Guest Psykobrat Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 I just installed Mandrake 10 on my laptop and i'm trying to get my wireless card to work, but i can't get anything, i'm new with linux so if anybody can help, it would be greatly appreciated moved from Hardware by LiquidZoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 First off, welcome to the board! I recently helped someone get this exact card working in Linux (Mandrake). First thing, check out this FAQ and follow it exactly. If your card is the same version, every instruction, with the exception of the "bind " entry is the same. Your card uses the prism_cs module, so when you get to that put "bind prism_cs" in the config file. If you run into any problems, post back. We'll be happy to help out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Psykobrat Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Here are some quick options i get from mandrake itself without going into anything, Prism2_plx, prism2_usb, prism54 (Intersil 802.11 Wireless LAN adapter), would any of those work? or would that just be to easy for my luck? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 prism54 might work, but I'm not sure. Try it and see. If not, use the FAQ and the driver I suggested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Psykobrat Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 I'm looking in the Mandrakelinux Control Center 10, and for ethernetcard it shows my onboard BCM4401 100Base-T (which works) and it also shows RTL8180 Realtek RTL8180 Wireless LAN (Mini-)PCI NIC Vendor Realtek Semiconductor Bus:PCI Bus identification:10ex:8180:1737:19 Location on the bus: 3:0:0 Description: RTL8180 Realtek RTL8180 Wireless LAN (Mini-)PCI NIC Module: (red) unknown Media class: NETWORK_ETHERNET since it finds it, do i still need to do all that stuff? When i look at the led's on the card, the power light is on, but the Link light is not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Psykobrat Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 When I type /sbin/cardctl ident all it says is Socket 0: no product info available Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Looks like you may need the wlan or ndiswrapper drivers for that card. Search the board for that chipset and see if anything comes up that will help you out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Psykobrat Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 What chipset? you mean WPC11? I'm fairly new with computers and new with linux so i'm a little stupid :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet2k5 Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 First off, welcome to the board! I recently helped someone get this exact card working in Linux (Mandrake). First thing, check out this FAQ and follow it exactly. If your card is the same version, every instruction, with the exception of the "bind " entry is the same. Your card uses the prism_cs module, so when you get to that put "bind prism_cs" in the config file. If you run into any problems, post back. We'll be happy to help out <{POST_SNAPBACK}> LOL that person was me! I think by chipset he means what version, in my case my WPC11 card was version 3. -Luis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 What chipset? you mean WPC11? I'm fairly new with computers and new with linux so i'm a little stupid :-) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Description: RTL8180 Realtek RTL8180 Wireless LAN (Mini-)PCI NIC That chipset. RTL8180 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Psykobrat Posted September 1, 2004 Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 The card I have is Version 4, and i'm on a dell notebook (inspiron 1100) i don't know if that makes a difference. when i type /sbin/cardctl ident it just says Socket 0: No product info available Now, when i go into Configure - PCMCIA it says Card 0: Empty Card 1: Version 1.4 I only have 1 PCMCIA slot, is it somehow trying to read a slot thats not that, and thats why it's not working? I've tried everything i could from just about every site i could find with anything relating to the WPC11, would it be easier if i just got an orinoco card or something else that maybe linux will already have preloaded so i don't have to go through this? On the site of all the cards that work, it has mine listed, but i just don't know what to do, if somebody could really go through step by step with me, that would be great. you can post here or IM me on AIM at FindinOldFriendz. Thanks for all the help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted September 1, 2004 Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 If you can afford it, sure; but this card will work. Search the board for ndiswrapper to see how to get your card working. It's not hard from what I've read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Psykobrat Posted September 1, 2004 Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 For some reason when i have to type all the /make /make install and all that stuff, i get some errors... so i try to stick to RPMs... i searched the web for NDISWRAPPER specificly made for Mandrake10 found one that was RPM, and tried to put it in, i never got any errors... but no ndiswrapper command works... and when i search ndiswrapper in RPMdrake 10.0 (software installed) i find ndiswrapper-0.4-1mdk but still can't use the commands...if i can just get that to work, i think i can get this card to work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted September 1, 2004 Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 0.4 is an old version. Head to http://rpmfind.net and search for ndiswrapper rpms. There should be a newer one there, even if it says it's for cooker. Then follow the instructions on the board to get it installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted September 3, 2004 Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 Here is the post I was referring to: http://mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtop...&hl=ndiswrapper Check the second post in that thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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