Laptops :: Help getting NDIS wrapper working

Hi everyone,

I am trying to use ndiswrapper to get my wireless card working (Atheros ar5007EG) in DSL 4.4RC1.

The standard drivers do not work due to unrecognized hardware version.

I have the *.inf and *.sys driver for it.

Are they the only windows files I need? My working wifi windows partition is NTFS so I can't access it from DSL but can put the *.inf and *.sys file somewhere DSL can access.

Thanks b1m1

Sorry, can't help with ndiswrapper, but DSL can read NTFS just fine, it's writing that isn't recommended..

I think the trick might be to try several windows drivers until you get one that works.

In my case I had my broadcom wifi working in w2k, but the same driver would not work with ndiswrapper. I tried several drivers until I chanced on one for winxp that worked..

After trying the latest driver I searched the web and have located a driver that people report works but all I get out of ndiswrapper is a one line dmesg saying the driver is loaded.

Regards b1m1

after you issue the command modprobe ndiswrapper you should be able to issue the command iwconfig and see an unconfigured device. What does the command display? If no wireless is shown then check the ndiswrapper website.

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