----- Original Message -----
From: "Jordan Smith"
<jsmith@tripyramid.net>
Newsgroups: linux.debian.laptop
Sent:
Monday, March 14, 2005 3:10 AM
Subject: Ndiswrapper and SID on Inspiron
5160
>I was wondering if anybody on the list has had any
experience getting
> ndiswrapper working with the Broadcom Wireless
adapter that comes with
> this laptop.
>
> I have installed
the ndiswrapper packages and compiled the module. I
> installed the
Win driver with ndiswrapper, and when I use $>ndiswrapper
> -l it lists
the driver installed and the hardware present. I added
>
ndiswrapper to /etc/modules and when I boot up and do a lsmod it shows
>
the module loaded.
>
> I disabled eth0 in my /etc/network/interfaces
and set the wireless
> configuration:
>
> auto wlan0
>
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
> wireless-essid
"my-essid"
> wireless-mode
Managed
> wireless-keymode
restricted
> wireless-key1
xxxxxxxxxxx
> wireless-defaultkey
2
>
> all of these settings are correct for my wap.
>
>
I can bring the Iface up and the system sees it, but i just can't
>
establish any communication with my AP. When I do a iwconfig
the
> access point is off/any although the key settings seem to be
set
> properly. Any ideas on what I may be doing wrong?
It appears others
> have gotten this adapter to work using
ndiswrapper. I can't find any
> erros in the kernel or system logs,
it just doesn't connect... Help
> please!
>
>
In
my Slackware 10.0 I used the Win-XP .INF & .SYS file with ndiswrapper.
I
also used the /etc/rd.c/rc.wireless script to get it started. But I
think
Debian have a different setup for startup scripts.
I also used
'dhcpcd' to get dynamic IP from the wireless
router.