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I want to set my WMP11 V2.7 wireless card and i did a lot...

I have Mandrake 10 Official.
I have Linksys router.
Wireless card: WMP11 V2.7
now i installed the inf driver from the CD with ndiswrapper:
ndiswrapper -i <path to inf file>

Then I saw the status of installation driver:
ndiswrapper -l
and i saw this:
Installed ndis driver:
wmp11v27 present

Now I need to load the module type:
modprob ndiswrapper
and I didn't get an error message.

now, I need to configure the interface with the command iwconfig
but i don't have this command.
what should I do?
How can I config the wireless card now?

Please...
I'm stuck without internet...

Try installing a package called Wireless Tools from the MDK CDs. That will give you iwconfig.

ok, so I have iwconfig.
when I'm doing iwconfig it's shows me:
lo no wireless extensions
eth0 no wireless extensions
sit0 no wireless extensions

and when I'm doing 'iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed' it's show me:
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06)
SET failed on device wlan0 ; No such device.

So what can I do?
Maybe someone can help me to set my wireless card in my linux box?

That usually means that the driver is not loaded properly.
What does lsmod show?

Quote:

Originally posted by Hell-Shooter
ok, so I have iwconfig.
when I'm doing iwconfig it's shows me:
lo no wireless extensions
eth0 no wireless extensions
sit0 no wireless extensions

and when I'm doing 'iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed' it's show me:
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06)
SET failed on device wlan0 ; No such device.

So what can I do?
Maybe someone can help me to set my wireless card in my linux box?

I had the same problem with ndiswrapper and a M$ wireless card... i would load ndiswrapper but then i would get nothing???

I however downloaded driverloader from linuxant.com and it worked first try. I would like to know how to get ndiswrapper to work.. cause i dont really want to pay $20 bucks

lsmod output:

Code:

[root@Hell-Shooter root]# lsmod

Module                  Size  Used by

nls_cp437              5568  1

nls_iso8859-1          3904  1

smbfs                  62872  2

md5                    3872  1

ipv6                  232416  6

sg                    38044  0

ide-cd                40548  0

i830                  76768  36

snd-seq-oss            31232  0

snd-seq-midi-event      7552  1 snd-seq-oss

snd-seq                51024  4 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq-midi-event

snd-pcm-oss            51812  0

snd-mixer-oss          17952  1 snd-pcm-oss

snd-intel8x0          32776  0

snd-ac97-codec        58148  1 snd-intel8x0

snd-pcm                93156  2 snd-pcm-oss,snd-intel8x0

snd-timer              24484  2 snd-seq,snd-pcm

gameport                4480  1 snd-intel8x0

snd-page-alloc        11972  2 snd-intel8x0,snd-pcm

snd-mpu401-uart        7072  1 snd-intel8x0

snd-rawmidi            23616  1 snd-mpu401-uart

snd-seq-device          8008  3 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq,snd-rawmidi

snd                    52484  12 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq-midi-event,snd-seq,snd-pcm-oss,snd-mixer-oss,snd-intel8x0,snd-ac97-codec,snd-pcm,snd-timer,snd-mpu401-uart,snd-rawmidi,snd-seq-device

soundcore              9248  1 snd

af_packet              20520  2

hid                    53312  0

floppy                59444  0

eepro100              29740  0

mii                    4992  1 eepro100

supermount            37876  1

nls_cp862              5856  1

vfat                  13760  1

fat                    45120  1 vfat

nls_utf8                1920  2

ntfs                  85932  1

intel-agp              17372  1

agpgart                31016  3 intel-agp

sr_mod                17028  0

cdrom                  37184  2 ide-cd,sr_mod

ide-scsi              15780  0

scsi_mod              114648  3 sg,sr_mod,ide-scsi

uhci-hcd              29104  0

usbcore                99132  4 hid,uhci-hcd

rtc                    11576  0

ext3                  110408  1

jbd                    54328  1 ext3

Please I'm tired of this...
Thanks.

I see no wireless driver loaded in your list, which is consistent with your symptoms.

Did the ndiswrapper build properly, i.e., without errors? Which version of ndiswrapper are you using?

No, I'll be happy if you will help me with this...
I wrote a Topic in the Mandrake forum:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=185064

Please help me to install the NdisWrapper...
Thanks.

From that thread:

"You don't seem to have sources for your kernel; install them in /usr/src, link /lib/modules/2.6.3-9mdk/build to it and try again."

The error is telling you that make is failing because you do not have the kernel source installed. You can't compile without it. As the error suggest, install the source (either on the MDK CDs or their site), make the link and try building the package again.

I have kernel 2.6.3-9, and I installed kernel-source 2.6.3-13, it's ok?
If not, how can I get the kernel-source 2.6.3-9?
And how do I make the link?

Thanks dude.

No, you need the same source as the installed kernel.

To make a link, use the command "ln" There are options, the most common of which is ln -s for a soft or symbolic link. man ls

OK, I downloading now the kernel-source-2.6.3-9mdk...
When it will finish I'll remove the kernel-source-2.6.3-13mdk, and install the 2.6.3-9...
After this I didn't understand what you told me to do..
I mean this part:

Code:

To make a link, use the command "ln" There are options, the most common of which is ln -s for a soft or symbolic link. man ls

Thanks very much...

In /lib/modules/2.6.3-9mdk, make a link called "build" which points to the directory where you installed the source: /usr/src. The link command is ln. man ln will give you instructions on how to use it - syntax, options, etc. If you don't know what command to use, using apropos can suggest some things. apropos link, for example shows any commands seemingly related.

So, for your situation,
cd /lib/modules/2.6.3-9mdk
ln -s /usr/src build

What did we do?
cd - change directory
/lib/modules/2.6.3-9mdk is the directory where we want the link to be and where programs needing the source will look.
ln -s will make a symbolic link, or pointer.
/usr/src will be the target, or where the pointer will direct anything that uses the link
build is the link name. If you list the contents of /lib/modules/2.6.3-9mdk, you'll see an entry that looks something like:
build -> /usr/src
Changing to directory /lib/modules/2.6.3-9mdk/build will dump you in /usr/src

Why?
Using symlinks allows you to keep stuff in standard places but still accommodate a program that expects it to be elsewhere, for example. Instead of making two or three copies of things and cluttering up your system, re-writing the program or building the program with switches to specify locations, you simply put a detour sign up where you think someone will look which says, "it's other there."

You will also need tools with which the ndiswrapper program will be compiled, if they are not already loaded. Commonly called development tools (not sure how MDK references them), they are not usually installed by default. They convert the "raw" code in the tarball to something your system can run - binary executables. If you're missing the compiler and build tools, you'll typically get an error something like: cannot make, no rule to make.

Sorry for the long-winded answer. Compiling packages from source is not intuitive for someone new to Linux. MDK has decent docs, both online and on your system which will provide a lot of info.