wireless

[wtcsmj]

trying to make my wireless card run i install ndiswrapper this is what i get.

battey@battey-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package ndiswrapper-utils is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
ndiswrapper-common
E: Package ndiswrapper-utils has no installation candidate
battey@battey-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-common
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
ndiswrapper-common is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
battey@battey-laptop:~$ cd Linksys
battey@battey-laptop:~/Linksys$ sudo ndiswrapper -i linksys.inf
Error: no ndiswrapper utils found!

[muzicman0]

Re: wireless

just did a quick search...try

sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils-1.9

not at home, so can't try it, but this is the package that comes up in a search for hardy.

mm0

[wtcsmj]

Re: wireless

battey@battey-laptop:~/Linksys$ sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils-1.9
[sudo] password for battey:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
ndiswrapper-source
The following NEW packages will be installed:
ndiswrapper-utils-1.9
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 19.0kB of archives.
After this operation, 119kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 1.50-1ubuntu1 [19.0kB]
Fetched 19.0kB in 1s (13.7kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package ndiswrapper-utils-1.9.
(Reading database ... 92044 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 (from .../ndiswrapper-utils-1.9_1.50-1ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 (1.50-1ubuntu1) ...
battey@battey-laptop:~/Linksys$ sudo ndiswrapper -i linksys.inf
couldn't open linksys.inf: No such file or directory at /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper-1.9 line 219.
battey@battey-laptop:~/Linksys$ sudo ndiswrapper -i LSBCMNDS.inf
installing lsbcmnds ...
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2
battey@battey-laptop:~/Linksys$ cd /etc/ndiswrapper
battey@battey-laptop:/etc/ndiswrapper$ sude gedit
bash: sude: command not found
battey@battey-laptop:/etc/ndiswrapper$ sudo gedit
sudo: gedit: command not found
battey@battey-laptop:/etc/ndiswrapper$ dir
lsbcmnds
battey@battey-laptop:/etc/ndiswrapper$ sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
battey@battey-laptop:/etc/ndiswrapper$ sudo echo ndiswrapper >> /etc/modules
bash: /etc/modules: Permission denied
battey@battey-laptop:/etc/ndiswrapper$ sudo iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

battey@battey-laptop:/etc/ndiswrapper$




ONE MORE THING THAT MIGHT BE HELPFULL (for some one to help me diagnose my problem.)

every time i try to enable my wireless network interface under knetworkmanager manual configure it enables it then automatically disables it. am i even doing what i should be doing with all of the ndiswrapper stuff?

[muzicman0]

Re: wireless

OK, I don't use ndiswrapper, but I see a few problems...

battey@battey-laptop:~/Linksys$ sudo ndiswrapper -i linksys.inf
couldn't open linksys.inf: No such file or directory at /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper-1.9 line 219.

it's not finding the linksys.inf file, so it must not be in the directory where you are...

battey@battey-laptop:/etc/ndiswrapper$ sudo gedit
sudo: gedit: command not found

gedit is a gnome application, you should use

battey@battey-laptop:/etc/ndiswrapper$ kdesu kwrite

hope that gets you closer...I have used it in the past (ndiswrapper), and it does work, but you need to have the windows drivers in the folder where you are at in konsole.

mm0

[wtcsmj]

Re: wireless

muzicman0 thanks for your help i will try out your suggestions very soon but I am stuck with a bigger problem of my hard drive filled up and i can do anything till i get that figured out so i will get back to this problem as soon as i can please do not leave me I am sure i will still need your help with this problem in the future.
thanks

[Mathematicus]

Re: wireless

i am by no means good at this stuff, but i worked for four days trying to get my wireless to work, i finally got it working after trying well over 20 solutions, i am not sure what kind of chipset you have though...try this...

lspci -n | grep '14e4:43'

post your output if any, and i will see what i can do...

[jayhawk]

Re: wireless

sudo echo ndiswrapper >> /etc/modules

This should be:

echo ndiswrapper|sudo tee -a /etc/modules

However, this step only allows ndiswrapper to be loaded every time after booting.

When you get this up and running again, can you post the following:

lshw -C network
ifconfig
iwconfig
ndiswrapper -l

[wtcsmj]

Re: wireless

battey@battey-laptop:~$ lspci -n | grep '14e4:43'
02:00.0 0280: 14e4:4318 (rev 02)
battey@battey-laptop:~$

[wtcsmj]

Re: wireless

battey@battey-laptop:~$ echo ndiswrapper|sudo tee -a /etc/modules
[sudo] password for battey:
ndiswrapper
battey@battey-laptop:~$ lshw -C network
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: NetXtreme BCM5901 100Base-TX
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: b
bus info: pci@0000:00:0b.0
logical name: eth0
version: 01
serial: 00:06:1b:d9:48:3e
width: 64 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.86 firmware=5901-v3.6 ip=192.168.1.100 latency=64 mingnt=64 module=tg3 multicast=yes
*-network
description: Network controller
product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64 module=ssb
*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 1
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:16:b6:a5:5e:f3
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g
battey@battey-laptop:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:06:1b:d9:48:3e
inet addr:192.168.1.100 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::206:1bff:fed9:483e/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:14613 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:11330 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:21893621 (20.8 MB) TX bytes:861098 (840.9 KB)
Interrupt:11

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

battey@battey-laptop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thr=2346 B
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

battey@battey-laptop:~$ ndiswrapper -l
lsbcmnds : driver installed
device (14E4:4318) present (alternate driver: bcm43xx)
battey@battey-laptop:~$

[muzicman0]

Re: wireless

so, have you tried

modprobe ndiswrapper

The output of ndiswrapper -l shows that the driver is installed and the hardware is present. I remember something about having to blacklist my broadcom driver in linux when I used it last...you might try to google 'blacklist bcm43xx ndiswrapper' and see what you can find...

(I just did the google, and got a couple good hits)

mm0

[Mathematicus]

Re: wireless

check this site out, i think it will work for you, it is how i got mine working:


https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx/Feisty_No-Fluff

[jayhawk]

Re: wireless

Looking at your lshw -C network information, it looks like the b43 and ssb modules are still loaded. The thing that surprises me is that your ndiswrapper -l shows bcm43xx as your alternate driver. Can you post the results for:

lsmod|grep -i -e b43 -e ssb -e bcm43xx -e ndiswrapper
lspci -nnd 14e4:*

This will display if any of those modules are loaded. In order to have ndiswrapper work, we need to blacklist b43, bcm43xx, and possibly ssb. I am also asking for you to post the lspci again only because the first time, we only saw the wireless card. This time we need to see if you have the wired card for Broadcom also. If so, we cannot blacklist ssb or else you might lose your wireless. The post from Mathematicus does have a solution for that though (under Making it Permanent).

[wtcsmj]

Re: wireless

about the bcm43xx im not sure that is the right driver because mine is a linksys wpc54g could that be a problem or is that the right driver

[wtcsmj]

Re: wireless

battey@battey-laptop:~$ lsmod|grep -i -e b43 - e ssb-e bcm43xx -e ndiswrapper
(standard input):ndiswrapper 192920 0
(standard input):b43 115104 0
(standard input):rfkill 8592 18 rfkill_input,b43
(standard input):mac80211 165652 1 b43
(standard input):led_class 6020 1 b43
(standard input):input_polldev 5896 1 b43
(standard input):ssb 32260 1 b43
(standard input):usbcore 146028 3 ndiswrapper,ohci_hcd
grep: e: No such file or directory
grep: ssb-e: No such file or directory
grep: bcm43xx: No such file or directory



battey@battey-laptop:~$ lspci -nnd 14e4:*
00:0b.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5901 100Base-TX [14e4:170d] (rev 01)
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02)
battey@battey-laptop:~$

[wtcsmj]

Re: wireless

battey@battey-laptop:~$ lshw -C network
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: NetXtreme BCM5901 100Base-TX
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: b
bus info: pci@0000:00:0b.0
logical name: eth0
version: 01
serial: 00:06:1b:d9:48:3e
width: 64 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.86 firmware=5901-v3.6 ip=192.168.1.101 latency=64 mingnt=64 module=tg3 multicast=yes
*-network
description: Network controller
product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64 module=ssb
*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 1
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:16:b6:a5:5e:f3
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g
battey@battey-laptop:~$ iconfig
bash: iconfig: command not found
battey@battey-laptop:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:06:1b:d9:48:3e
inet addr:192.168.1.101 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::206:1bff:fed9:483e/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1705 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1703 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1493440 (1.4 MB) TX bytes:283597 (276.9 KB)
Interrupt:11

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

battey@battey-laptop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thr=2346 B
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

battey@battey-laptop:~$ ndiswrapper -l
lsbcmnds : driver installed
device (14E4:4318) present (alternate driver: bcm43xx)
battey@battey-laptop:~$