Juanito
  
 
 
  
 
 
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Posted: Jan. 17 2008,17:57 | 
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| Quote  |  | with my wireless problem : |  
  - @ kuky, if it helps, here are the steps I took to get ndiswrapper working on my machine with dsl-4.2.4. This is using a router that broadcasts the essid and uses wep:| Code Sample  |  $ sudo ndiswrapper -i /mnt/sda1/drivers/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5a.inf Installing bcmwl5a Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2 Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2 Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2 Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2 Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2 Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2 Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2 Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
  $ ndiswrapper -l                                           Installed drivers: bcmwl5a         driver installed, hardware present
  $ sudo modprobe ndiswrapper $ lsmod Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted ndiswrapper           171708   0 usbcore                58016   1 [ndiswrapper hid usb-storage usb-uhci ehci-hcd]
  $ dmesg ... ndiswrapper version 1.14 loaded (preempt=no,smp=yes) ndiswrapper: driver bcmwl5a (Broadcom,10/20/2004, 3.70.22.0) loaded ndiswrapper: using irq 7 wlan0: vendor: '' wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:0b:7d:29:43:f6 using driver bcmwl5a, 14E4:4324.5.conf wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP; TKIP with WPA; AES/CCMP with WPA
  $ iwconfig ... Warning: Driver for device wlan0 recommend version 18 of Wireless Extension, but has been compiled with version 16, therefore some driver features may not be available...
  wlan0     IEEE 802.11a  ESSID:off/any             Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.462GHz  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00             Bit Rate:54Mb/s   Tx-Power:25 dBm              RTS thr:2347 B   Fragment thr:2346 B              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
  $ sudo iwlist wlan0 scan [had to do this several times before it worked] Warning: Driver for device wlan0 recommend version 18 of Wireless Extension, but has been compiled with version 16, therefore some driver features may not be available...
  wlan0     Scan completed :           Cell 01 - Address: 00:12:17:71:0F:5C                     ESSID:"juanito_essid"                     Protocol:IEEE 802.11b                     Mode:Managed                     Frequency:2.437GHz                     Quality:0/100  Signal level:-53 dBm  Noise level:-256 dBm                     Encryption key:on                     Bit Rate:1Mb/s                     Bit Rate:2Mb/s                     Bit Rate:5.5Mb/s                     Bit Rate:11Mb/s                     Bit Rate:18Mb/s                     Bit Rate:24Mb/s                     Bit Rate:36Mb/s                     Bit Rate:54Mb/s                     Bit Rate:6Mb/s                     Bit Rate:9Mb/s                     Bit Rate:12Mb/s                     Bit Rate:48Mb/s                     Extra:bcn_int=100                     Extra:atim=0
  $ sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid "juanito_essid" $ sudo iwconfig wlan0 key restricted 12:34:56:78:9A:BC:DE:F1:23:45:67:89:AB $ iwconfig ... wlan0     IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"juanito_essid"             Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437GHz  Access Point: 00:12:17:71:0F:5C             Bit Rate:54Mb/s   Tx-Power:25 dBm              RTS thr:2347 B   Fragment thr:2346 B              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
  $ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up $ sudo pump -i wlan0 $ sudo ping www.damnsmalllinux.org PING www.damnsmalllinux.org (65.254.46.177): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 65.254.46.177: icmp_seq=0 ttl=50 time=280.5 ms ... |    
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