Success with wireless on Acer1524WLMi but now won't shutdown cleanly
Well there's good news and bad news :)
The good news is it works :)
The bad news is that when shutting down, the console hangs on an error
ending:
ndiswrapper (iw_set_ap_address:668) setting AP mac addressed failed
(C0010015)
After boot up dmesg shows:
ndiswrapper (iw_set_freq:375): setting configuration failed (C0010015)
but the wireless link comes up in spite of this.
Here's how I set it up:
# aptitude install wireless-tools wpasupplicant module-assistant
linux-headers-2.6.15-1-amd64-k8
# module-assistant auto-install ndiswrapper
Got the windows driver from:
http://www.planetamd64.com/index.php?showtopic=6559&st=0&p=62758&
(you need to rename the .inf file)
# ndiswrapper -i /path/to/driver/i2220nta.inf
# ndiswrapper -m
# lsmod | grep -i ndiswrapper
<username> ndiswrapper 115184 0
Add to /etc/modules:
ndiswrapper hangcheck_interval=-1
(without this it kept resetting the wlan0 interface)
# modprobe ndiswrapper
Edited /etc/network/interfaces to add:
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wireless-essid My Network
wireless-mode managed
# /etc/init.d/networking restart
(you have to press the wireless key, to activate, at this point)
and woo hoo, were in business :)
But having to brutally, turn the machine off at the button is unnerving
to say the least.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Clive
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