[SOLVED] desktop wifi

[derekf]

Hello,

 Today I bought a pocket wifi. it works on  my laptop but not my desktop.

I have pclinuxos 2010 and my hardware is:

motherboard: M4N68T-M - athlon pc
Netgear G54 wireless pci adapter.

When i type lspci, this is what i get if it is any help.

00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP61 LPC Bridge (rev a1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 LPC Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SMBus (rev a2)
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI bridge (rev a1)
00:05.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP61 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 IDE (rev a2)
00:07.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:08.1 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration                                                                        
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Link Control
01:07.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88w8335 [Libertas] 802.11b/g Wireless (rev 03)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV730XT [Radeon HD 4670]
02:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RV710/730

Is there a way to connect my wifi on my desktop ?

 Derek.

[luikki]

i've no experience with that but according to this it should work:

Does Pocket WiFiTM work on Mac, Linux or Windows 7 computers?
Yes, Pocket WiFiTM with most WiFi enabled devices. The dashboard is browser based so works with any operating system.
http://vodafone.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3335/~/pocket-wifi-faq

[derekf]

Thanks for that luikki.

I downloaded madwifi-0.9.4-13pclos2011.158 to my desktop, then went into a terminal and typed rpm -ivh madwifi-0.9.4-13pclos2011.158 and it said 100%.

I can see it installed in the synaptic, but where is it ? can someone help me please.

[derekf]

Problem SOLVED. For anyone else with troubles like i had, you need to download the windows driver wg311v3_ndis_amd64.tar.gz.

then follow this tutorial in this link

http://www.mepis.org/docs/en/index.php? ... diswrapper

You need to be in root to do it.

Is There A Solved button ?

[jimwilk]

Is There A Solved button ?

derekf,
Easiest way for this as far as I know is for you, as the original poster, to edit your first post on this thread to insert SOLVED in the subject line.

Happy that you were able to sort the problem.

Jim

[derekf]

Thanks for that jimwilk !