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    NDISwrapper not working

    i just installed the .iso of feisty and i'm having wireless problems. i remember the basic steps to getting it working, as it had been fine with 6.10 (and when i did the live upgrade thing to 7.04)

    1. download ndiswrapper (i get it from automatix2)
    2. find the proper driver for my card (linksys wmp54gs)
    3. obviously get the driver onto my system
    4. use the ndiswrapper, via application titled "windows wireless drivers" in my k-menu to choose the .inf file (mine is bcmwl5.inf)
    5. check to see if hardware is present
    6. blacklist BCM43xx
    7. restart

    so strangely, the exact same driver that i was using in 6.10 is the one i used when upgrading, yet does not say hardware is present. it did last time.
    other strange thing. after about 2 or 3 rounds of me going through those steps, uninstalling, reinstalling, etc... when i click on "windows wireless drivers" from my k-menu, it opens up for a second then disappears.
    my network settings manager gives me the green checkmark on my wireless card. i decided to download an apparent upgrade of my driver and try that, but i can't even open up the NDISwrapper app to install it.

    this whole thing is just mind boggling! help pretty please with a cherry on top!

    oh, p.s. my ethernet (wired) works, but not wireless... if that was valuable info
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    Re: NDISwrapper not working

    Having the same thing. also noticed that when I try to set up the 4318 in my Hell(dell), it disables my wireless for windows... dual boot due to media codecs. I'd also appreciate knowing how to solve this one.
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      Re: NDISwrapper not working

      Same problem with Feisty here, I decided to go back to previous release, and wait until they work around all these little bugs as I am new to Linux and don't know my way around that well. Good luck you guys, I'll keep checking back here to see if the problem gets resolved.


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        Re: NDISwrapper not working

        I got it to work, I first reinstalled the ndiswrapper following the steps here:

        http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...41852#msg41852

        Then, since you already installed the driver:

        This is how I got my connection to start automatically when starting Linux:

        My Wireless Connection Security on my router is configured like this:
        ESSID: RCMP
        Current Keys
        WEP
        128bit 26 hex
        1CC9F1846C8ED33942H3E572 (<---- You use your own WEP key of course)

        First go and Check this Configuration:
        System Settings--> Network Settings --> Network Connections

        Determine how your Wireless device is recognized in your system:
        Is it eth0, eth1, eth0, or wlan0?

        Mine was 'wlan0' on Edgy, but when I upgraded to Feisty it got changed to 'eth1', so I lost my network, I fixed it by I reinstalling "ndiswrapper" and changed the following two files as follows (you gotta be root)
        on:
        /etc/rc.local I added at the bottom:

        ifdown eth1
        ifup eth1
        exit 0

        and on:
        /etc/network/interfaces I added:

        auto eth1
        iface eth1 inet dhcp
        wireless yes
        wireless_mode managed
        wireless_essid RCPP
        wireless_key open 1CC9F1846C8ED33942H3E572CD
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