using ndiswrapperForum: Networking Topic: using ndiswrapper started by: Sina Posted by Sina on July 31 2005,02:15
I'm going to post again, trying to figure out how to install my wireless usb adapter. Considering myself a person of average intelligence, surely I can do this! I have surfed the web all day trying to find answers. I need to use ndiswrapper. I have a windows cd with the drivers on it, have read several tutorials on using ndiswrapper, but it still eludes me! When I pull up ndiswrapper in dsl, what do I put in the sid and wep boxes? What do I do from there? I have tutorials with codes, but don't know where to type them. patience with the grasshopper, please. (newbie!!) Sina Posted by newOldUser on July 31 2005,21:01
To make wireless networking work you need to establish connection between your wireless network adapter on the computer and the wireless router. If you don't have a wireless router you might be able to connect to other wireless network adapters on a peer-to-peer basis but that's not what I'm going to talk about. The SSID and WEP are for the wireless router type of connection. Whoever set the router up determined these values (or used the defaults). You need to talk to the person who set the router up. Think of SSID as the name of your wireless network and WEP is the encryption code needed to talk on the network. A linksys router that I was working on had the defaults of NO WEP and LINKSYS as the SSID. To view the Admin page of the Linksys router you connected to it (through a cable or wireless connection) then went to web address 192.168.1.1 That brought up a sign in page, don't remember the id and password, but it was in the user manual. After that you could set the SSID and WEP to be whatever you wanted for your network. This was for a Linksys router, each brand is probably a little different on how you set it up and what the defaults are. Good luck. Posted by UndCon on Aug. 01 2005,08:09
in my case i had to fill in sid in order to get the wlan to work...the sid is the same as ssid on the router - the routers name i also using ndiswrapper... |