ndiswrapper problems

[theroyalkat]

Hello everyone!

I am brand new to Kubuntu as i have recently decided to boycott microsoft!!

I have installed 7.10 on one of my desktops and everything went fine except the newtworking.

I am not a total dweeb on code and programing, but i am feeling like one on this!!


I am assuming my Netgear usb wireless adapter driver is not linux supported.

I tried numerous times to use the ndiswrapper -i command or the utils with no luck so far.

They did not seem to be on my disk said it was replaced by another but the commands dont work.

I downloaded it and then placed it on the computer and well i cant seem to get the right commands for the new version of ndiswrapper.

I have done all i know to do and being so new i am lost.

I feel like i need step by step instructions for the right program and version to get this desktop connected and back in service.

Can anyone help me??

I desperately need this computer working!!

Thanks!! Teresa!!

[sqlpython]

Re: ndiswrapper problems

Teresa,
This requires that you place the WinXP Wireless drivers the *.inf and the *.sys off the WinXP Wireless Driver disk or from a running WinXP directory.
I placed mine in a hidden dot file of my /home dir called .wireless the location is your choice but you must use the dir when calling the driver.
You can check your ndiswrapper version that it isn't below 1.38...
ndiswrapper -v

Also if you use a bcm43xx or similar wifi driver then you must add the Linux driver to the /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist at the bottom so that the Linux version isn't loaded and confilicts with the WinXP version you load.
You can check to see that another Wifi driver isn't loading in a console with
lsmod
command
If so Add to blacklist
Ok here is my sequence..
You can follow this sequence over and over to unload and reload the driver.
Reboot to assure the system picks it up and then you might have to enable it by right clicking /enable in KNetworkManager > Manual Configuration
...but maybe not and should only have to do this once..

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sudo rmmod ndiswrapper

sudo ndiswrapper -l

sudo ndiswrapper -e bcmwl5

sudo ndiswrapper -l

sudo ndiswrapper -i /home/sqlpython/.wireless/bcmwl5.inf

sudo ndiswrapper -m

sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

*****Successful Sequence Below*************
***** This is the results I would get per command***
*** starting by checkng to see if the driver is loaded and removing it ***
*** Note when your remove with the -e you use no driver file extension**
sudo ndiswrapper -l
Password:
bcmwl5 : driver installed
device (13xx.xxx.x) present (alternate driver: bcm43xx)

sudo rmmod ndiswrapper
sudo ndiswrapper -e bcmwl5
sudo ndiswrapper -i /home/sqlpython/.wireless/bcmwl5.inf
installing bcmwl5 ...
sudo ndiswrapper -l
bcmwl5 : driver installed
device (13xx.xxx.x) present (alternate driver: bcm43xx)
sudo ndiswrapper -m
module configuration already contains alias directive

sudo modprobe ndiswrapper