not working: ndiswrapper

[dime]

I have installed ndiswrapper. i attempt to setup my card, wlan0, and:

root@kim:~# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power:25 dBm
RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 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

root@kim:~# iwconfig wlan0 essid Wireless
root@kim:~# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power:25 dBm
RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 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

root@kim:~# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 No scan results
root@kim:~#

The folks over at ndiswrapper's site dont seem very helpful with this...

[Metaljaz]

Assuming you are using Ubuntu since you did not say what distro you are using.
To check if driver is loaded type this command from the terminal:

sudo lsmod | grep <device driver>

if the driver that is loading is not the driver that you want you will
have to blacklist drivers that you do not wish to use.

[dime]

Fedora 5. Anyway, I didn't think of that

Will try soon.

[dime]

I see only ndiswrapper; no other thing that looks like it even begins to have anything to do with wireless drivers or anything that would interfere. Also, the only ndiswrapper-related thing i see is ndiswrapper itself.

[Metaljaz]

post more information about your wireless card so someone more familiar with fedora can assist you.

[dime]

I don't know, exactly... it's whatever came in my laptop...

lspci:

...
05:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
...

[Metaljaz]

Ok..based on the output of lspci you are using the bcm43xx chipset.
Follow the link below and you should be up and running:

http://fedoranews.org/mediawiki/inde...ng_Ndiswrapper

here is another link. Do the initial part and then click on the ndiswrapper setup link.

http://fedoramobile.org/fc-wireless/...8-ndiswrapper/

Try the one that seems the easiest to you

[oneminizut]

I'm running slack myself but I also have the bcm43xx chipset. A couple of sites that helped me are here:

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/m...index.php/List

and here:

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/m...p/Installation

[jglen490]

dime --

You have downloaded, and presumably installed, ndiswrapper. Please run:

sudo ndiswrapper -l

and that would be "-l" as in lower case L, not i or the number 1. Just to be sure !!

The ndiswrapper executable provides the means for a Windows driver to be used within the Linux environment. This means that you need to bring in the Windows driver (both the .inf and the .sys files) to Linux and have ndiswrapper install them. The .inf and the .sys files will normally come from the driver CD that comes with the Broadcom-chipped card. At times (I know it's true for FC 6 and maybe FC 5 also) it is necessary to "blacklist" the driver that the kernel loads (i.e., "bcm43xx") so that the "true" driver can do its thing. That was definitely the case with my Kubuntu install and my Buffalo Broadcom 4318 card. Anyway, double-check at the ndiswrapper wiki site for the special instructions that apply to Fedora Core, as in some cases there is a problem with the size of the driver file and the Fedora Core stack size.

Unfortunately, you are in for a little more research.

[dime]

dime --

You have downloaded, and presumably installed, ndiswrapper. Please run:

sudo ndiswrapper -l

and that would be "-l" as in lower case L, not i or the number 1. Just to be sure !!

The ndiswrapper executable provides the means for a Windows driver to be used within the Linux environment. This means that you need to bring in the Windows driver (both the .inf and the .sys files) to Linux and have ndiswrapper install them. The .inf and the .sys files will normally come from the driver CD that comes with the Broadcom-chipped card. At times (I know it's true for FC 6 and maybe FC 5 also) it is necessary to "blacklist" the driver that the kernel loads (i.e., "bcm43xx") so that the "true" driver can do its thing. That was definitely the case with my Kubuntu install and my Buffalo Broadcom 4318 card. Anyway, double-check at the ndiswrapper wiki site for the special instructions that apply to Fedora Core, as in some cases there is a problem with the size of the driver file and the Fedora Core stack size.

Unfortunately, you are in for a little more research.

Meh, I've looked all over the ndiswrapper site.

Also:
ndiswrapper -l shows my driver.