WL-138g on Linux

[likeapear]

Hi all,

is possible running ASUS WL-138g on Linux? Have somebody any experiences? Thank you for comments!

-- likeapear

[Antiloop]

supplies us with some more information:

chipset brand
chipset type

i know that the WL107g is capable of running at linux but that's a pcmcia card..

[likeapear]

Marvell 88W8310

[Antiloop]

okay i'm not familiar with NDISWRAPPER but it seems to work as reported in the following link:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/history/187399

i'll take a quote from the text that looks most interresting:


1. check to see if wireless tools are installed.
rpm -q wireless-tools
2. install wireless-tools if above returned "package wireless-tools not installed.
3. Find out what kernel you are running:
uname -r
4. install the "kernel-source" found in step 3.
5. you'll need unshield to unpack the cab files.
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/synce/unshield-0.3-1.src.rpm?download
as root:
rpmbuild --rebuild unshield*
cd /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i586
rpm -ivh unshield*
6. download ndiswrapper and wireless card driver to use.(g510 does indeed use the same Marvel chipset so the WL-138G drivers work beautifully)
7. unzip the Marvel driver.
8. cd into Marvel driver folder. unpack cab files with:
unshield data1.cab
note: note the path to mrv8k51.inf, you'll need if for ndiswrapper
9. follow instructions in INSTALL file of ndiswrapper source. note: I had to issue the acpi=on command before configuration would be successful.

acpi=on
modprobe ndiswrapper
iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed
iwconfig wlan0 key restricted yourkey
iwconfig wlan0 essid yournetworkname
ifconfig wlan0 up
10. iwconfig should now show that ESSID and the KEY is set.
11. if working then set the alias in modprobe.conf
ndiswrapper -m
12. now setup ifcfg-wlan0 found in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts ( all items must have a value, most can be gotten from the wireless router/access point you are using) HWADDR can be found by issuing dmesg and you will get something like:
wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx using driver mrv8k51.sys
The xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx pattern is your hardware mac addresse.

DEVICE=wlan0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
MODE=Managed
KEY=
ESSID=
CHANNEL=
IPADDR=
NETMASK=
NETWORK=
BROADCAST=
onBOOT=yes
HWADDR=
MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no
NEEDHOSTNAME=yes

8. in harddrake-conf under network-internet/manage connections, make sure that wlan0 is set to startup at boot time.

Above method has worked to set up two of my mandrake 10.0 computers with dwl-g510. It is actually faster than my hardwired connection was!

[Antiloop]

btw if you get it to work,

can you make a little howto + files, and zip that to me
so i can put it on the site for download for other people who are willing to use it ?