Has anyone successfully gotten the wireless card working on a dell e1505 / 6400 ? I'm running Ubuntu Dapper, and I've tried using ndiswrapper and the windows XP driver (bcmwl5.inf), but several problems have arisen. Here's what I've done
1. I used apt-get to install ndiswrapper-utils and ndisgtk
2. Downloaded & unzipped the windows driver from Intel
3. Installed the bcmlw5.inf file using the ndiswrapper gui.
4. After no wireless extensions appeared under iwconfig or in the System/Administration/Networking gui, I tried
5. $sudo depmod -a, and then
6. $sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

but iwconfig still reports:
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
sit0 no wireless extensions.

and no 'wlan0' exists in under the 'Networking' window...

After messing around with things a bit more (including uninstalling ndiswrapper, and using a more recent version compiled from source, to no avail), now
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
yields
FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found.
huh?
Did I miss something obvious? Seems like other folks are having problems with the wireless card on this machine as well, has anyone successfully gotten it to work?
thanks

Umm... mrp?

This laptop is using an Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11a/g card...
That card is natively supported by linux. Why are you using ndiswrapper?

From what I see on google everyone who installs Suse 10.0 or 10.1 on this laptop just enters in their wireless info and is online.

I have also ordered this laptop. The UPS truck should be here soon (I can't wait). After reading some other treads, I found this link. Hope it helps.

http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scri...9&submit=Go%21

I just got one of these laptops, and mine came with the Dell 1390 wireless. I think the Intel is an upgrade. I am also having issues getting my Kubuntu install to see the wireless nic, and would appreciate any suggestions.

Thanks...

Pretty sure it's the dell's 1390 wireless with a Broadcom chipset (some of the fancier models come with a better version, but not my cheap one).
Interestingly, after mucking around a bit (and installing the kernel headers for the right kernel), ifconfig and iwconfig now find wlan0, but I can never see any wireless networks. That is, opening System->Administration->Networking, clicking on wlan0 and then looking for available networks always returns a blank list. Any other thoughts?
thanks...