<solved>Help with Netgear WNA1100 wireless USB

[Try1ne]

Hey all,
I've been having too much fun with PCLOS, and reading the forum. Most items I am learning from reading and 'playing' ! I am stumped now though.

I am trying to run a Netgear Wireless USB on one of my systems and cannot get the install disk to run through Wine, and have read way too much other information all over that isn't pertinent, or wayyy above my understanding at this time.

I am putting this on a system running PCLOS Gnome, haven't tried it on my other KDE systems yet. Not sure it would matter.

I have a Netgear wireless router running on one of the KDE destops, and all other converted laptops have no problem connecting.  

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Nate

[ElCuervo]

Wine won't help you install a Windows driver in Linux (wine is generally unhelpful to all human endeavors ).

I could assume that you've gone through the PCLinuxOS Control Center to set up your NIC (network interface card), but since you haven't said so, I have to ask: did you? I don't have that particular NIC, but most wireless drivers are already available, and going through the Network & Internet>Set up new network interface with the NIC plugged in usually does the trick.

[menotu]

If after following ElCuervo sound advice you still have problems you could always try installing the  ndiswrapper-mrvw245 driver from Synaptic  (it mentions it works with lots of different routers and the NETGEAR WN121T Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter is listed - not your model but may work)

[Try1ne]

Thanks ElCuervo and menotu ! You've got me going in the right direction, forgot all about Control Center, and then found my way learning the differences between 'user' and 'root'. More options appeared when I went root. Still no luck. This brings me into Drakconnect, choose ndiswrapper driver, and have installed mrvw245 as menotu suggested. I will keep searching, not a critical need, just something fun to have setup. Thanks.

[Try1ne]

Just an update for anyone trying this.

I was able to get everything working!

Followed a post from 'coffeetime' http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,56672.0.html and that helped.

What I did was to find the .inf driver from the install disk and copied to my desktop.

Went into Control Center as 'superuser' to set up wifi connection, used ndiswrapper and pointed it to the file on the desktop.

Also went into Synaptic Package Manager and checked boxes to 'remove' other drivers under ndiswrapper.

One thing left to do was to edit my 'blacklist' because it seemed to have conflicts if I rebooted. Did not quite make it that far...the 'train' derailed when

my 15mo. daughter decided to do some typing when daddy went for coffee... Goes to black screen after splash screen?? Oh well.

Anyhow, my point is that I am brand new to all of this, but persistence, and reading alot, pays off. Thanks to all who provide the tips and how tos'!!

Gives me the opportunity to install the 'phoenix' next!!!