Re: Problems using ndiswrapper kernel modules
On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, Steinar Bang wrote:
> >>>>> 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.
How up to date is the Debian package for ndiswrapper?
I have never tried it - i have been using ndiswrapper-0.6, strait from
their site.
I just untarred it, ran
make && make install
ndiswrapper -i /path/to/bcmwl5.inf
modprobe ndiswrapper
and have had no trouble from there.
-Quasar
>
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