hanakj

Also, I don't know how to look at log files to see results of things. That website you refferred me to says to do that.

Thanks for the advice. I did what you said, after the modprobe command I did a iwconfig command and got the following: lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. sit0 no wireless extensions. No wlan0. Am I doing something wrong?

I'm not familiar with the tips & tricks section. I'll look for it. Also, I believe I have the latest version of ndiswrapper. I did an easyurpmi and went through the update in the control center. I am quite new to linux, and not well versed in program updates or much else. Any detailed tips you might have would be wrlcome.

I have Compaq Presario 700z, D-Link DWL-650+, Mandriva 2006. I have done all updates & patches. The Control Center reports that I have a USR2210 22Mbps Wireless PC Card. I moved the latest Windows drivers for this card to the ndiswrapper folder. When I use the configuration tool and am asked to choose an ndiswrapper driver, I choose "Use the ndiswrapperdriver airplus". Then I get a message, "Unable to find the ndiswrapper interface", If I choose "Install a new driver", it tells me the same. The built in eth0 nic works fine and the dlink card works fine with a windows machine. Any ideas?

I assumed the function of the urpmi was to d/l it. Am i wrong?

OK, step 1"Download the file into your user directory". I know where my usr dir is, but how to dl into there, I'm not sure. Here's what happened--- [hanakj@192 ~]$ su root Password: [root@192 hanakj]# urpmi /home/hanakj/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper-1.2-3mdk.i586.rpm unable to access rpm file [/home/hanakj/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper-1.2-3mdk.i586.rpm] error registering local packages [root@192 hanakj]#

OK, remember I'm still a newbie(I still don't know how to format a floppy!). I logged in as root and did "urpmi home/mypersonalusername/iwconfig" and I got back "no package named home/mypersonalusername/iwconfig". any thoughts? And why isn't something as basic as iwconfig part of the standard package?

Not only that iwconfig is not found when i try to run it in a Konsole!

That's the problem. It WONT install. I just did an easyurpmi to try to get fresh packages, and now ndiswrapper is gone from the software packages installation section of the control center. Yikes!!

I am trying to get my D-link DWL-650+ working on my Compaq Presario 700 laptop. I have been led to believe I need to use the ndiswrapper to do this. When i try to install ndiswrapper, I get a message saying that the package has a bad signature. how do I get a fresh copy on my laptop? I have a working internet connection through a wired connectio, but I would like to use my wireless. Can anyone help?