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Dell Truemobile Dell Truemobile 1400 minipci 802.11b
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01-16-2005
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Description:
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Card: Dell Truemobile 1400 minipci 802.11b
Chipset: Broadcom BCM4309
Driver: ftp://ftp.dell.com/network/R74092us.EXE
Kernel: 2.4.26
Distro: Slackware 10.0
ndiswrapper: 0.7
Follow the instructions to install ndiswrapper:
1. Login as root.
2. CD into the folder where you will extract the ndiswrapper source. (i.e. /home/someone)
3. Type "tar -xvzf ndiswrapper-VERSION-NO.tar.gz" where VERSION-NO is the verison of ndiswrapper.
4. Type "make install". If this has installed correctly you would be able to use "ndiswrapper -l" to check that it atleast works.
5. Download the driver for Dell Truemobile 1400. Extract "bcmwl5a.inf" located in the AR directory.
6. Type "ndiswrapper -i /path_to/bcmwl5a.inf" where path_to is the path to where the file is located.
7. Try entering "ndiswrapper -l" to see if the hardware is present. You should see an output like "Installed ndis drivers, bcmwl5a hardware present".
8. Now type "modprobe ndiswrapper", followed by "ndiswrapper -m". That is the last thing you will have to do with ndiswrapper. If you have gotten any errors please check to see if you are using the 2.4.26 kernel along with ndiswrapper version 0.7. If that doesn't solve it please see the actual ndiswrapper installation guide.
9. Next we will have to configure the wireless settings to connect to your Access Point. To do this we will have to edit /ect/rc.d/rc.wireless.conf
10. Type "vi /etc/rc.d/rc.wireless.conf" into the console. Find the part that looks like this...
## Pick up any Access Point, should work on most 802.11 cards
*)
INFO="Any"
ESSID="ESSIDE"
;;
## ---------- END SECTION TO REMOVE ------------
11. You can probably just delete everything after "END SECTION TO REMOVE", that's what I did. Now we have to modify this file to use the ESSID and WEP to connect to the AP. This is what my /etc/rc.d/rc.wireless.conf file looks like...
## Pick up any Access Point, should work on most 802.11 cards
*)
INFO="Myinfo"
ESSID="my_essid"
CHANNEL="11"
MODE="Managed"
RATE="auto"
KEY="open my_key"
;;
## ---------- END SECTION TO REMOVE ------------
*Note* I had problems when I left out "open" in the KEY section, so if you use a WEP type in open followed by the hex equivalent of your key. Once you are done editing this file type "ESC" which will show "Command" in the lower right hand corner of the console. Now type ":w" then ":q" which will write and quit.
12. Now we have to modify /etc/rc.d/rc.local using vi. Add these lines to this file
/etc/rc.d/rc.wireless wlan0
dhcpcd wlan0
Now write and quit this file. This script will run everytime your computer boots up.
13. The final step I had to do was to modify the /etc/rc.d/rc.modules file. I went to the last line of that file and typed in
/sbin/modprobe ndiswrapper
Now write and quit this file.
14. Restart your computer and the wireless card should be working fine now.
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Keywords:
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Truemobile 1400 ndiswrapper broadcom
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/sbin/lspci output:
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02:03.0 Network Controller: Broadcom Corporation: Unknown device 4324 (rev 03)
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Chipset:
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Broadcom BCM4309
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Connection Type:
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miniPCI
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