>>>>> Steinar Bang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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.
