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By AceofSpades19 at 2007-11-18 15:33
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Greetings, welcome to my guide on Ndiswrapper and wpa_supplicant
Compiling Ndiswrapper from source
1. Get the ndiswrapper source code from http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net and untar it(I presume you know how to untar sourcecode)
NOTE:Make sure you have gcc, kernel source and kernel headers installed before compiling ndiswrapper
2.cd to where the ndiswrapper sourcecode is, run
then, as root
3.cd to the directory with your wireless drivers, and run, as root
Code:
ndiswrapper -i <driver>.inf
4.now run, as root
5. now run, as root
Code:
modprobe ndiswrapper
now your card should be up
Installing Ndiswrapper on Ubuntu with .deb packages
1. install these packages http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/misc/ndiswrapper-common and http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/misc/ndiswrapper-utils-1.9
2.cd to the directory with the wireless drivers and run, as root
Code:
ndiswrapper -i <driver>.inf
3. Now run, as root
4.Now run, as root
Code:
modprobe ndiswrapper
Getting wpa_supplicant working
1. first verify that you have it installed by typing
if that doesn't do anything, install it through your distro's package manager
2. Now you must make a config file in /etc, called wpa_supplicant.conf, here is a sample
Code:
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0
eapol_version=1
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1
network={
scan_ssid=1
ssid="putacesspointnamehere"
proto=WPA
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=TKIP
group=TKIP
psk="putpasskeyhere"
}
That template has worked very well for me
3. now run, as root
Code:
wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -Dwext -w
replace wlan0 with the actual device name of your wireless card
4.now run, as root
replace wlan0 with actual device name of your wireless card
Now you should be connected to the internet, congratulations
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