Problem with ndiswrapper

[Guest kjcon]

I've tried these instructions in Tips & Tricks, but I can't get it to work. I'm trying to connect to an Actiontec DSL modem/gateway using a WMP54GS wireless adapter and Mandrake 10.0. It seems as though the ndiswrapper is loading all right, but when I try to connect to the gateway, I get:

 

[root@localhost ndiswrapper-0.8]# ping 192.168.0.1

PING 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.

From 192.168.0.5 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable

From 192.168.0.5 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable

From 192.168.0.5 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable

From 192.168.0.5 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable

From 192.168.0.5 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable

From 192.168.0.5 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable

ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted

From 192.168.0.5 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable

ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted

From 192.168.0.5 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable

ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted

 

--- 192.168.0.1 ping statistics ---

4 packets transmitted, 0 received, +9 errors, 100% packet loss, time 3071ms

 

Here are the result of iwconfig and ifcongig:

 

[root@localhost ndiswrapper-0.8]# iwconfig

lo no wireless extensions.

 

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"ACTIONTEC" Nickname:"localhost"

Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412GHz Access Point: 00:20:E0:22:5F:C7

Bit Rate=54Mb/s Tx-Power:14 dBm

RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr=2346 B

Encryption key:off

Power Management:off

Link Quality:100/100 Signal level:-53 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm

Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0

Tx excessive retries:1 Invalid misc:5566 Missed beacon:0

 

sit0 no wireless extensions.

 

[root@localhost ndiswrapper-0.8]# ifconfig

lo Link encap:Local Loopback

inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0

inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host

UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1

RX packets:122 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:122 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

RX bytes:10878 (10.6 Kb) TX bytes:10878 (10.6 Kb)

 

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:66:1D:CD:7D

inet addr:192.168.0.5 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0

inet6 addr: fe80::20f:66ff:fe1d:cd7d/64 Scope:Link

UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

RX packets:61 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:24656 (24.0 Kb) TX bytes:720 (720.0 B)

Interrupt:5 Memory:a0100000-a0101fff

 

And here are the contents of the relevant files:

 

[root@localhost ndiswrapper-0.8]# cat /etc/modules.conf

probeall usb-interface usb-uhci

above snd-emu10k1 snd-pcm-oss

alias sound-slot-0 snd-emu10k1

alias wlan0 ndiswrapper

install ndiswrapper /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ndiswrapper && { loadndisdriver 14e4 4320 /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/bcmwl5.sys /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/bcmwl5.inf; }

 

[root@localhost ndiswrapper-0.8]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0

DEVICE=wlan0

BOOTPROTO=dhcp

IPADDR=192.168.0.1

NETMASK=255.255.255.0

NETWORK=192.168.0.0

BROADCAST=192.168.0.255

ONBOOT=yes

ESSID="ACTIONTEC"

MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=yes

 

Although I'm fairly comfortable with the command line and configuration files I've never tried any networking until I got DSL a couple weeks ago. I have a sneaking suspicion that I'm missing something obvious. I'd appreciate any help or advice anyone can give me

 

[question split from Tips & Tricks by spinynorman]