New to DSL - Internal Wireless?
Forum: Laptops
Topic: New to DSL - Internal Wireless?
started by: Kaiousama
Posted by Kaiousama on Mar. 22 2006,04:17
I've always liked stripped down Linux distros, since I normally place them on old hardware. However, I'm trying to get DSL running on my HP Laptop (roughly 8 months old), and this is my first time working with a computer with a wireless card.I have the LiveCD going, and I just can't figure out how to work with my INTERNAL wireless card to get a net connection running. Could anybody point me in a general direction to get this thing online?
The device manager in windows shows it as: Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN
Posted by hs7sv on Mar. 22 2006,05:06
pls go and get Window$ drivers:-| Quote (hs7sv @ Jan. 03 2006,08:04) |
| You can download drivers from < this website >. You need 2 files for WLAN: bcmwl5.inf and bcmwl5.sys |
and use ndiswrapper:-
| Quote (hs7sv @ Feb. 03 2006,09:54) | ||||
For ndiswrapper, I copied WLAN driver (inf and sys files) from Driver CD to /home/dsl/ and using:
If there is no error message, then using iwconfig command in aterm as Root:-
Note: all files in /home/dsl and /opt will be backup in /hda4/backup.tar.gz because I am using option: restore=hda4. Good luck  |
Posted by Kaiousama on Mar. 23 2006,04:40
ndiswrapper -l returns:Install ndis drivers:
bcmwl5 hardware present
ndiswrapper -m
modprobe config already contains alias directive
I can't get past the ndiswrapper -m part.
Posted by hs7sv on Mar. 23 2006,05:42
That means you did command: ndiswrapper -i /home/dsl/bcmwl5.inf before.Please do this command for removing the driver first:-
| Code Sample |
| ndiswrapper -e bcmwl5 |
then try again:-
| Code Sample |
| ndiswrapper -i /home/dsl/bcmwl5.inf ndiswrapper -l ndiswrapper -m |
Posted by Kaiousama on Mar. 24 2006,00:07
It's still giving me the exact same error when I do -m"modprobe config already contains alias directive"
Also, if I ignore that and try the iwconfig wlan0
"wlan0 No such device"
Posted by hs7sv on Mar. 24 2006,01:54
EDIT: NdisWrapper - < Installation > and < Troubleshooting > may help you. You may try boot with option: acpi=noirq or acpi=off.
Posted by Leesam on April 11 2006,22:03
I'm having a similar problem with my dell wireless 1370 minipci card and so far i've tried as many of the suggestions on the three threads i've found relating to getting wifi cards with broadcom 4318 chipset set up and working in DSL. Anyone got any more suggestions that may work?
Posted by linuxgimp on Sep. 10 2006,19:17
| Quote (Kaiousama @ Mar. 23 2006,19:07) |
| It's still giving me the exact same error when I do -m "modprobe config already contains alias directive" Also, if I ignore that and try the iwconfig wlan0 "wlan0 No such device" |
I'm getting the same thing?
Could someone please point me the correct HOWTO, Please
thanks