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By barton at 2004-11-29 18:29
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If you use this guide please offer a response. Also please ask questions I am willing to help. If you need and explanation do NOT hesitate to post. Enjoy!
1.
Code:
tar -zxvf ndiswrapper-0.11.tar.gz
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Code:
cd ndiswrapper-0.11
3. 4.
Code:
ndiswrapper -i /mnt/cdrom/Drivers/wmpci54g.inf
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Code:
modprobe ndiswrapper
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Code:
Installed ndis drivers:
wmpci54g driver present, hardware present
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Code:
Adding "alias wlan0 ndiswrapper" to /etc/modules.conf
8. 9.
Code:
wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"linksys"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437GHz Access Point: 00:0F:66:58:7E:A6
Bit Rate:18Mb/s Tx-Power:14 dBm
RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:94/100 Signal level:-53 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:347 Invalid misc:7753 Missed beacon:0
Open /etc/rc.d/rc.wireless.conf
Scroll down until you see this:
Code:
## --------- START SECTION TO REMOVE -----------
## Pick up any Access Point, should work on most 802.11 cards
*)
INFO="Any ESSID"
ESSID="any"
;;
## ---------- END SECTION TO REMOVE ------------
Edit it to match this:
Code:
## --------- START SECTION TO REMOVE -----------
## Pick up any Access Point, should work on most 802.11 cards
*)
INFO="linksys"
ESSID="linksys"
CHANNEL="6"
;;
## ---------- END SECTION TO REMOVE ------------
Save it.
Open /etc/rc.d/rc.local and add this to the end of the file:
Code:
/etc/rc.d/rc.wireless wlan0
/sbin/dhcpcd wlan0
Save it.
You are finished. Now the wireless card will be ready to use every time you boot up.
Questions or comments, please post.
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