On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, Steinar Bang wrote:
> >>>>> 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. 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 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
