| reply to spierian
Re: WG121 causes Win XP to freeze Ok, I have managed to hack the version 3.00.12.0 Linksys drivers so that they work with my Netgear WG121 device, and it has solved all my problems! Before my wireless connection would drop afer a few seconds of any intensive network activity (i.e. copying a large file) but I have just transfered 500MB worth of data without a problem!
The process is incredibly simple:
1. Download & extract the linksys drivers above, then browse to the Drivers\WUSB54Gv2 folder.
2. Rename WUSB54GV2.cat to netwg121.cat, then rename WUSBGXP.sys to wg121nd5.sys
3. Copy these 2 files into the \ndis5 subfolder of the Netgear 2.0 driver package, overwriting the existing files, there are also copys of these files in the root folder, overwrite these too if you like.
4. Open netwg121.ini, and change the line DriverVer = 11/13/2003, 1.0.5.1000 so it reads DriverVer = 03/30/2004, 3.00.12.0
This is purely cosmetic, but usefull to double check the new drivers have installed correctly 
5. If you wish, install the Netgear client utility by running setup.exe as normal, entirely up to you either way.
6. Open the device manager and if necessary manually update to the 3.00.12.0 driver version by pointing the driver wizard to the \NDIS5 folder.
I have used both the built in XP SP2 client and the Netgear client, both work flawlessly.
Let me know if you have any problems, email is the best way to contact me  |
