Can i use ndiswrapper for wg111t?

[KuBuntU]

I have a netgear wg111 usb wifi dongle and i have only windows drivers. I know that using ndiswrapper you can install windows drivers on linux. Can i use ndiswrapper for wg111t? I'm a noob please help...

[FaMe FacToR]

Which linux distribution and version are you using? Well also mention which version of wg111 are you using? Do you have the windows driver in a zip file or a self-extracting file? Or do you have a normal folder? The ndiswrapper can be used, you can try it anyways...!?

[KuBuntU]

Thanks for the fast reply, but can you please guide me how to use ndiswrapper, i just know that it can be used, but how i don't know to use it to install windows drivers on linux. Also i use Ubuntu 9.04. Its pretty awesome, i just switched from Kubuntu to Ubuntu... I have the driver in a folder. Not in a zip or exe file. Will that matter? Please help friends...

[Rudra.J]

No, its good if you have a folder. Now you will have an inf file which the setup information file, in this case, driver installation information file. Open terminal and type :

sudo ndiswrapper -i filename.inf

This will create a new configuration directory for you wifi device, now run the following command to load the drivers :

ndiswrapper -l

Now you should see something like this :

Rudra-Pc@rudra:~> /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper -l
<some-dev-id>         driver present, hardware present

Now run :

modprobe ndiswrapper

And finally run :

ndiswrapper -m

This last command will load your drivers at startup.