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Wireless not working even with ndiswrapper

 
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clsiburt



Joined: 30 Dec 2006
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 8:55 am    Post subject: Wireless not working even with ndiswrapper Reply with quote

Hi, I have an HP laptop with a broadcom wireless card. It is not supported with the 2.6.12 kernel, so I tried using ndiswrapper.

I followed all the instructions, and I can't get wlan0 to show up.

When I type these commands I get the results listed:

root@dslbox:/#ndiswrapper -l
Installed Drivers:
bcmwl5a driver installed

root@dslbox:/#modprobe ndiswrapper
goes to root prompt with no errors

root@dslbox:/#dmesg | grep ndiswrapper
ndisrapper version 1.14 loaded (preemt=yes,smp=yes)

root@dslbox:/#iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

No matter what I have tried, I just can't seem to get wlan0 to show up at all. Can anyone help me with this? I would really like to try using DSL, but wireless is a must for me since I stay in hotels about 20 days a month.

BTW, I'm using DSL-N on a USB thumbdrive.

Thanks
Chris
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roberts



Joined: 17 Apr 2006
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Location: OC CA USA

PostPosted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 1:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You missed a step.
Before an iwconfig you need to do create the wlan0 device use:

modprobe ndiswrapper
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