Fedora 8 and Linksys WMP54G help

04-28-2008	#1 (permalink)
melog625 Just Joined! Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 8	Fedora 8 and Linksys WMP54G help I'm trying to switch over to Linux right now, so I am new to how everything works. I am having trouble with my wireless card (WMP54G) in Fedora 8. I have used ndiswrapper and installed the driver from the disk, but I dont know where to go from here. Fedora 8 is on a dual boot set up with Windows XP, where the card works just fine. Thanks for you patience in dealing with my Linux ignorance

04-28-2008	#2 (permalink)
techieMoe Super Moderantor Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 9,259	Ok. You've installed the driver. You shouldn't have to do anything else. What method did you use to install the driver? __________________ Registered Linux user #270181 TechieMoe's Tech Rants

04-28-2008	#3 (permalink)
melog625 Just Joined! Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 8	ndiswrapper -i /media/WMP54G/Drivers/bcmwl5.inf from the disk I used ndiswrapper -l to see what I had after and it displyed bcmwl5.inf When I go to add another connection Fedora says that I have no wireless cards installed

04-28-2008

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Originally Posted by melog625

ndiswrapper -i /media/WMP54G/Drivers/bcmwl5.inf
from the disk
I used ndiswrapper -l to see what I had after and it displyed bcmwl5.inf

When I go to add another connection Fedora says that I have no wireless cards installed

I'm not sure if this is strictly necessary, but after I do an install, I always write to the modules as well with:

Code:

ndiswrapper -ma
ndiswrapper -mi

Then reboot.

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04-28-2008	#5 (permalink)
melog625 Just Joined! Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 8	Thanks the card is working now!

04-29-2008	#6 (permalink)
waterhead Trusted Penguin Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Franklin, Wisconsin Posts: 3,934	I think that the step that you missed was this: Code: modprobe ndiswrapper This would load the module, it also was loaded after a reboot. __________________ Paul Please do not PM me with requests for help. I will not reply.

04-29-2008	#7 (permalink)
valemon Linux Engineer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Volos Posts: 914	Post the output of Code: ndiswrapper -l lsmod \| grep ndiswrapper lsmod \| grep b44 lsmod \| grep ssb iwconfig lspci \| grep Network __________________ Linux is like a Teepee, No Windows, No Gates, Only Apache Inside! Arch/Moblin Linux user #442041

04-29-2008	#8 (permalink)
melog625 Just Joined! Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 8	So I removed the driver from ndiswrapper and started over, here is the output of what happened: [root@localhost ~]# ndiswrapper -i /media/WMP54G/Drivers/bcmwl5.inf installing bcmwl5 ... 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 [root@localhost ~]# ndiswrapper -l bcmwl5 : driver installed device (14E4:4320) present (alternate driver: ssb) [root@localhost ~]# modprobe ndiswrapper **Rebooted the System** [root@localhost ~]# ndiswrapper -l bcmwl5 : driver installed device (14E4:4320) present (alternate driver: ssb) [root@localhost ~]# lsmod \| grep ndiswrapper [root@localhost ~]# lsmod \| grep b44 [root@localhost ~]# lsmod \| grep ssb ssb 29893 1 b43 [root@localhost ~]# 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 thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B Encryption key:off 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 [root@localhost ~]# lsmod \| grep Network I can't see the card when I go to add a network connection. Linux gives me the option for "Other wireless device" which is just a list of Ethernet drivers

04-29-2008	#9 (permalink)
waterhead Trusted Penguin Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Franklin, Wisconsin Posts: 3,934	I thought that you said that it was working? If it isn't working with ndiswapper, it most likely is because a native Linux driver is loading first, and grabbing control of the wireless. It says that the alternate driver is ssb. Take a look at this thread. http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/red...tallation.html Please post the entire output of this command Code: /sbin/lsmod And this: Code: /sbin/lspci -nn \| grep Network __________________ Paul Please do not PM me with requests for help. I will not reply. Last edited by waterhead; 04-30-2008 at 12:00 AM.. Reason: Changed lspci command to grep

04-30-2008	#10 (permalink)
melog625 Just Joined! Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 8	I followed the directions on the other thread (rmmod everything then modprobe it) and a wireless connection appeared with the device wlan0 as the connector. But there is no wlan0 on the hardware list of the network config, and when I try to activate the connection I get: SIOCSIFLAG: No file or directory Determning IP for wlan0...failed

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