Linksys wpc54gs version 2, Fedora 6

12-02-2006	#1 (permalink)
zippin Just Joined! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 26	Linksys wpc54gs version 2, Fedora 6 So I have done some searching and found people getting it to work but I am having some problems. I am trying to install the drivers with ndiswrapper-1.30. but I cant get it to work. Can someone here give me a step by step or point me in the right direction. I am using fedora 6 and am a noob Thanks Josh

12-03-2006	#2 (permalink)
zippin Just Joined! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 26	Ok I installed the ndiswrapper but when I type root@localhost NT]# ndiswrapper -i LSBCMNDS.inf bash: ndiswrapper: command not found I get that error. Please help

12-03-2006	#3 (permalink)
Dapper Dan Super Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: The Sovereign State of South Carolina Posts: 4,136	Try: Code: /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper -i LSBCMNDS.inf __________________ CRUX 2.5 + IceWM Registered:#371367 New Members: click here

12-03-2006	#4 (permalink)
zippin Just Joined! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 26	ok well I got the driver installed but I still cant get it to connect.

12-03-2006	#5 (permalink)
Dapper Dan Super Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: The Sovereign State of South Carolina Posts: 4,136	Did you do: Code: /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper -l after installing the .inf file? Did it say "hardware present? After that, did you do: Code: /sbin/depmod -a Then: Code: /sbin/modprobe ndiswrapper To initiate the driver? If having done that, did you configure your connection with: Code: system-config-network ? __________________ CRUX 2.5 + IceWM Registered:#371367 New Members: click here Last edited by Dapper Dan; 12-03-2006 at 03:24 AM..

12-03-2006	#6 (permalink)
zippin Just Joined! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 26	yes I have done that. here is what I was following http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/m...interface_name From what I can tell everything went well just cant connect

12-03-2006	#7 (permalink)
Dapper Dan Super Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: The Sovereign State of South Carolina Posts: 4,136	OK, let's see if ndiswrapper is present. From the command line, do: Code: /sbin/lsmod Is ndiswrapper present there? __________________ CRUX 2.5 + IceWM Registered:#371367 New Members: click here

12-03-2006	#8 (permalink)
zippin Just Joined! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 26	yes it is the first thing on the list it say ndiswrapper 187028 0 but the card is not currently in the computer

12-03-2006

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Originally Posted by zippin

but the card is not currently in the computer

? You are trying to get a wireless card going without it being in the computer? What am I missing here? Is this a PC card for a notebook?

EDIT: OK, I Froogled it and see that it is. You can't configure the card for the Internet unless it is "plugged" in.

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12-03-2006	#10 (permalink)
zippin Just Joined! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 26	it is a notebook and I dont have the internet at my house but i pick up someones wifi and I am boring a wifi card from a friend and it works so I have to have it in to get on the net and then I pull it out and put in mine to try and get it to work because they both dont fit in. kind of weird sorry and thanks for the help edit yea I know i just have to swap them

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