Shuttle PN18 wi-fi module with linux... Help!

[edperth]

Hi Guys,

Has anyone found a relatively simple way to get the PN18 playing nicely with Linux?

I'm trying to use an old SB51G as a Freevo box based on some flavour of Linux.  So far I've tried Mandriva and Ubuntu and despite finding various scraps of info online and community drivers etc I just can't get it working.  I'm not a complete Linux noob but some of the stuff I've found has been totally beyond my comprehension!

If anyone's got any bright ideas I'd love to hear them!

Thanks,
Ed  

[ChmOOrecK]

What says
# lsusb
?

[tino]

Use ndiswrapper with your windows driver to get it to work.

Its the easiest way to do it. Thats if your using ubuntu.

Ok after looking around a little bit more the PN18 appears to use the zd1211 chipset. An there are quite a few developed drivers for this chipset. here is a link to a page about it

Or try the drivers at this link

[ChmOOrecK]

zd1211 driver is included in 2.6.24 kernel ;-)

[tino]

zd1211 driver is included in 2.6.24 kernel ;-)

I know, but if the op is having problems I might aswell post other helpful links..

[edperth]

Thanks for the rfeplies guys, I'll have another go armed with some of that.  I know there is meant to be a driver that comes with the latest distros but it still seems to fail.

Anyway before I try again I need to reinstall as I managed to completely kill my x11 config last night.....   %-P

Cheers,
Ed