Configuring WLAN card in Mandriva 2006

julian.osorio · 04-17-2006, 12:12 PM

Greetings

The last week i installed Mandriva 2006 in my laptop
everithing is ok except the wlan card
Broadcom Corporation
BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller

there is an option of use the ndiswrapper to use the windows driver
(an .inf) but i didn´t work

i don´t know what to do now

anybody can help me????

GrueMaster · 04-18-2006, 09:52 PM

I too had an issue with Mandriva and the ndiswrapper. I found that adding it to the hotswap config files made it work. I can't remember exactly where I added it, but I'll check tomorrow (laptop is at work). Did you at least get it to work with the ndiswrapper? You may need to download the driver from the net or use wine to run the installation routine.

julian.osorio · 04-19-2006, 01:40 PM

i have been looking for the ndiswrapper

but i don´t know how to look for the version of the ndiswrapper
there is a comment to do that???

GrueMaster · 04-20-2006, 01:28 AM

Open the Mandriva Control Center ("Configure your Computer" in the system menu). Select network, setup new interface. Follow the wizard, the second screen will allow you to select the ndiswrapper (Use a Windows driver). From there, follow the wizard's directions. It will ask for the driver disk that came with the card.