wireless connection setup

[pritesh]

hi
i installed debian linux in my laptop. now i want to setup wireless connection for internet use. my wireless is athron.

how i install drivers of wirelss so i use internet wireless.

[valemon]

Welcome to LinuxForums!

open the terminal and type lspci. Post the output here

[hooks35]

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to I/O Controller (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 81)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34M [GeForce FX Go5200] (rev a1)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5705M Gigabit Ethernet (rev 01)
02:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI7510 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 01)
02:01.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI7510,7610 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 01)
02:01.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCI7410,7510,7610 OHCI-Lynx Controller
02:01.3 System peripheral: Texas Instruments PCI7410,7510,7610 PCI Firmware Loading Function
02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)

[valemon]

You can get your wireless working by using ndiswrapper. There is a good installation guide in the link, try to install ndiswrapper and use windows drivers to get your wireless working. Also post the output of

lsmod

to see if you got to blacklist any modules. Post your progress and any problems, questions you might have.

[hooks35]

Hooks35:~ # lsmod
Module Size Used by
af_packet 19464 2
joydev 9024 0
xt_pkttype 1792 3
ipt_LOG 5632 8
xt_limit 2432 8
cpufreq_ondemand 6048 1
cpufreq_userspace 3732 0
cpufreq_powersave 1792 0
speedstep_centrino 6736 1
freq_table 4228 1 speedstep_centrino
button 6672 0
battery 9476 0
ac 4996 0
ip6t_REJECT 4992 3
xt_tcpudp 3072 3
ipt_REJECT 5120 3
xt_state 2048 12
iptable_mangle 2688 0
iptable_nat 7684 0
ip_nat 15660 1 iptable_nat
iptable_filter 2816 1
ip6table_mangle 2304 0
ip_conntrack 47916 3 xt_state,iptable_nat,ip_nat
nfnetlink 6040 2 ip_nat,ip_conntrack
ip_tables 11080 3 iptable_mangle,iptable_nat,iptable_filter
ip6table_filter 2688 1
ip6_tables 12360 2 ip6table_mangle,ip6table_filter
x_tables 11524 10 xt_pkttype,ipt_LOG,xt_limit,ip6t_REJECT,xt_tcpudp, ipt_REJECT,xt_state,iptable_nat,ip_tables,ip6_tabl es
ipv6 216704 13 ip6t_REJECT
apparmor 48412 0
aamatch_pcre 13440 1 apparmor
nls_utf8 2048 1
ntfs 188692 1
loop 14856 0
dm_mod 52200 0
usbhid 39392 0
pcmcia 34364 0
firmware_class 9728 1 pcmcia
shpchp 39104 0
pci_hotplug 23988 1 shpchp
ohci1394 29360 0
ieee1394 87480 1 ohci1394
i8xx_tco 6804 0
intel_agp 21020 1
agpgart 28976 1 intel_agp
ide_cd 35360 1
cdrom 32288 1 ide_cd
uhci_hcd 27280 0
ehci_hcd 26760 0
usbcore 108804 4 usbhid,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
tg3 88964 0
yenta_socket 23692 4
rsrc_nonstatic 12160 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 36624 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
parport_pc 34916 1
lp 10692 0
parport 31944 2 parport_pc,lp
reiserfs 209664 2
edd 8516 0
fan 4612 0
thermal 13448 0
processor 22468 2 speedstep_centrino,thermal
piix 9092 0 [permanent]
ide_disk 14976 5
ide_core 115900 3 ide_cd,piix,ide_disk




oh and I got stuck on the first step of the install, this is my first linux experience and I am trying the best I can

this is what the terminal said when i did the first step

Hooks35:~ # tar zxvf ndiswrapper-1.52.tar.gz
tar: ndiswrapper-1.52.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors


also tried

Hooks35:~ # tar zxvf ndiswrapper-version.tar.gz
tar: ndiswrapper-version.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
Hooks35:~ #

I know there is something I missed but I have no idea

[valemon]

where have you downloaded ndiswrapper? When you open the console the default path is your home directory. so if you got ndiswrapper downloaded somewhere else you need to change directory with the cd command and then unpack.

[robotichead]

Hooks35:~ # tar zxvf ndiswrapper-1.52.tar.gz

you dont have to use a console to untar the package... you can right hand click on it and extract it here... or where ever you want it... its kinda like a zip file but different...