Re: [Ndiswrapper-general] A few ndiswrapper problems...

[Mark W. (MWP) <mw...@in...>]

So this falls into the "too hard" category?

> Greetings all,
> 
> The card im trying to use is a Netgear WG311v3.
> I am using the latest "Marvell Semiconductor Libertas 802.11b/g" WinXP
> drivers which AFAIK are the best drivers for the card.
> The kernel is 2.6.12, and ndiswrapper is latest CVS.
> 
> First problem...
> 
> After a reboot, if i just run "modprobe ndiswrapper", modprobe doesnt return to
> the command line, and it cannot be killed.
> I have to reboot to have another chance of getting it working.
> If i rebuild and reinstall ndiswrapper after reboot, "modprobe ndiswrapper"
> works perfectly.
> 
> Second problem...
> 
> I init the card with:
> iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc channel 5
> iwconfig wlan0 key restricted s:xxxxx
> sleep 1s
> iwconfig wlan0 essid HomeLan
> 
> After doing so i get LOTS of "setting essid failed" messages in the syslog.
> I thought a delay after setting the key should fix this?
> 
> On running "iwlist wlan0 scan" i get:
> 
> wlan0     Scan completed :
>   Cell 01 - Address: 86:75:EB:48:0C:89
> 			ESSID:"HomeLan"
> 			Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
> 			Mode:Ad-Hoc
> 			Frequency:2.432 GHz (Channel 5)
> 			Quality:0/100  Signal level:-91 dBm  Noise level:-256 dBm
> 			Encryption key:off
> 			Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
> 			Bit Rate:2 Mb/s
> 			Bit Rate:5.5 Mb/s
> 			Bit Rate:11 Mb/s
> 			Extra:bcn_int=100
> 			Extra:atim=0
> 
> As you can see, "Encryption key" is off and 54Mbit is not availiable (because its 802.11b?).
> How can i turn required encryption on, and enable 54Mbit?
> 
> Thanks a lot for any help!
>  Mark W.
> 
> 
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