[ale] Can't get unsupported card working

[Sergio Chaves]

I successfully installed this card on both SuSe 9.2 and 10 professional - Dell 
Latitude C800 - by following these instructions: 
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/Suse_Professional_9.2

Good luck.

Sergio


On Friday 06 January 2006 13:48, fostermail at bellsouth.net wrote:
> I'm trying to get my within-budget airlink awl3025 (acx111) to work in my
> Thinkpad 770x (~Ti 1250a pcmcia.) In /etc/sysconfig/network/config, I
> entered it into "mandatory devices" by name wlan0-bus-pci-0000:02:08.0.
>
> I don't understand why running "rcnetwork restart" doesn't reference wlan0.
>
> I have in ~sysconfig/hardware under  file hwcfg-wlan-bus-pci-0000:02:08.0
> the module ndiswrapper referenced, and in modules.conf.local I put alias
> wlan0 ndiswrapper.
>
> I've put "tnet1130.inf" in ndiswrapper via W2K and XP folders and it
> doesn't make any difference.
>
> This isn't focusing on any question; I mention the TI chipset (which number
> I may have wrong,) which uses a "yenta" module, leading me to think
> sequence of module invocation might matter.
>
> I remember with insmod, (which I don't use anymore because I can be dumber
> using modprobe, e.g. not know any params, (though this might be pci's
> credit,)) I had to specify what I wanted the loaded driver to be called, in
> this case wlan0 ,(not sit0 of which I'm ignorant.)
>
> I've checked this over in YaST2, which I bypassed because it doesn't allow
> spec'g ndiswrapper if the interface is PCMCIA. and all the other stuff is
> right. (A modus which works with a desktop using the same acx111 chip,
> (which I resigned myself to after being unable to connect to the wire dsl
> modem))
>
> The only significant debug info I've yet enabled is lsmod indicating the
> ndiswrapper module (it does install, and get inserted in the kernel,) is
> used by or uses some usb-related module. maybe comment out something in the
> *.inf.
>
> Enough ruminating sell the thinkpad and buy wireless card from supported
> manufacturer/chip.
>
> Thank you for growisofs and udf advice and in advance if you have anything
> for this.
>
> G. Foster
>
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