Re: Problems using ndiswrapper kernel modules

[Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no>]

>>>>> Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no>:

> Platform: Intel Pentium M (Dell Inspiron D600)
> 	  gcc 3.3.4-1,
> 	  kernel-image-2.6.4-1-686 2.6.4-1,
> 	  kernel-headers-2.6.4-1 2.6.4-1,
> 	  kernel-headers-2.6.4-1-686 2.6.4-1,
> 	  ndiswrapper 0.8-1,
> 	  ndiswrapper-source 0.8-1

> I'm trying to follow the instructions on
> 	http://tiefighter.et.tudelft.nl/~arthur/wpc54g/
> to get support for a BroadCom BCM94306 based WLAN card.

> However, the "modprobe ndiswrapper" isn't able to find the ndiswrapper
> module resulting from the build.

I had to do the following things to get WLAN working

 - I had to run "depmod -a" to make the command "modprobe ndiswrapper"
   work.  This should have been done by the ndiswrapper-modules
   package (described in the above URL), but wasn't
 - The package ndiswrapper-bcm94306 no longer exists, because noone
   was willing to maintain it, which meant that I had to install the
   XP drivers manually.  I installed drivers from here
	http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/supported_chipsets.html
   I'm using driver2 for the 94306 chip.  Installation consisted of
   the commands:
	ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
	ndiswrapper -i bcmwlntp.sys
 - After this, I had to do the following commands to make wlan0 start
   working:
	rmmod ndiswrapper
	modprobe ndiswrapper

I still haven't been able to make waproamd work with WEP encryption
(the laptop NIC didn't show up on the AP when I tried), so I'm
currently running in the clear.

I also had to run with ESSID broadcast on the AP.  When I tried
without, "iwlist wlan0 scan" didn't show the AP, and the NIC never
showed up on the AP.