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1. Login as root.
2. Download ndiswrapper.
3. Gunzip (or use Konquerer for KDE) the downloaded Gzip archive and extract to something like /root/ndiswrapper
4. Put the WG111v2 CD into your CD drive.
5. Copy the drivers in drivers/winxp to a local folder.
6. Open a Console window.
7. cd to your ndiswrapper source directory.
8. At the console, type the following:

make uninstall

When that command finishes, type this:

make

After that, type this:

make install

9. cd to your driver-holding folder.
10. Type

ndiswrapper -i net111v2.inf

at console.
Then type

ndiswrapper -l

if it says: net111v2 driver present hardware present
then that worked.
11. Type

ndiswrapper -m

at the console
then type

depmod -a

Afterwards type modprobe ndiswrapper
if it pops up with no error, continue.
12. At console, type

iwconfig wlan0 .

if it comes up like this:
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:”off/any” Nickname:”linux”
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power:20 dBm Sensitivity=0/3
RTS thr=2346 B Fragment thr=2400 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:100/100 Signal level:-52 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
13. Then type iwlist wlan0 scan.
If you can see your access point, type:
iwconfig wlan0 ESSID xxxx , where xxxx is the Service Set IDentifier (SSID) of your router
14. At this point, YaST will pop up, asking if you would like to register the new Network Device. Click yes.
15. At the YaST2 window, click add.
16. Set the following values:
Device Type=Wireless
Hardware Configuration Name=wlan0
Module Name=ndiswrapper
Then check USB.
Press next.
Set these values:
ESSID=(Your SSID Name)
Authentication=(your encryption type-choose shared key for wep/Open for none)
Key Input Type=Passphrase if WPA Key was generated by a keyword.
Encryption Key=Your passphrase.
If using WEP, go to 17. Else, Click finish and go to 18.
If using no encrytion, say yes to the next box, then click next.
17. Click Wep Keys if you are using WEP.
Click Passphrase if your key was generated by a keyword.
Type the Keyword in the box, click ok on both the WEP Dialogue and the Main YaST window.
Click next.
Click next again.
18. Wait while YaST writes your networking configuration.