On 19/09/12 22:02, Peter Merchant wrote:
On 19/09/12 17:21, Peter Merchant wrote:
On 18/09/12 21:50, Dean Ramsden wrote:
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.
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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Yes, That is the link that I have been trying to use.
My home network has WPA2 encryption and eventually I want to connect
to that. I have fired up a netgear router with Default configuration,
no security, at the moment as a first step. When I do iwconfig it
shows me an ESSID: off/any.
As I noted earlier when I try and use the wireless config tool, all
options are greyed out so I can't edit anything. That's why I want
to find a config file to edit manually.
Above all I am concerned that usually I use a zd1211 wireless USB
stick and it's configuration might be mucking up or somehow affecting
my set-up for the PCMCIA card.
Cheers,
Peter
*** Correction. when I tried to use the wireless configuration
manager out of Ndisgtk it was greyed out.
When I used it from the status line it was OK, I was able to create a
new connection to the NETGEAR, and it showed in iwconfig, and the link
LED flashed. revisiting the configuration showed it to be in ad-hoc
mode rather than infrastructure (I don't know why) and changing that
lost the ability to flash the Link LED.
Problem is, when I was at Clives the other day, we changed the essid
of the Netgear, and I don't remember what to. Time to get the cable
out.
PM.
I wouldn't worry about the greyed-out options on NdisGTK for the moment,
the device seems to be set-up correctly. Which program are you using to
manage your internet connections?
You can look for wifi networks from the command line with 'iwlist wlan0
scan'.
Dean
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