ndiswrapper help plz!!

**ezkimo** · 03-10-2007

I used the `ndiswrapper -r` command to remove all the installed "drivers" except the one .inf file from the drivers folder on my adapters CD.

Now when I type ndiswrapper -l to see if it is working I get this :
[root@localhost WDrivers]# ndiswrapper -l
installed drivers:
net5211 invalid driver!

On the CD for the adapter in the driver's folder their are the following files :
ar52119x.sys
ar5211.sys
net5211.cat
net5211.inf

The net5211.inf was the one I installed.
Since I installed the only .inf file could it be that another one of these needs to be installed? If so which one and if not What is my next step?

**Daan** · 03-10-2007

Hi ezkimo. I had the same problem, ndiswrapper told me I had an invallid driver. This happened after I told it to install a .inf that didn't exist. I could not remove it using the -r option. I could also not reinstall it when I did have that .inf file. I then manually removed the /etc/ndiswrapper/something directory that ndiswrapper had made for the non-present .inf file (it was an empty directory). After that, I could install it properly.

Still don't have it working under Linux though. iwconfig doesn't show any wireless things...

**ezkimo** · 03-10-2007

Thanks man... it worked!!!

[root@localhost WDrivers]# ndiswrapper -i net5211.inf
installing net5211 ...
[root@localhost WDrivers]# ndiswrapper -l
installed drivers:
net5211 driver installed

Then I modprobed to see if their were any errors and got this :

[root@localhost WDrivers]# modprobe ndiswrapper
[root@localhost WDrivers]#

Which indicates their are no problems.
I then tried to establish the SIDD and WPA key to find out their are no wlan devices

Now that the driver is installed, any idea on how to get my wlan device recognized?

**ezkimo** · 03-10-2007

When I tried to establish the SSID I got this :

[root@localhost ~]# iwconfig wlan0 essid "MySSID"
Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; No such device.

Even though the driver is properly installed...

**MikeTbob** · 03-10-2007

Post the output of these commands
ifconfig
dmesg | tail
less /etc/modprobe.conf
ls /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
EDIT: changed iwlist to ifconfig

**ezkimo** · 03-10-2007

[root@localhost ~]# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:14:22:BB:3F:3F
inet addr:192.168.1.101 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::214:22ff:febb:3f3f/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:19298 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:17476 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:19171005 (18.2 MiB) TX bytes:2590084 (2.4 MiB)
Interrupt:11

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:1729 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1729 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:2655372 (2.5 MiB) TX bytes:2655372 (2.5 MiB)

[root@localhost ~]# dmesg | tail
mtrr: 0xe8000000,0x8000000 overlaps existing 0xe8000000,0x2000000
mtrr: 0xe8000000,0x8000000 overlaps existing 0xe8000000,0x2000000
mtrr: 0xe8000000,0x8000000 overlaps existing 0xe8000000,0x2000000
agpgart: Found an AGP 2.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0.
agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 1x mode
agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:01:00.0 into 1x mode
[drm] Setting GART location based on new memory map
[drm] Loading R200 Microcode
[drm] writeback test succeeded in 2 usecs
pccard: card ejected from slot 0

[root@localhost ~]# less /etc/modprobe.conf
alias eth0 b44
alias eth1 ipw2200
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
options snd-card-0 index=0
options snd-intel8x0 index=0
remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/
modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
/etc/modprobe.conf (END)

[root@localhost ~]# ls /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
ifcfg-eth0 ifdown-ipv6 ifup ifup-isdn ifup-tunnel
ifcfg-eth1 ifdown-isdn ifup-aliases ifup-plip ifup-wireless
ifcfg-lo ifdown-post ifup-bnep ifup-plusb init.ipv6-global
ifdown ifdown-ppp ifup-eth ifup-post net.hotplug
ifdown-bnep ifdown-routes ifup-ippp ifup-ppp network-functions
ifdown-eth ifdown-sit ifup-ipsec ifup-routes network-functions-ipv6
ifdown-ippp ifdown-sl ifup-ipv6 ifup-sit
ifdown-ipsec ifdown-tunnel ifup-ipx ifup-sl

**MikeTbob** · 03-10-2007

It looks like you should be using eth1 instead of wlan0
Try iwconfig eth1 essid "MySSID"
If this still fails then you can do it manually by editting /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
EDIT: you'll probably need to disable the eth0 before eth1 will operate via DHCP.

**ezkimo** · 03-10-2007

I thought the eth0 was my wired connection.

**Oxygen** · 03-10-2007

He said eth ONE eth1.

BTW ndiswrapper -r won't do alot, because the remove driver command is ndiswrapper -e. Just an FYI.

**ezkimo** · 03-11-2007

I tried with eth1 and got this :
[root@localhost ~]# iwconfig eth1 essid "MySSID"
Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
SET failed on device eth1 ; No such device.

When I attempted to edit the file you specified I realized it was for the wrong wireless adapter... it is for ipw2200 which is my on board. The one I am trying to get working first is the D-Link adapter.
The file contained :
# Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
DEVICE=eth1
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
TYPE=Ethernet
USERCTL=no
IPV6INIT=no
PEERDNS=yes

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