Thread: [Ndiswrapper-general] TOPCOM wireless USB dongle with ndiswrapper
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From: Bart V. <Bar...@te...> - 2009-01-02 08:55:58
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Hello list, I'm trying to get a TOPCOM wireless USB dongle working with ndiswrapper. The hardware is the following: TOPCOM Wireless USB Stick 108 Mbps MAC: 000FA3B21C66 S/N: 1125306040005199 The output of lsusb contains the following line: Bus 001 Device 008: ID 14b2:3a93 For as far as I know, Windows drivers can be downloaded from http://www.topcom.net/downloads/letter/W/104.html After extracting the .inf, .sys and .bin files from the Windows drivers, I can install the drivers in Linux using: simba:/home/mc303/hardware/drivers/topcom/Wireless_Kit_108_MBPS_USB_Stick/ndiswrapper/nieuwste_versie# ndiswrapper -i TCAGU.inf installing tcagu ... forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64 forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64 Seems like this went ok, because i get: simba:~# ndiswrapper -l installed drivers: tcagu driver installed, hardware (14B2:3A93) present However... after loading the ndiswrapper module, I don't see a wlan0 device appearing: simba:~# depmod -a simba:~# modprobe ndiswrapper simba:~# lsmod | grep ndiswrapper ndiswrapper 157652 0 usbcore 112644 5 ndiswrapper,usb_storage,usbhid,uhci_hcd simba:~# ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:06:5B:66:89:FB inet addr:81.164.89.10 Bcast:255.255.255.255 Mask:255.255.252.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:576 Metric:1 RX packets:44 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:31 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:8353 (8.1 KiB) TX bytes:4711 (4.6 KiB) Interrupt:177 Base address:0xcc00 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:66 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:66 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:5104 (4.9 KiB) TX bytes:5104 (4.9 KiB) simba:~# iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. sit0 no wireless extensions. I'm using a Debian GNU/stable box with kernel version: mc303@simba:~$ uname -a Linux simba 2.6.18-6-686 #1 SMP Mon Oct 13 16:13:09 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux The version of ndiswrapper I'm using is: simba:~# ndiswrapper -v utils Error: no version specified! driver version: 1.28 vermagic: 2.6.18-6-686 SMP mod_unload 686 REGPARM gcc-4.1 Could somebody tell me why i don't see a wlan0 device appearing and why this isn't working? What else can I check or do to get this thing working? Thanks, Bart -- "Share what you know. Learn what you don't." |
From: Pavel R. <pr...@gn...> - 2009-01-08 18:11:27
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On Fri, 2009-01-02 at 09:55 +0100, Bart Vandewoestyne wrote: > The version of ndiswrapper I'm using is: > > simba:~# ndiswrapper -v > utils Error: no version specified! > driver version: 1.28 It's very, very old. Please use the latest version 1.53 or the version from Subversion. > Could somebody tell me why i don't see a wlan0 device appearing and > why > this isn't working? What else can I check or do to get this thing > working? Please check /var/log/messages and kernel log as shown by the dmesg command. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin |