wireless card probs once more

[ankscorek]

im using ubuntu-7.10 and kubuntu-7.10...

im using hp pavillion dv6000 with vista

probs with broadcom which so many have and the problem has been addressed in forums

i used the restricted drivers to download the driver for broadcom wireless from the repositories

but im unable to use the wireless card

so i downloaded ndiswrapper

then i blacklisted bcm43xx

and installed bcmw4l6.inf which was available with windows vista on my laptop

no success

steps done

blacklisted bcmw43xx in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
ndiswrapper -i bcm4l6.inf
modprobe ndiswrapper


reboot

im unable to still use it

pl help

[dfuhrman]

Re: wireless card probs once more

Have you ran iwlist scan to see if you can even see the access point? I would also run modprope to make sure ndiswrapper is running

[ankscorek]

Re: wireless card probs once more

hmm i did one ammendment after removing the bcm43xx module i took a reboot and then did a feesh installation of a windowsXP driver found on net....

since i have no wireless nw around me im unable to check

however few basics tests gave me

#iwconfig wlan0 down
#iwconfig wlan0 up

earlier the OS refused to start the wlan0 interface...any further tests pl suggested may be written here so that i can post the output

[monte48lowes]

Re: wireless card probs once more

Have you added 'ndiswrapper' to /etc/modules?

echo "ndiswrapper" | sudo tee -a /etc/modules

You can run this command so that ndiswrapper will load on startup. For now you can load ndiswrapper as follows:

sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

Mike

[austingray]

Re: wireless card probs once more

Have you tried the restricted drivers manager yet?

[ankscorek]

Re: wireless card probs once more

how do i test my wireless card is working properly

[dfuhrman]

Re: wireless card probs once more

If there are any wireless AP's around at all like neighbors that may have wireless then iwlist scan will show you a list of wireless networks. You will at least know that your wireless nic is working

[ankscorek]

Re: wireless card probs once more

here is output of dmesg

[ 39.947438] ndiswrapper version 1.45 loaded (smp=yes)
[ 40.047834] ndiswrapper (link_pe_images:577): fixing KI_USER_SHARED_DATA address in the driver
[ 40.049769] ndiswrapper: driver bcmwl5 (Broadcom,10/12/2006, 4.100.15.5) loaded
[ 40.050415] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LK4E] enabled at IRQ 19
[ 40.050426] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> Link [LK4E] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 40.050462] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:03:00.0 to 64
[ 40.058599] ndiswrapper: using IRQ 19
[ 40.414998] wlan0: ethernet device 00:1a:73:60:f0:41 using NDIS driver: bcmwl5, version: 0x4640f05, NDIS version: 0x501, vendor: '', 14E4:4312.5.conf
[ 40.415034] wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP; TKIP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2PSK; AES/CCMP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2PSK


i guess it is working properly

my mobile is wifi enabled how do i connect it to my laptop via wifi

i have no wifi routers

just wifi enabled laptop and mobile phone