Installation ctx 405 under Suse 9.3 (kernel 2.6) - CREATIX

Installation ctx 405 under SuSE 9.3 (kernel 2.6)
Requirements:
- packet kernel-sources (adequate to your kernel version)
- packet gcc
- packet make
- packet dhcp-client
- packet wireless-tools
- windows xp drivers for ctx405 (version 2.1.5.0 or 2.1.14.0 or higher)
- ndiswrapper-0.12.tar.gz (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ndiswrapper/) or
higher --> always use the newest ndiswrapper
Installation:
1. the card is recognized as „Creatix Polymedia ISL3886 (Prism Javelin/Prism
Xbow)“ and configured with prism54 driver � This does not function! � Do
not configure the card with YaST. If the card is configured delete the
configuration!
2. Unload the modules prism54 and firmware_class with the command
rmmod prism54 and rmmod firmware_class in the console.
3. copy the windows xp driver (unzipped) on the hard disk (notice in which
directory!) for example into /home
4. copy ndiswrapper-0.12.tar.gz into the directory /usr/src.
5. unzip with gzip –cd ndiswrapper-0.12.tar.gz | tar xf –
6. cd ndiswrapper-0.12
7. make install (see advice 2)
8. ndiswrapper –i [/path to inf-file of the windows xp drivers]
(f.e. ndiswrapper –i /home/ctx405/PRISMA00.inf)
9. ndiswrapper –l to check the installed driver
10.modprobe ndiswrapper (for loading module)
11.check with dmesg if the module is loaded correctly (see advice 1)
12.check with iwconfig which number the card got (wlan0 or wlan1). You can
configure the card with iwconfig and ifconfig to test the connection but this is
not permanent because the module is not started next restart.
13.Now set the correct module for the this card with YaST – Network devices –
network card under advanced – hardware details. Don’t forget to set the
router IP and DHCP.
14.now the module will be automatically started after restart.
The configuration of the card will be made by YaST (/ect/sysconfig/network/ifcfgwlanx)
or the wireless tools iwconfig and ifconfig. To use this commands refer your
linux manual.
For using WPA look at the special instruction guide “WPA under Linux”.
Advices:
1. If dmesg always shows “ndiswrapper version 0.6 + VCS loaded” although
the newest version is installed, so please check:
a) is the SuSE ndiswrapper packet installed? � delete it.
b) is there a file called ndiswrapper.ko (2004-04-07) in the folder

lib/modules/2.6.4-52-default/extra? So please delete this because the newest
ndiswrapper.ko can be found in /lib/modules/2.6.4-52-default/misc. After this
you have to compile the ndiswrapper again (make install).