Comments on: Linux Install and Configure Netgear WG311 Marvell 88w8335 Rev 03 Chipset Wireless Card

By: Fellbauer

Fellbauer — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:55:11 +0000

Hello,

it works fine till I restart my computer. It do not recognize the card anyway after reboot. Has anyone any ideas?

Thanks

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:39:59 +0000

Hey vivek,
I am configuring this card for my professor, and he needs to connect to the school’s unsecured network.

How would I go about doing that?

Thanks, Steve

By: Prem

Prem — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:21:52 +0000

Hey vivek..
I got my PCI card to recognize wireless networks. However, my network is WPA2-PSK.

What do I have to change in the wpa-supplicant.conf file for WPA2-PSK?

Can I leave it as you said for WPA and would that work for WPA2?

Thanks

By: Najam

Najam — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 08:44:06 +0000

greatwork man, it save me alot of time and work like a charm.
Ubuntu 11.04

By: Michael Alltraders

Michael Alltraders — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 04:36:20 +0000

Awesome article. Worked perfectly with Ubuntu 11.04. Well done and thank you.

By: Hans

Hans — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 16:44:53 +0000

still working, great description

thx

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Fri, 20 May 2011 22:37:37 +0000

Fabulous thread! Thanks a lot, Vivek. Worked for me instantly, even though I’m a Linux newb. I use a different wireless card. Mine is a “Zio X8″ from a German retailer (Conrad), but it has the same chip set as the Netgear described here (Marvell 88w8335). I’ve been looking for a How-to for months and have only been stumbling over useless information. So if anybody is looking for information about the exotic “Zio X8″: Vivek is your guy!

P.S.: Almost forgot. I took another driver, the one from the ZIO-CD. So at step #3 just replace “WG311v3.INF” by “netmw125.inf”.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 23:15:22 +0000

Brilliant, thanks a million for this. I’ve struggled to get this wireless card working for months.

By: John Sebastian

John Sebastian — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:28:11 +0000

Hi, im running Backtrack 4 R1 and I have a Marvell Technology wireless card (88w8335). I was reading this article and follow the steps, but at STEP 3:
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Verify that driver was installed:
$ ndiswrapper -l
Output:

mrv8335 : driver installed
device (11AB:1FAA) present

Finally, install ndiswrapper driver itself:
$ sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
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Im getting this error:
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root@bt:/tmp/WG311v3 V1.0/Driver/Windows XP# ndiswrapper -l
wg311v3 : driver installed
device (11AB:1FAA) present
root@bt:/tmp/WG311v3 V1.0/Driver/Windows XP# sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found.
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Am Im making something wrong? or it has anything to do with the version of linux that Im running. I tested this card with windows XP, and it works perfect. I just want to use it whit linux. Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!

By: Andrew Baerg

Andrew Baerg — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 01:31:36 +0000

Ubuntu 10.04, only needed steps 1-3. Added ndiswrapper to /etc/modules and it’s active at boot. I can connect to WPA networks using the network manager.

By: Jay

Jay — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:05:42 +0000

Hi,
I just tried these steps but I keep getting the error “couldn’t open WG311v3.inf: No such file or directory at /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper line 219″. Not sure what the problem is.

Ubuntu Karmic, P4

By: Jared

Jared — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 03:30:36 +0000

So I cant get it to load on boot either. I have “alias wlan0 ndiswrapper” in /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper what else can I try? It works only if I start it in terminal

By: Benton

Benton — Sat, 22 May 2010 14:35:47 +0000

Working perfectly in Xubuntu 10.04. Thanks a million.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Tue, 11 May 2010 00:16:55 +0000

Worked like a charm in 10.04. Thanks for the amazingly specific instructions.

By: david

david — Wed, 05 May 2010 01:48:45 +0000

I think you have a small typo. I think it should be

sudo wpa_supplicant -BW -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -iwlan0

With a capital W after the -B. At least in the version that ships with Ubuntu 10.04 there is no -Bw.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:04:28 +0000

Your tutorial is extremely helpful. I am completely new to linux and was able to get an old computer online with an old wireless card using the steps you have outlined above. I plan to spend the next few days trying to actually understand what I did. Thank you!

By: Craig

Craig — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:56:25 +0000

This worked perfectly! I have WG311 and Ubuntu 9.10. I followed the steps and everything happened as it should. Thanks very much for this guide!
I don’t know how to do this though: “You can call this script from /etc/network/interfaces or your personal shell script startup file ~/.bash_profile or from GNOME. ”
I’m stuck at doing this after every startup: $ sudo wpa_supplicant -Bw -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -iwlan0
Can anyone tell me how to call the script automatically? I’ve tried a few things but nothing’s worked, and googling for help seems very vague! Thanks :)

By: AMartin

AMartin — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:06:50 +0000

Hi, I was following these steps, and the card is working, it scans in Network-Managers for routers, it connect to my not encrypted neighbour router but it cannot connect to my encrypted router. One time i had the connection after reboot, but only once, and since then it is asking me for password to my router, but cannot connect to it. I have Ubuntu 9.10.
Please help me..

By: Juergen

Juergen — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:37:31 +0000

Time to give linux another try. Just installed simplyMEPIS. looks great, the install went easy, but no wireless. Does anyone really beleive that these 8 steps can be worth it? Great for experts, but one typo and going back or undoing is hopeless for me. Back to windows. Installing windows, and running an exe to install the driver will be quicker. I’ll wait a little longer for linux.

By: Benton Quest

Benton Quest — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:02:27 +0000

I sincerely thank you for this post. First time ever I try Ndiswrapper and thanks to your help I got my Netgear WG311 (Marvell 88w8335 Rev 03 Chipset) Wireless Card working with Ubuntu 9.10 right now. I only needed to follow the steps to the first line of Step 6 ($ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up) and that was it. Then I added this line to /etc/rc.local and everytime Ubuntu boots up the wi-fi connection is activated. Oh and on Step 5 you need to use an uppercase W instead of lower case, i.e. you need “$ sudo wpa_supplicant -BW -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -iwlan0″. Thanks again for such a great post!