Winter Knight
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Posted: Dec. 16 2006,01:23 |
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I think I know what is wrong. I also have a prism54 chipset. However, try this first:
There are a couple of things you may have done wrong:
1) Make sure ndiswrapper is modprobed.
2) "iwconfig wlan0 essid WLAN" is right. "iwconfig wlan0 ssid WLAN" is wrong. iwconfig expects essid. I'm not sure exactly what, if any, the difference between essid and ssid is, but iwconfig only accepts essid.
Try this, from the beginng: (reboot)
| Code Sample | sudo su
ndiswrapper -i /home/dsl/wlan/wg511v2.inf
modprobe ndiswrapper
ndiswrapper -l
iwconfig |
After ndiswrapper, you should see driver and hardware present. After iwconfig, hopefully, wlan0, or ath0, or something like that shows up with some wireless info (IEEE 802.11g, ESSID, Frequency, etc). If so, continue:
| Code Sample | iwconfig wlan0 essid "WLAN"
pump -i wlan0 |
If you don't see wlan0 anywhere, something is wrong, and I think I know exactly what it is. Like i said before, I also have a prism54 chipset wireless card. Even with ndiswrapper, it requires a 2.6 kernel. DSL has a 2.4 kernel. The 2.6 kernel requirement theory is further reinforced by the success storeies on ndiswrapper having all occurred with a 2.6 kernel. I solved this problem with my card by using DSL-N, instead of DSL. It worked like magic. All the frustration went away.
DSL-N is beta software. It is twice the size of DSL. It includes the newer, 2.6 kernel, as well as the full core utils, mplayer, and some other common, larger pieces of software. Honestly, I believe it is capable of everyday use. Many people, in fact, use it for everyday use. I think it is your best bet to get your card working.
Sorry I didn't notice this earlier.
Also, the fullmac, softmac thing you were referring to, only applies to the prism54 native driver. Getting that to work is a nightmare (If simplicity was a person, she would have nightmares about the structure of prism54.org), and also requires a 2.6.13+ kernel (not available in either DSL). The windows drivers have the firmware (full/soft mac) in their drivers. No need to worry about firmware when using ndiswrapper.
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