ndiswrapper issues

[neal540]

I am using suse 10.1 on an hp zv6000 with a broadcom card. I installed ndiswrapper and the drivers, when I run ndiswrapper -l it tells me the dirver is loaded and hardware found. Then I run modprobe ndiswrapper and nothing happens? How do I get my wireless card to turn on? I am trying to learn linux so I'm a newbie, any help would be greatly appreciated. I have read the other forums but maybe Im missing something?

[Scratch_]

Run "iwlist scan" to see what interface the wireless will be on. (It'll be the one that doesn't say "Interface doesn't support scanning.") If it locates you're good to bring up the interface.

Run...
"ifconfig **interface** inet up"
Followed by...
"dhcpcd **interface**"
Test it using...
"ping www.google.com"

[jsatt]

have you set it up as a network device yet?

If not go to yast>network devices>network card...

Choose "Traditional method with ifup" and hit next. You'll get a list of all of you network cards. You'll probably only have your ethernet card listed.

Click Add, choose Wireless for you device type and type ndiswrapper in module name. everything else should be fine. Hit next

Fill in the settings for your IP setup (DHCP or static).
Click "Hostname and Name Server" and adjust those setting (via DHCP or static) hit ok.
click routing and enter the default gateway of your router (probably 192.168.1.1) Hit ok.
go to the General tab and make sure "Device activation" is set to "at boot"
Hit next, then enter your SSID info and hit next and next again.

This should get everything up and running for you.

[neal540]

I setup the wireless device and it still doesnt power on? I also ran the ifconfig and my wireless doesnt show up? I have a button on my laptop to turn on the wireless card but it doesnt do anything? I do I get the power to the card?