Netgear Wag511 Setup

vBot · 01-18-2004

How to setup your Netgear WAG511 to work with Net Stumbler.

Browse to the wag511 configuration utility directory, run rmdrv1.exe and exit out of the netgear tray icon. Then run netstumbler.

If you're like me you may want to automate the process.
(download kill.exe from www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/kill.zip )

Then create this little batch file, be sure to change the locations.

cd\
cd batch

KILL -f wlancfg.exe
KILL -f wlancfg2.exe

cd\
cd program files
cd netgear
cd wag511 configuration utility

START /WAIT rmdrv1.exe

cd\
cd program files
cd network stumbler

START /WAIT NetStumbler.exe

cd\
cd program files
cd netgear
cd wag511 configuration utility

START /WAIT wlancfg.exe

--------------------------------------------
This will stop the Netgear, run netstumbler, and when you exit netstumbler it will restart the netgear.

rr63 · 01-29-2004

Is it possibele that this procedure similarly works with an WG511 card?
First I used the card it works fine with Network Stumbler, but after applying a new driver it fails... Card not found...
Any idea?

redwolf3 · 02-02-2004

Well, this procedure works on my wg511t. Its a slight different file name, its PCArMdrv.exe in the install folder for the drivers, so I'm sure you could get it to work for yours as well.

The weird thing being that if I use this method I can get netstumbler to run, and once its running, I can re-open the Netgear Config Utility and it runs with Netstumbler open. Only seems to have a problem if the ut is running when it launches... peculiar.

rr63 · 02-06-2004

Thank you for this information, but it dosn't work. I tried the procedure manualy: Exit WG511WLU.exe, run PCARmDrv.exe and then NetStumbler.exe... card not found...
Are there any alternate driver (Prism e.g.) or other thinks possibele?

Ballistyx · 02-07-2004

Thanks for the info vBot! Although I'm using a Linksys WPC54G NIC, your info led me in the right direction to getting NS working with it. The Linksys configuration utility was causing NS to fail when it was detecting the card (yeah, I know... this probably falls under the "duh..." catagory

). I removed it from my startup group, and now NS works great.

dda · 02-15-2004

Same here, vBot; thanks! NS now at least finds and tries to use my Linksys card; now to drive around and see if it can actually find anything.

Wemic · 03-06-2004

I tried to follow these directions for my WAB501 a/b but I don't seem to have anything similar. My "WAB501 Configuration Utility" directory doesn't contain many files, and I didn't see any processes running that looked like the ones you mentioned. I see that netstumbler lists my card under Devices as "NETGEAR WAB501 802.11a/b Wireless Adapter NDIS 5.1". The line above it states the same thing, but says "Atheros (unsupported)" for the chipset. I'm not having any luck with this card for any of the different programs available that I've tried. Has anyone had any luck with this card?
Thanks for the help vBot!

surrealism · 04-15-2004

hmm i try this with my wg511t and it opens NS finds the card, stays open for a few seconds and closes... weird

G8tK33per · 04-15-2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by surrealism

hmm i try this with my wg511t and it opens NS finds the card, stays open for a few seconds and closes... weird

Yeah...well, that's what we get with free software...that unsupported shit rarely works.

surrealism · 04-15-2004

ok sothing new i found, i dont know if its NS or windows causing the problem. yeah yeah i know its an unsupported card... but in device it has my card twice and one has (atrhoes unsopported) at the end and the other has NDIS 5.1 at the end and its selected.... now i can start NS and find the AP in my house. but if i shift mylatop a little it picks up a distant ap and windows auto connects and NS closes at the same time, if i turn off my wg511t's antenna in settings NS stays open just saying it cant find any aps.the reason im not sure if its ns is because windows autoconnects to that distant AP at the same time NS closes. Windows doesnt connect to my home AP because i have 128bit on and the key isnt on my laptop. so NS finds my home AP and so does windows. and everything is fine. but the second windows connects to that distant AP, NS closes..... any way i can stop windows from autoconnecting?

surrealism · 04-15-2004

update... i got windows to stop auto connecting and NS still crashes when it finds that open AP. odd. i can see the plethora of posts comming already that the card isnt supported, so no wonder it crashes.

The Others · 04-16-2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by surrealism

odd

Not really, no.

Obfume · 05-13-2004

I have a Netgear WAG511, but I can't get it to work with NetStumbler 0.4.0 on Windows 2000.

Quote:

Originally Posted by vBot

Browse to the wag511 configuration utility directory, run rmdrv1.exe

Hmm, there is no rmdrv1.exe file there. The only .exe file is wlancfg3.exe which may be a newer version of the utility. Or perhaps rmdrv1.exe doesn't get installed for Windows 2000???

G8tK33per mentions

Quote:

Be warned that NS 0.4's Atheros support is poor ... Use an Atheros card in NDIS 5.1 mode to see it without the workaround

Do I need to install NDIS (5.1) if I am using Windows 2000? And if so, where from?

Anyone have any (other) ideas?

Thanks.

Obfume · 05-14-2004

I worked out that if I inserted the NETGEAR WAG511 card after starting NetStumbler 0.4.0 then NS would detect the card and work the way I would expect.

However it doesn't work if I start NS after the card was already inserted. I guess some Windows process has already taken control of one or more resources by that stage. Shrug.

01-18-2004	#1 (permalink)
vBot Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2	Netgear Wag511 Setup How to setup your Netgear WAG511 to work with Net Stumbler. Browse to the wag511 configuration utility directory, run rmdrv1.exe and exit out of the netgear tray icon. Then run netstumbler. If you're like me you may want to automate the process. (download kill.exe from www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/kill.zip ) Then create this little batch file, be sure to change the locations. cd\ cd batch KILL -f wlancfg.exe KILL -f wlancfg2.exe cd\ cd program files cd netgear cd wag511 configuration utility START /WAIT rmdrv1.exe cd\ cd program files cd network stumbler START /WAIT NetStumbler.exe cd\ cd program files cd netgear cd wag511 configuration utility START /WAIT wlancfg.exe -------------------------------------------- This will stop the Netgear, run netstumbler, and when you exit netstumbler it will restart the netgear.

02-06-2004	#4 (permalink)
rr63 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 2	Thank you for this information, but it dosn't work. I tried the procedure manualy: Exit WG511WLU.exe, run PCARmDrv.exe and then NetStumbler.exe... card not found... Are there any alternate driver (Prism e.g.) or other thinks possibele? Last edited by rr63 : 02-09-2004 at 12:55 PM.

03-06-2004	#7 (permalink)
Wemic Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 2	WAB501 Configuration Utility I tried to follow these directions for my WAB501 a/b but I don't seem to have anything similar. My "WAB501 Configuration Utility" directory doesn't contain many files, and I didn't see any processes running that looked like the ones you mentioned. I see that netstumbler lists my card under Devices as "NETGEAR WAB501 802.11a/b Wireless Adapter NDIS 5.1". The line above it states the same thing, but says "Atheros (unsupported)" for the chipset. I'm not having any luck with this card for any of the different programs available that I've tried. Has anyone had any luck with this card? Thanks for the help vBot!

05-14-2004	#14 (permalink)
Obfume Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 2	Figured it out I worked out that if I inserted the NETGEAR WAG511 card after starting NetStumbler 0.4.0 then NS would detect the card and work the way I would expect. However it doesn't work if I start NS after the card was already inserted. I guess some Windows process has already taken control of one or more resources by that stage. Shrug.

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01-29-2004	#2 (permalink)
rr63 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 2	Is it possibele that this procedure similarly works with an WG511 card? First I used the card it works fine with Network Stumbler, but after applying a new driver it fails... Card not found... Any idea?

02-02-2004	#3 (permalink)
redwolf3 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 1	Well, this procedure works on my wg511t. Its a slight different file name, its PCArMdrv.exe in the install folder for the drivers, so I'm sure you could get it to work for yours as well. The weird thing being that if I use this method I can get netstumbler to run, and once its running, I can re-open the Netgear Config Utility and it runs with Netstumbler open. Only seems to have a problem if the ut is running when it launches... peculiar.

02-07-2004	#5 (permalink)
Ballistyx Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1	Thanks for the info vBot! Although I'm using a Linksys WPC54G NIC, your info led me in the right direction to getting NS working with it. The Linksys configuration utility was causing NS to fail when it was detecting the card (yeah, I know... this probably falls under the "duh..." catagory ). I removed it from my startup group, and now NS works great.

02-15-2004	#6 (permalink)
dda In the Orinoco flow Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 122	Same here, vBot; thanks! NS now at least finds and tries to use my Linksys card; now to drive around and see if it can actually find anything.

04-15-2004	#8 (permalink)
surrealism Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 57	hmm i try this with my wg511t and it opens NS finds the card, stays open for a few seconds and closes... weird

04-15-2004	#10 (permalink)
surrealism Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 57	ok sothing new i found, i dont know if its NS or windows causing the problem. yeah yeah i know its an unsupported card... but in device it has my card twice and one has (atrhoes unsopported) at the end and the other has NDIS 5.1 at the end and its selected.... now i can start NS and find the AP in my house. but if i shift mylatop a little it picks up a distant ap and windows auto connects and NS closes at the same time, if i turn off my wg511t's antenna in settings NS stays open just saying it cant find any aps.the reason im not sure if its ns is because windows autoconnects to that distant AP at the same time NS closes. Windows doesnt connect to my home AP because i have 128bit on and the key isnt on my laptop. so NS finds my home AP and so does windows. and everything is fine. but the second windows connects to that distant AP, NS closes..... any way i can stop windows from autoconnecting?

04-15-2004	#11 (permalink)
surrealism Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 57	update... i got windows to stop auto connecting and NS still crashes when it finds that open AP. odd. i can see the plethora of posts comming already that the card isnt supported, so no wonder it crashes.