WIFI dongle

[nilsA]

I have a Philips CPWA 054 USB WIFI dongle, but the 6.10 program does not detect it. Tried to read some on the Internet regarding this dongle, but honestly, I don't understand anything of it.

So, my question is: Can I use it in Kubuntu 6.10?

[nilsA]

Re: WIFI dongle

After a long search, I came to understand what the idea regarding ndiswrapper is: A program that understand the windows drivers.

Then I followed the procedure in this:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...er/Ndiswrapper

and things look fine - except it seems Kubuntu don't "see" my USB at all.

The ndiswrapper is there, and the windows driver is found and correctly identified.

when I run:

lsusb

I get:

bus0002 Device 02: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon ... Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)
bus0001 Device 01: 0000:0000

The dongle Philips CPWUA054 usb 11g is on the Sourceforge list.

Anyone knowing what to do now?

[krazy]

Re: WIFI dongle

Try installing KnetworkManager..

[nilsA]

Re: WIFI dongle

Try installing KnetworkManager..

How do I do that without Internet connection to the Kubuntu PC?

[krazy]

Re: WIFI dongle

http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...etworkmanager/

Download the correct package from the link above (you may have to also get dependencies - I'm not sure, but kubuntu will tell you)

If ndiswrapper is installed correctly, you should be able see your wireless network in knetworkmanager.

[nilsA]

Re: WIFI dongle

http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...etworkmanager/

Download the correct package from the link above (you may have to also get dependencies - I'm not sure, but kubuntu will tell you)

... and it did; I can find only two of the required lib-something et.

If ndiswrapper is installed correctly, you should be able see your wireless network in knetworkmanager.

Actually that is what I am not sure is done. In the instructions I mentioned earlier, I was asked to find the xxxxxxx type address - but can't see where to introduce it.

If I do

sudo ifup wlan0

(I think - this is another computer)

I am given the opportunity to introduce an address, but the two-times-four hex code is not accepted. It looks like this may have something to do with that it is an USB, not PCI?

The dongle is there with lsusb, but not lspci

[krazy]

Re: WIFI dongle

for me, ndiswrapper installs itself as eth0 not wlan0.
show us the results of

ifconfig

apart from that, I have no experience in usb dongles...