WN311T Install question wi-fi question

[Husse]

Ndiswrapper and ndisgtk the GUI for ndiswrapper are installed by default in Mint - also the live cd
So put the inf on the USB stick and as long as you don't have to reboot you are good to go
Also read the wiki
http://www.linuxmint.com/wiki/index.php/MintWifi
especially "The first step" as I think you may have to restart networking
Good luck

[MagnusB]

You also need the sys (?) file for the driver. I recommend downloading the driver installer for windows, if you have to run the exe to uncompress it, save ALL the files to the usb stick, then reboot into Mint, use the GUI (prefer terminal myself, but...), then make sure ndiswrapper is loaded (in terminal):

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ndiswrapper -l
lsmod | grep ndiswrapper

The first command should list the drivers ndiswrapper have installed, the second will check if ndiswrapper is actually loaded. If it returns blank, you need to load it:

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sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

Then restart NetworkManager (nm-applet):

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sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

Then it should be up and running

[Husse]

For some reason networking restart does not always work in Daryna (I think it's a lock file somewhere)
That's why I specifically referred to the First step section of the wiki

[MagnusB]

Ohh, I usually prefer a reboot over restarting nm, for different reasons.... But I did not know that, thanks Husse, I really should read more in the wiki....