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Difference between revisions of "Thomson WLG-1500A"
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| − | * Driver: Windows XP, Network Driver, SIS163U WLAN controller downloaded from | + | * Driver: Windows XP, Network Driver, SIS163U WLAN controller downloaded from http://www.sis.com/download/ (File wlan_163_r105.zip) |
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==Info== | ==Info== | ||
Latest revision as of 13:41, 2 March 2010
Thomson WLG-1500A (802.11g WLAN USB adapter)
- Chipset: SIS (Silicon Integrated Systems Corp)
- usbid: 0457:0163
- Driver: Windows XP, Network Driver, SIS163U WLAN controller downloaded from http://www.sis.com/download/ (File wlan_163_r105.zip)
Info
Installed successfully on Mandriva 2009.1 Linux distribution using WPA encryption.
Unzip the file downloaded from SIS site. The windows XP driver to be used is found in folder :
wlan_163_r105/R105_Logo/SetupNT/USB/
Plug the USB Thomson adapter
In a console (root mode) change directory to the directory where the windows driver is stored then type the following commands:
ndiswrapper -i sis163u.inf (load the windows driver in your Linux system) ndiswrapper -l (check that the driver is properly installed) ndiswrapper -m (create the kernel module: alias wlan0 ndiswrapper is added to /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper) modprobe ndiswrapper (created module is loaded)
At this step, interface wlan0 is created. You can create your wifi connection via the Mandriva Control Center
