On 18/09/12 09:59, Peter Merchant wrote:
On 17/09/12 18:43, Dean Ramsden wrote:
On 17/09/12 17:47, Peter Merchant wrote:
On 17/09/12 13:46, Dean Ramsden wrote:
On 17/09/12 12:17, Peter Merchant wrote:
Hi, I have been trying to get an obscure PCMCIA card working under
ndiswrapper and I now have it recognised, but it doesn't connect.
I have discovered that the existing config files were for the
usual wireless device that I use and MAC address specific. I have
moved them.
When I try and use the Windows Wireless Drivers program from the
menu, and select the configure driver option, it is greyed out and
I cannot use it. Any thoughts, aside from pulling back one of the
other configs and changing MAC address?
This is on an ancient x30 thinkpad running xUbuntu 12.04.
Thanks,
Peter M.
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Have you tried setting up ndiswrapper from the command line? You'll
need the .inf and .sys windows driver files in the same directory.
Then to install the driver:
ndiswrapper -i /path/to/*.inf
To list any installed drivers:
ndiswrapper -l
To write the config files:
ndiswrapper -m
depmod -a
Then insert the module:
modprobe ndiswrapper
If all went well then it should have hopefully a wlan0 device to
configure.
Regards,
Dean
Interesting thanks. I have been doing things in different order, in
my ignorance. No, That is I have been not doing the first step(s).
Sudo depmod -a
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
But your very simple line "to write the config files" is my problem.
Do I have to create them by hand? I have bee trying to work with
ndisgtk.
Cheers,
Peter
The config files are created automatically but they are only the
hardware drivers for the PCMCIA card, they do not control the network
set-up.
For setting up the network I used a simple script that ran at boot
and ifconfig and iwconfig commands to get it up and running.
For example:
ifconfig eth0 down
ifconfig wlan0 up
iwconfig essid wlan0 networknamehere
iwconfig key open
dhcpcd wlan0
Does the PCMCIA card have a power LED on it and does it light up once
you run modprobe ndiswrapper? The reason I ask is because I can
remember installing MS drivers that should have worked for the card I
was using but for some reason wouldn't. In fact, most of the issues I
had with ndiswrapper were finding the correct drivers.
ndiswrapper -l should also have output stating 'device present' or
similar.
Cheers,
Dean
Yes, The PCMCIA card has a power LED and a Link LED. The Power one
comes on after the Modprobe Ndiswrapper command.
PM.
I'm guessing you've seen this:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper and
followed it through. By the sounds of it, the card should be working
fine. I would try changing the MAC address on an existing config file
and see if that works.
What kind of network are you trying to connect to and what security does
it have?
Cheers,
Dean
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