How do I install ZD1211 driver for trendnet 424 USB WIFI?

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#16 Post by edoc »

rarsa wrote:Thank you,
I actually tested with ndiswrapper 1.7, 1.6 and 1.5.
with the same result. It does not seem to detect the 'hardware'.
Am wondering which version of ndiswrapper is in Puppy 1.0.7?

I have run into the same wall of the driver being recognized but the hardware not with a Trendware wireless pci nic.

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#17 Post by puppyman »

If ifconfig -a does show the wireless nic, AND the zd1211 driver was loaded as shown by lsmod, that means the nic is down probably due to the lack of an ip address. You can assign one to it using a dhcp client like 'pump' or 'dhcpcd' (don't forget to specify the nic such as eth0 or eth1). Or you can assign one such as:

ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.100 (if you know that the network you want to connect to has an ip of 192.168.1.xxx, and that no other devices has gotten that ip address). Change eth0 to eth1 as appropriate.

But if ifconfig -a does not show the wireless nic, see if the hardware is actually detected by:

cat /proc/bus/usb/devices to see if it is listed. It should since you reported the message '....detected but not claimed by any active driver...'
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#18 Post by rarsa »

puppyman wrote:cat /proc/bus/usb/devices to see if it is listed. It should since you reported the message '....detected but not claimed by any active driver...'
That's the strange thing that dmesg shows the driver without hardware and the usb device without driver.
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#19 Post by tm »

Is it possible you have the incorrect driver? Might try the latest driver from SiS website. HTH
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#20 Post by rarsa »

I've tried the one from the CD and the one from the SiS web site to no avail.
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#21 Post by Heart »

For zd1211 you should use this driver ..... :wink:
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#22 Post by rarsa »

Actually I did something better.

Got my money back and bought a different adapter that actually plays nicelly with other WAPs.
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#23 Post by Heart »

Which one you have now?

(with zd1211 and the driver I mentioned I have no problems on pc of my brother, not puppy....)
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#24 Post by mdisaster »

I had good success with a zd1211 USB adapter, Tempestuous' drivers, and a slightly modified connection script. No ndisdrapper or WAG required, just the drivers.

Actually the thing works much better in Puppy 1.07 than in Windows. Not bad at all :)

More info here:
http://www.murga.org/~puppy/viewtopic.php?t=5535
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