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Hello! I was wondering maybe someone can help me with ndiswrapper. I recently installed Fedora Core 6 (FC6) with the dreaded Linksys WPC11 v4.
I first tried following instructions from
http://www.linuxforums.org/network/w...and_linux.html
But now I have been following the instructions from http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/m...p/Installation

I followed the instructions, but when I get to entering ndiswrapper –m I get the following output:
module configuration contains directive install pci:v000010ECd00008180sv00008180sd000010ECbc*sc*i* /sbin/modprobe ndiswrapper
;you should delete that at /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper line 713, <MODPROBE> line 1.
module configuration contains directive install pci:v000010ECd00008180sv*sd*bc*sc*i* /sbin/modprobe ndiswrapper
;you should delete that at /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper line 713, <MODPROBE> line 2.
module configuration already contains alias directive

After doing all of that, the POWER and LINK lights of the card are ON. But when I try to install a wireless card in the Gnome GUI, I don’t see the option ndiswrapper(wlan0)

The tutorials haven’t been clear in specifying what to do after you DO get all the console commands/outputs correctly (should I go to the GUI and add the new wireless card ndiswrapper(wlan0) ?)

Any ideas to help me get the stuff working would really be appreciated!

Christian

PS: here’s the steps I followed Before doing ndiswrapper –m
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[root@localhost ~]# ndiswrapper -l
net8180 : driver installed
device (10EC:8180) present
[root@localhost ~]# depmod -a
[root@localhost ~]# modprobe ndiswrapper
[root@localhost ~]# dmesg
(lots of info)
ndiswrapper: driver net8180 (Realtek,10/07/2004,5.173.1007.2004) loaded
ndiswrapper: using IRQ 11
wlan0: ethernet device 00:0c:41:73:19:6e using NDIS driver: net8180, version: 0x500aa, NDIS version: 0x500, vendor: 'Realtek RTL8180 Wireless LAN (Mini-)PCI NIC ', 10EC:8180.5.conf
wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP; TKIP with WPA; AES/CCMP with WPA
wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (some numbers there, not x’es)
[root@localhost media]# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:off/any
Mode:Auto Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Tx-Power:20 dBm Sensitivity=0/3
RTS thr:2432 B Fragment thr:2432 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management: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

eth0 no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.

[root@localhost media]# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 02 - Address: 00:0F:66:91:73:A3
ESSID:"mylittleweb"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality:75/100 Signal level:-48 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0

[root@localhost media]# iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed
[root@localhost media]# iwconfig wlan0 key restricted ac6e18bf89
[root@localhost media]# iwconfig wlan0 essid latinamerica
[root@localhost media]# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"mylittleweb"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:0F:66:91:73:A3
Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Tx-Power:20 dBm Sensitivity=0/3
RTS thr:2432 B Fragment thr:2432 B
Encryption key:AC6E-18BF-89 Security mode:restricted
Power Management:off
Link Quality:67/100 Signal level:-53 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:-1069425439 Invalid misc:-1050748928 Missed beacon:0

[root@localhost media]# ifconfig wlan0 up

tpl

welcome to the forum

scan gives ESSID "mylittleweb"--why do you use
"latinamerica"

but never mind: "dhclient wlan0" should get an ip addr

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