FC 11 RPM for ndiswrapper

[suryaemlinux]

Hi,
I installed FC 11 live on a USB. I'm looking forward to connect my broadcom wireless card.

I tried "yum install kmod-ndiswrapper" but it says no update available.

I tried looking for i686 ndiswrapper rpm but no avail. Where can I find the i686 ndiswrapper rpm. I tried installing i586 ndiswrapper rpm but it failed.


Thanks for your help!!!

[zacam87]

have you tried just yum install ndiswrapper? im pretty sure lvina repo has it...

[waterhead]

You shouldn't need NDISwrapper for most Broadcom wireless cards. Most are covered by the b43 Linux driver. Those that aren't are covered by the Broadcom-wl driver.

If you post more info about your wireless we can assist you.

[suryaemlinux]

Hi,
I don't have my wlan details listed when I do "ifconfig". So, I assumed it didn't start the wlan. When I checked the network hardware part, it lists bm43 as wlan. I thought ndiswrapper may help me in this.


Regarding, "yum install ndiswrapper", it looks like I dont have the file for livna repo in my "/etc/yum.*/". What are the contents of that file? Can I get it from somehwere?

[waterhead]

Read the post linked to below. It explains the info that I need.

Wireless Setup - Start Here

Broadcom wireless need firmware installed. But I want more detailed info before I recommend anything.

[suryaemlinux]

Read the post linked to below. It explains the info that I need.

Broadcom wireless need firmware installed. But I want more detailed info before I recommend anything.

Hi Paul,
I did "dmesg" and a grep for firmware as you suggested in your wireless set-up. I found my broadcom driver firmware is outdated.

I logged onto linuxwireless (FC 11 message) and found the b43-fwcutter for my wireless card. Did installation as directed. It worked.


Thanks a lot for your help.

[waterhead]

I could have linked you up with a rpm that will install the firmware. Here it is in case you want to save it for future use.

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/att...5-0.noarch.rpm