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Offline Stupidspencer

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Wifi drivers
« on: May 04, 2010, 04:20:36 PM »
OS: PCLinuxOS 2009
I connect to the internet using a RaLink Wifi adapter which connects through USB. Linux has the drivers for the device (Ralink 802.11g WLAN + Pen Drive) but no networks are detected with this Linux driver. When I configure it to use the Windows driver that came with it, (ndiswrapper rt2500usb) the adapter works great and detects 20+ networks that I can connect to.
The problem is, every time I restart the computer I have to reconfigure the network to use this windows driver. Any suggestions on how I can get Linux to keep using the ndiswrapper?
Thanks -- Stupidspencer
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Re: Wifi drivers
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2010, 04:25:06 PM »
Haven't had to do it in a while, but after you get it configured and running properly, in a terminal, as root:

ndiswrapper -ma

Then reboot and let me know if that worked for you.

Thanks.
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Offline Stupidspencer

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Re: Wifi drivers
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2010, 10:54:19 AM »
Wow, you are good.
That did the trick.

Thanks!   ;D
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