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Distribution: RHEL/CentOS/SL 5 i386 and x86_64 pata for IDE in use
Posts: 4,790
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Three things,
1. remove the /etc/modprobe.conf line; alias eth1 ndiswrapper
2. rename the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 file to ifcfg-wlan0 and do not forget to change the DEVICE= line in the file to read DEVICE=wlan0
3. make sure that this newly named file is also in the /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices and /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default directories, also remove the old (bad) ifcfg-eth1 files from both directories if present.
Distribution: RHEL/CentOS/SL 5 i386 and x86_64 pata for IDE in use
Posts: 4,790
Rep:
Try changing these values to no;
IPV6INIT=yes
PEERDNS=yes
Also if your eth0 device is on the same network as the wireless device they both cannot be active at the same time. You may want to add the router's IP address to the ifcfg-wlan0 file; GATEWAY=XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
I use static IP addressing myself but for comparison here is a copy of my ifcfg-wlan0 file and iwconfig output;
$ cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0
# Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt
# for the documentation of these parameters.
ONBOOT=yes
USERCTL=yes
IPV6INIT=no
PEERDNS=no
TYPE=Wireless
DEVICE=wlan0
HWADDR=
BOOTPROTO=none
IPADDR=192.168.49.40
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
GATEWAY=192.168.49.10
DHCP_HOSTNAME=Asprie5000
DOMAIN=
ESSID=
CHANNEL=6
MODE=auto
Code:
lo no wireless extensions.
tunl0 no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"AP_Router" Nickname:"Aspire5000"
Mode:Auto Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:0A:E9:09:EC:60
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power:25 dBm
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:75/100 Signal level:-48 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:719 Invalid misc:90857 Missed beacon:0
Distribution: RHEL/CentOS/SL 5 i386 and x86_64 pata for IDE in use
Posts: 4,790
Rep:
A couple of things to try, check your /etc/sysconfig/modules directory. Do you have file which you created named something like 4318.modules (the name I use)?? It should have a line that reads like; modprobe ndiswrapper
You might want to try using a different firmware file instead, I see a few (three to be exact) Dell wireless 14XX cards using the same pciid: 14e4:4324
You could always forget the use of ndiswrapper and extract the firmware files for you wireless interface using bcm43xx-fwcutter and let the bcm43xx module load (yuck!!!);
bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware <DRIVERFILE>
Use the same firmware file you used with ndiswrapper here. Of course all the eth1 to wlan0 changes have to be reversed.
The file in modules weren't there, however I did add your file, but no change.
When it comes to bcm43xx-fwcutter I get this error;
[root@localhost SP29361A]# bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware bcmwl5.inf
Sorry, the input file is either wrong or not supported by bcm43xx-fwcutter.
This file has an unknown MD5sum 058cf5a26e75aef45323da658ae3daf0.
I've tried two different firmwares, but the same error, the only difference is the checksum.
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