ndiswrapper help!

[Guest bluDragon43K]

hello everybody!!!

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i 'm dr. nick riveara

 

j/k

 

actually i am in need of serious help and i know there are lots people that know how to do this since i bet this is pretty basic

 

can someone give the a step by step guide on how to install wifi drivers for broadcom

bcm4306 wifi card(builtin) using ndiswrapper

 

info:

i have automounted windows where the driver is located on win_c

i don't know how to even access ndiswrapper

i am running mandrake2005le and installed all the packages

 

man i just love that dancin' banana

[coverup]

https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=14972

[Havin_it]

Some of the material in that page is a tad dated. The command for loading drivers is now as follows (do this as root user):

 

ndiswrapper -i /mnt/win_c/path/to/bcmwl5.inf

ndiswrapper -l (to check that it's loaded)

 

If you can't locate bcmwl5.inf on your system, sometimes it is known as bcmwl5a.inf, and should have the file bcmwl5[a].sys (the actual driver) in the same folder for ndiswrapper to find and copy it.

[Guest helpdeskdan]

Somebody really should write a guide on this. Here's a very poor guide I wrote in much haste on how to get a card going with mandrake 10.1 official. If people find it usefull, I will write a good one. Please offer suggestions!

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I thought I better write this down before I forgot. It took me hours to figure out. These are instructions to install the new ndiswrapper.

 

First, out with the old; do a modprobe -r ndiswrapper as root.

 

Several webpages of info. First you need to uninstall the old driver. The instuctions are here:

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/phpwiki...Mandrake%2010.1

Suprisingly, everything else I found on this page was outdated and not usefull.

 

You'll need the kernel sources. You can find your kernel version via dmesg | less. You need the EXACT kernel sources or it won't work. If you don't know how to do it ask for help.

 

Now, basically, you will follow the instructions on:

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/phpwiki...hp/Installation

with the exception of the uninstall instructions.

 

I used the windows drivers that I downloaded from Dell; they worked great. You might want to do as they say though and check their wiki.

 

Complete every step including iwlist wlan0 scan. Now, that you have that information it's time to do something else. Nothing on this page worked for dhcp. And, don't think I didn't try!

 

The answer I found was in a fedora forum. (Mandrake is based on it, remember?)

 

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Hi, there.

 

Linux : Fedora Core 2

Kernel : 2.6.5-1.358

Wireless Card : Linksys Wireless-G Notebook Adapter (WPC54G - PCMCIA)

AP : Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router (WRT54G)

 

Add

 

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0

 

# WPC54G

DEVICE=wlan0

BOOTPROTO=dhcp

HWADDR="type your wireless card hardware address"

ONBOOT=yes

 

# Wireless

TYPE=Wireless

MODE=Managed

ESSID="type your essid"

 

 

and then

 

/sbin/service network restart

 

I am able to get IP address everytime I start linux box.

 

Good luck and correct me plz.

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So, you put your mod, essid and everything in there. Yeah, I know, the webpage says something about ndiswrapper -m, but I think that assumes that dhcp works right, and none of those commands got me an address. The only way that worked was the above.

 

Basically, everything you config is in this file. I changed my ethernet and wireless ONBOOT to no. Then, to bring them up I use ifup eth0 or ifup wlan0. That way, you don't have to wait if there isn't a connection.

 

Oh yes, one other thing. (Sorry for poor organization; am wasting time I don't have) Edit /etc/modprobe.preload and add ndiswrapper at the end. That's about it; sorry again for the poor organization; out of time.