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03-Nov-2004, 04:08 PM #1
Slackware 10 / Netgear WG121
Hey,

I use a Netgear WG121 wireless USB 2.0 internet adapter to get internet on my windows. My question is, how do i get it to work with Slackware Linux?

thanks in advance
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03-Nov-2004, 08:59 PM #2
*note to self. Write a TSGL wireless howto

I believe, but am not certain, that this is a prism chiset, which means that the drivers from prism54.org may get you on your way. If that doesn't work, i've heard of many people with great success using ndiswrapper.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...5&pagenumber=1

though they use the propriatary driverloader.
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07-Nov-2004, 06:43 PM #3
ok. i downloaded the prism drivers. then i typed this code into the terminal as the readme said to do:

Code:
make clean modules
make install
depmod -a
and everything looked good. however, internet still did not work.

one more thing -- every time i boot linux, the netgear doesn't work with win xp and i need to reinstall the drivers :/
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07-Nov-2004, 09:32 PM #4
Did you load the module, and are you using iwconfig? http://leaf.sourceforge.net/devel/jn.../iwconfig.html
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09-Nov-2004, 07:11 AM #5
oh, i forgot the iwconfig

i'm not very good at installing with linux yet- do i just load up iwconfig and use the code i posted earlier?
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09-Nov-2004, 07:03 PM #6
iwconfig will depend on your network environment.

Try reading the iwconfig manpage. I can't really help, because it will differ from place to place.
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