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problem with netgear WG311v3 wireless card

Asked by Rancid187 on 2009-04-22

My name is Eric and i am having connectivity problems as well. My computer is an HP XE793 and my card is the Netgear WG311v3. I have been using a friends USB wireless card to make the progress that i have made. I have also posted a bug on the ubuntu bugs page listed as : problem with netgear WG311v3 wireless card. It list my progress, my problems, and where i received my info/command and this is the site :

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/marvell-88w8335-chipset-netgear-wg311-pcicard-driver/

And I get this message :

WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper, it will be ignored in a future release.

Mark I have also run your fix and this is what I have come up with : (I ran the first line with the USB wireless to get
the install and then took the USB out for the rest)

john@john-desktop:~$ sudo aptitude install hwinfo
[sudo] password for john:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 72 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Writing extended state information... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done

This is where I took the USB out so my Netgear card could be configured and these are my results

john@john-desktop:~$ hwinfo --netcard
09: PCI 10b.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at pci.314]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_11ab_1faa
  Unique ID: y9sn.Z+yFfMcGBJ9
  Parent ID: 6NW+.mCtu7+mpnF0
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:01:0b.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:01:0b.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Netgear WG311v3 802.11g Wireless PCI Adapter"
  Vendor: pci 0x11ab "Marvell Technology Group Ltd."
  Device: pci 0x1faa "88w8335 [Libertas] 802.11b/g Wireless"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1385 "Netgear"
  SubDevice: pci 0x6b00 "WG311v3 802.11g Wireless PCI Adapter"
  Revision: 0x03
  Driver: "ndiswrapper"
  Driver Modules: "ndiswrapper", "ndiswrapper"
  Device File: wlan0
  Features: WLAN
  Memory Range: 0xf4110000-0xf411ffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xf4100000-0xf410ffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 9 (406 events)
  HW Address: 00:0f:b5:f4:2c:71
  WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
  WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462 2.467 2.472 2.484
  WLAN bitrates: 1 2 5.5 11 6 9 12 18 24 36 48 54
  WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
  WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
  Module Alias: "pci:v000011ABd00001FAAsv00001385sd00006B00bc02sc00i00"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #14 (PCI bridge)
john@john-desktop:~$ sudo iwlist scanning
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:22:3F:33:D2:0C
                    ESSID:"NETGEAR"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
                    Quality:64/100 Signal level:-55 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
                    Encryption key:off
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Extra:bcn_int=100
                    Extra:atim=0

john@john-desktop:~$ sudo lshw -C network
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       product: 88w8335 [Libertas] 802.11b/g Wireless
       vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
       physical id: b
       bus info: pci@0000:01:0b.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 03
       serial: 00:0f:b5:f4:2c:71
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ndiswrapper+wg311v3 driverversion=1.53+NETGEAR,02/22/2005,3.1.1.7 latency=64 link=no module=ndiswrapper multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 1
       logical name: pan0
       serial: ce:7f:b4:49:9b:02
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes
john@john-desktop:~$ lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82810 GMCH (Graphics Memory Controller Hub) [8086:7120] (rev 03)
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 82810 (CGC) Chipset Graphics Controller [8086:7121] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801AA PCI Bridge [8086:2418] (rev 02)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801AA ISA Bridge (LPC) [8086:2410] (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801AA IDE Controller [8086:2411] (rev 02)
00:1f.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801AA USB Controller [8086:2412] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801AA SMBus Controller [8086:2413] (rev 02)
01:0b.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88w8335 [Libertas] 802.11b/g Wireless [11ab:1faa] (rev 03)
01:0d.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro] [10de:002d] (rev 15)
01:0e.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Ensoniq 5880B [AudioPCI] [1274:5880] (rev 02)
john@john-desktop:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
john@john-desktop:~$ uname -a
Linux john-desktop 2.6.28-11-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 8 04:38:53 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
john@john-desktop:~$ dmesg | grep ound
[ 0.624441] PnPBIOS: Found PnP BIOS installation structure at 0xc00f7020
[ 3.053266] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 3.489936] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1f.2: found PCI INT D -> IRQ 11
[ 3.490984] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.497055] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 3.505260] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 14.413087] iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH TCO device (Version=1, TCOBASE=0x1060)
[ 19.034484] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
john@john-desktop:~$ dmesg | grep witch
[ 0.021501] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
john@john-desktop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

pan0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
          Bit Rate:6 Mb/s Sensitivity=-200 dBm
          RTS thr=2346 B Fragment thr=2346 B
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

john@john-desktop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

pan0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan1_rename IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:""
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=0 dBm
          Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

This is my post on the bugs page :

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/marvell-88w8335-chipset-netgear-wg311-pcicard-driver/

I have followed the instructions and have been successful up to step #3 when i am told to key in ndiswrapper -l then I get a warning. This is my work until now :

john@john-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get update
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://wine.budgetdedicated.com intrepid Release.gpg
Ign http://wine.budgetdedicated.com intrepid/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security Release
Hit http://wine.budgetdedicated.com intrepid Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Packages
Ign http://wine.budgetdedicated.com intrepid/main Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Packages
Hit http://wine.budgetdedicated.com intrepid/main Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Sources
Reading package lists... Done
john@john-desktop:~$ apt-cache search ndiswrapper-utils
ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 - Userspace utilities for the ndiswrapper Linux kernel module
ndiswrapper-utils - Userspace utilities for ndiswrapper
john@john-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils-1.9
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
ndiswrapper-common is already the newest version.
ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 72 not upgraded.
john@john-desktop:~$ cd /tmp/
john@john-desktop:/tmp$ wget ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/wg311v3_1_0.zip
--2009-04-21 00:42:22-- ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/wg311v3_1_0.zip
=> `wg311v3_1_0.zip.1'
Resolving downloads.netgear.com... 207.211.82.170
Connecting to downloads.netgear.com|207.211.82.170|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /files ... done.
==> SIZE wg311v3_1_0.zip ... 6502117
==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR wg311v3_1_0.zip ... done.
Length: 6502117 (6.2M)

100%[======================================>] 6,502,117 367K/s in 52s

2009-04-21 00:43:15 (122 KB/s) - `wg311v3_1_0.zip.1' saved [6502117]

john@john-desktop:/tmp$ unzip wg311v3_1_0.zip
Archive: wg311v3_1_0.zip
replace WG311v3 V1.0/Utility/setup.exe? [y]es, [n]o, [A]ll, [N]one, [r]ename: A
  inflating: WG311v3 V1.0/Utility/setup.exe
  inflating: WG311v3 V1.0/Driver/Windows XP/WG311v3.INF
extracting: WG311v3 V1.0/Driver/Windows XP/WG311v3.cat
  inflating: WG311v3 V1.0/Driver/Windows XP/WG311v3.sys
  inflating: WG311v3 V1.0/Driver/Windows XP/WG311v3XP.sys
  inflating: WG311v3 V1.0/Driver/Windows ME/WG311v3.INF
  inflating: WG311v3 V1.0/Driver/Windows ME/WG311v3.sys
  inflating: WG311v3 V1.0/Driver/Windows 98/WG311v3.INF
  inflating: WG311v3 V1.0/Driver/Windows 98/WG311v3.sys
  inflating: WG311v3 V1.0/Driver/Windows 2000/WG311v3.INF
extracting: WG311v3 V1.0/Driver/Windows 2000/WG311v3.cat
  inflating: WG311v3 V1.0/Driver/Windows 2000/WG311v3.sys
  inflating: WG311v3 V1.0/Driver/Windows 2000/WG311v3XP.sys
john@john-desktop:/tmp$ cd "/tmp/WG311v3 V1.0/Driver/Windows XP/"
john@john-desktop:/tmp/WG311v3 V1.0/Driver/Windows XP$ sudo ndiswrapper -i WG311v3.INF
driver wg311v3 is already installed
john@john-desktop:/tmp/WG311v3 V1.0/Driver/Windows XP$ ndiswrapper -l
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper, it will be ignored in a future release.
wg311v3 : driver installed
device (11AB:1FAA) present
john@john-desktop:/tmp/WG311v3 V1.0/Driver/Windows XP$

My second warning is in the next command line sudo modeprobe ndiswrapper and i get the same warning as before :

ohn@john-desktop:/tmp/WG311v3 V1.0/Driver/Windows XP$ sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
[sudo] password for john:
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper, it will be ignored in a future release.
john@john-desktop:/tmp/WG311v3 V1.0/Driver/Windows XP$

Then all goes well until :

john@john-desktop:/tmp/WG311v3 V1.0/Driver/Windows XP$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"NETGEAR"
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:22:3F:33:D2:0C
          Bit Rate=1 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
          Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=64/100 Signal level:-39 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

pan0 no wireless extensions.

wlan1 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
          Bit Rate:36 Mb/s Sensitivity=-200 dBm
          RTS thr=2346 B Fragment thr=2346 B
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

ohn@john-desktop:/tmp/WG311v3 V1.0/Driver/Windows XP$ sudo apt-get install wpasupplicant
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
wpasupplicant is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 72 not upgraded.
john@john-desktop:/tmp/WG311v3 V1.0/Driver/Windows XP$ gksudo gedit /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
john@john-desktop:/tmp/WG311v3 V1.0/Driver/Windows XP$ sudo wpa_supplicant -BW -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -iwlan0
Line 7: network block was not terminated properly.
Line 7: failed to parse network block.
Failed to read or parse configuration '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'.
john@john-desktop:/tmp/WG311v3 V1.0/Driver/Windows XP$

Again with this : Failed to read or parse configuration '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'.
What is this file and How do i fix it? It seems to be my only problem. Then after all this I can complete step #6 and it comes up as follows :

ohn@john-desktop:/tmp/WG311v3 V1.0/Driver/Windows XP$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
john@john-desktop:/tmp/WG311v3 V1.0/Driver/Windows XP$ sudo dhclient wlan0
There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.pid with pid 4491
killed old client process, removed PID file
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:21:2f:2d:26:91
Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:21:2f:2d:26:91
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPREQUEST of 10.0.0.3 on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK of 10.0.0.3 from 10.0.0.1
bound to 10.0.0.3 -- renewal in 37044 seconds.
john@john-desktop:/tmp/WG311v3 V1.0/Driver/Windows XP$

But then if I ping Yahoo as listed in step #7 it just keeps pinging and pinging. It reminds me of the Lambchop song: This is the song that never ends and it goes on and on my friend!!!!

AAGGGHHHHHHH Can anyone help? Thanks!

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S.Vikash Koushik (vikashkoushik) said on 2009-04-23:

Hey Dude,

Try This

Step 1

Natively the card is detected and installed by the system, but the WiFi doesn't work, we'll go on removing the current driver :

First, we'll check that the drivers is installed :

$>find /lib/modules/`uname -r` -name "*acx*"

You should get :

$>find /lib/modules/`uname -r` -name "*acx*"
/lib/modules/2.6.12-10-386/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/acx
/lib/modules/2.6.12-10-386/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/acx/acx_pci.ko

Then, save them to /root or whatever you want.

$>sudo find /lib/modules/`uname -r` -name "*acx*" -exec mv {} /root \;

And finally, make and update of the modules dépendencies :

$>depmod -a

End of the first step, go on with the new drivers installation.

Step 2

You have to download two things :

First one is to get the drivers, you can grab them here :

ftp://ftp.dlink.co.uk/wireless/dwl-g650+_rev_Bx/dwl-g650+_rev_bx_drv_v204.zip
( you can also use wget url of course )

Unpack them :

$>unzip dwl-g650+_rev_bx_drv_v204.zip

ok, then the second thing : we'll get ndiswrapper, it allows to install Windows Wifi Drivers under linux ! ;)

$>sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils

now, we just have to give ndiswrapper the right .inf file..

$>ndiswrapper -i /path/of/drivers/GPLUS.inf

and reboot !

I hope this will work for you :)

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Rancid187 (ericsumner33) said on 2009-04-23:

--- On Thu, 4/23/09, S.Vikash Koushik <email address hidden> wrote:

From: S.Vikash Koushik <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: [Question #68288]: problem with netgear WG311v3 wireless card
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Thursday, April 23, 2009, 8:49 AM

john@john-desktop:~$ $>find /lib/modules/`uname -r` -name "*acx*"
bash: $: command not found
john@john-desktop:~$ >find /lib/modules/`uname -r` -name "*acx*"
bash: /lib/modules/2.6.28-11-generic: is a directory
john@john-desktop:~$ find /lib/modules/`uname -r` -name "*acx*"
/lib/modules/2.6.28-11-generic/kernel/ubuntu/misc/wireless/acx
/lib/modules/2.6.28-11-generic/kernel/ubuntu/misc/wireless/acx/acx.ko
john@john-desktop:~$ sudo find /lib/modules/`uname -r` -name "*acx*" -exec mv {} /root \;
[sudo] password for john:
find: `/lib/modules/2.6.28-11-generic/kernel/ubuntu/misc/wireless/acx': No such file or directory
john@john-desktop:~$ depmod -a
FATAL: Could not open /lib/modules/2.6.28-11-generic/modules.dep.temp for writing: Permission denied
john@john-desktop:~$

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Rancid187 (ericsumner33) said on 2009-04-23:

Thank you for the information I have it working now

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S.Vikash Koushik (vikashkoushik) said on 2009-04-24:

Hey Rancid187,

If my answer solved your problem pls hit THIS SOLVED MY PROBLEM next to my name,

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