Davy Leon wrote:
Hi folks
I'm trying to use a Netgear WG111-2 USB-wifi adapter on a Centos 5.3 Box. Someone has done it? It seems not to be supported by the kernel.
Thanks
David
It should work. However, I'd strongly suggest updating from 5.3 as many improvements to the wireless stack and drivers have been backported since 5.3.
Here's what I see when plugging one of these into my box...
# lsusb Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0846:6a00 NetGear, Inc. WG111v2 54 Mbps Wireless [RealTek RTL8187L]
so it's a RealTek RTL8187L. Now lets see if the kernel has a driver for it:
# grep -i 0846 /lib/modules/*/modules.alias | grep -i 6a00 /lib/modules/2.6.18-128.el5/modules.alias:alias usb:v0846p6A00d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* rtl8187 /lib/modules/2.6.18-164.11.1.el5/modules.alias:alias usb:v0846p6A00d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* rtl8187 /lib/modules/2.6.18-164.15.1.el5/modules.alias:alias usb:v0846p6A00d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* rtl8187 /lib/modules/2.6.18-164.el5/modules.alias:alias usb:v0846p6A00d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* rtl8187 /lib/modules/2.6.18-194.el5/modules.alias:alias usb:v0846p6A00d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* rtl8187
Yes, it's supported by the 5.3 (-128.el5), 5.4 (-164.el5) and 5.5 (-194.el5) kernels. The modules loaded themselves:
# lsmod | grep 8187 rtl8187 91077 0 mac80211 183745 1 rtl8187 cfg80211 191369 2 rtl8187,mac80211 eeprom_93cx6 35393 1 rtl8187
I've not actually used the device, only plugged it in, so you'd need to configure it from here or just let NetworkManager handle the device.