep doing that until it throws an error) and modprobe islsm Then check iwconfig I'll BRB * francofait (n=francofa@adsl-60-65.37-151.net24.it) has joined #mepis * mainer (n=mainer@bb-205-209-95-131.gwi.net) has joined #mepis root@2[hammer]# rmmod ndiswrapper ERROR: Module ndiswrapper does not exist in /proc/modules root@2[hammer]# root@2[hammer]# modprobe islsm root@2[hammer]# Great. iwconfig? not ready Ratz! OK. BAH! LOL, I just went to #prism54... From the channel topic: Information about netgear's WG511s: http://daemonizer.de/prism54/wg511/". LOL that is the page I was looking at 20 minutes ago .. * TheBlunderbuss (n=matthew@c-24-13-245-196.hsd1.il.comcast.net) has joined #mepis Oh... lol trying to avoid adding confusion I've never seen anyone owning this card so it's unsure whether they are supported by the prism54 driver, but would I tend to yes. interesting that explains that driver then Yeah. Aside from that, I'm sorry. I have no idea. how to kick it Just try #prism54 I guess. use the fullmac prism54 driver modprobe prism54 and befor this put the ifrmware from the fullmac card in you firmware directory so the firmware will be loaded 2.5.6.0.arm? thats softmac * TheBlunderbuss (n=matthew@c-24-13-245-196.hsd1.il.comcast.net) has left #mepis * francofait has quit ("KVIrc 3.2.0 'Realia'") * Gerrath has quit (Read error: 110 (Connection timed out)) * Gerrath (n=Shane_@unaffiliated/gerrath) has joined #mepis * ezerhoden has quit ("Lost terminal") * ezerhoden (n=rfauth@c-67-171-107-24.hsd1.pa.comcast.net) has joined #mepis alt+ something closes the focused window and damn if i never remember what key i was trying to hit and hit the wrong key xfce4-4.4.0 rocks xfapplet allows you to use gnome applets * eodchop (n=eodchop@mo-67-77-61-93.sta.embarqhsd.net) has joined #mepis * HappyHobo (n=shane@71.62.159.194) has joined #mepis sweet * hammer2 has quit ("Leaving") don't tell eunichtitan,but i was bored installed e-17 again,its lots faster,better,good tight-code i guess Hey Guys mainer ya know a command thats dmsg or something demsg mabe close to that anyways * hammer2 (n=hammer@S0106000ae445fcc2.wp.shawcable.net) has joined #mepis #prism54 yes,dmesg mabe u can help me i've no wireless experience i understand the basics,but have never set it up http://pastebin.ca/332191 k this is apparently the driver to make a NetGear WG511 work 0000:03:00.0 Network controller: Intersil Corporation ISL3890 [Prism GT/Prism Duette]/ISL3886 [Prism Javelin/Prism Xbow] (rev 01) guy in prism54 was helping a bit but has gone silent on me 2.5.6.0.arm had this file in lib/firmware was told to delete it and replace it with 1.0.4.3.arm and then rename 1.0.4.3.arm to isl3890 1st file mentioned 2.5.6.0.arm is a soft driver or something then last he said after that command i asked about said mabe i need both of those and then im stuck cuz unsure what to do now and im in silence thre i'd have to read thru the prism driver /chip link you posted,but at first look,its either wrong driver or an irq conflict,like 2devices trying to access same irq # bare in mind card work 100% in windows then why not stick with ndiswrapper or try madwifi tried miswrapper didnt go think madwifi is for prism chips lemme check a couple things,be a bit then was told that the Prism driver is what bwill work k and guy was helping me took off to lol * bluetape has quit (Read error: 113 (No route to host)) iwlist eth1 scan ndiswrapper -l /etc/init.d/networking restart rmmod islsm rmmod ndiswrapper;modprobe islsm the_hammer: check this 2/3 down is netgear models