GW-USNano

Kai Beginner Joined: 20 Jul 2011 Posts: 74

Is it compatible with Linux computers for Xlink Kai?

Kai Regular Joined: 02 Jan 2006 Posts: 172

I think it's compatible.
You need 32-bit Linux kernel, ndiswrapper and Windows driver.

Team XLink Moderator Joined: 27 Feb 2011 Posts: 1206

its only compatible with Windows 7(32bit/64bit) / Vista (32bit/64bit) / XP source here http://www.planex.net/product/wireless/gw-usnano.htm but give it a shot with ndiswrapper.

Kai Regular Joined: 02 Jan 2006 Posts: 172

Just as you say, Planex doesn't support this product in Linux. But, I have confirmed that this product worked in the following environment. This is short guide of "How to set up GW-USNano for XLink Kai on Ubuntu 12.04".

DISCLAIMER:
If you try any methods used on this guide you do so at your own risk.

INSTRUCTIONS:
Get the device information about GW-USNano:

Code:

lsusb

Code:

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 2019:ab28 PLANEX GW-USNano

Confirm native module for GW-USNano:

Code:

lsmod | grep r8712u

Code:

r8712u 163845 0

List native module:

Code:

modprobe -l | grep r8712u

Code:

kernel/drivers/staging/rtl8712/r8712u.ko

After disabling an interface, unload native module for GW-USNano:

Code:

sudo ifconfig wlan0 down
sudo modprobe -r r8712u

Add the following 1 line to module blacklist file:

Code:

sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Code:

blacklist r8712u

Delete the following 2 lines from udev net rules file:

Code:

sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules

Code:

# USB device 0x2019:0xab28 (usb)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:22:cf:32:db:27", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="wlan*", NAME="wlan0"

Install "ndiswrapper" package:

Code:

sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 ndiswrapper-dkms

Add the following 1 line to modules file:

Code:

sudo nano /etc/modules

Code:

ndiswrapper

Create alias directive:

Code:

sudo ndiswrapper -m

Load ndiswrapper module:

Code:

sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

Make sure it has loaded correctly:

Code:

lsmod | grep ndiswrapper

Code:

ndiswrapper 192268 0

Get more information about ndiswrapper module:

Code:

modinfo ndiswrapper | head -10

Code:

filename: /lib/modules/3.2.0-24-generic-pae/updates/dkms/ndiswrapper.ko
license: GPL
version: 1.57
description: NDIS wrapper driver
...

Get the latest version of the Windows driver for GW-USNano (Realtek RTL8188SU) from Realtek' website:

Code:

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/

Unzip the driver archive you have just downloaded (e.g. in your downloads directory):

Code:

unzip RTL8188SU_AutoInstallPackage.zip

Find the Windows XP driver in the resulting directory:

Code:

ls -l

Code:

-rw-rw-r-- 1 USER USER 14333 Aug 19 2011 net8192su.cat
-rw-rw-r-- 1 USER USER 29687 Aug 11 2011 net8192su.inf
-rw-rw-r-- 1 USER USER 606440 Aug 11 2011 rtl8192su.sys

Install Windows XP driver to ndiswrapper:

Code:

sudo ndiswrapper -i net8192su.inf

Make sure it has installed correctly:

Code:

ndiswrapper -l

Code:

net8192su : driver installed
device (2019:AB28) present (alternate driver: r8712u)

Edit ndiswrapper configuration file for GW-USNano:

Code:

sudo nano /etc/ndiswrapper/net8192su/2019:AB28.F.conf

Code:

...
Channel|1 either 1, 6 or 11
...
PSPXlinkMode|1 1 is enable
...

Configure an interface to connect GW-USNano to PSP:

Code:

sudo ifconfig wlan0 down
sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc
sudo iwconfig wlan0 channel 1
sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid PSP_AULJM05800_L_MHP3Q000
sudo ifconfig wlan0 up

Make sure it has configured correctly:

Code:

sudo ifconfig wlan0

Code:

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:cf:32:db:27
inet addr:169.254.7.134 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:366 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2042 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:75740 (75.7 KB) TX bytes:167953 (167.9 KB)

Get more information about “wlan0”:

Code:

sudo iwconfig wlan0

Code:

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"PSP_AULJM05800_L_MHP3Q000"
Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:2.412 GHz Cell: 02:E0:B4:88:87:B4
Bit Rate=11 Mb/s Tx-Power:20 dBm Sensitivity=0/3
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:78/100 Signal level:-46 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

Configure the value of kaiAdapter in XLink Kai user configuration file:

Code:

sudo nano kaiUserConfig.txt

Code:

...
# Network adapter (!=autodetect)
kaiAdapter=wlan0
...

Known issues:
- In the case of ubuntu 12.04 amd64 (64-bit kernel), ndiswrapper and Windows 64-bit driver doesn't work. When ndiswrapper module loads Windows driver, Ubuntu hangs up. xD
- Cannot play SSID swapping games.

Thanks