While I have been a member for some time, I finally, by way of introduction, have some questions for the Forum. I recently received and installed Ubuntu on one of my WinXP network computers. All is satisfactory with the OSes running side by side. However, I do not seem to be able to connect to the Internet when using Ubuntu. My MN-710 adapter is not recognized, etc. I simply do not know what I am doing past the IP address of the computer on which Ubuntu is installed.

I haven't used that card before, but the HCL here says that it isn't supported.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/sh...cat/146/page/1


If you like, post the lspci -v for that devices and that will give me, and others, more clues about it and what it might take but I'm not sure if the prism54 guys have a driver for it yet.

Hi and welcome to LQ I have moved this to Wireless Networking as you have a technical question. And renamed the question.

It seems unfortunate, but not totally unbelievable where Microsoft is concerned, that there are compatability issues with Ubuntu. I have a sweet thing going with my wireless network (a Microsoft MN-700 router and two MN-710 adapters, running WinXP Professional)in my home, and my desire to take my computing to the next level by integrating Linux is truly frustrating. As my final appeal, are there anyoptions with my equipment, as I cannot afford a new setup.

I would like to report that I got this adapter to work in Slackware 10.2.

Yesterday, I acquired one of these w/o documentation or CD. I got it it work on a dual boot Compaq Presario V2310US portable.

STFW revealed that the adapter had a Prism54 chipset. This was reported by someone who had pried it open to see. Ndiswrapper v1.2 was used to load the drivers.

The drivers were obtained from microsoft.com. The file you need is 'MSBNSoftware.exe'. After running this file in MSWindows, the necessary drivers were in C:/Program Files/Microsoft Broadband Networking. After booting into linux, I copied mn710.inf and drivers/mn710-51.sys to /etc/ndiswrapper.

While in /etc/ndiswrapper, run ndiswrapper -i mn710.inf

Ndis wrapper reported ...hardware detected. Good to go from there!

John

I was just wondering how you got Linux to accept the drivers for the MN710? I am new to Linux (just started yesterday) and it will be very slow going until I get my internet connection working. I have both the MS MN710 and a Motorola adapter, but I have seen several references to the MN710 working in Linux, including Ubuntu (which is what I have) but every reference to the Motorola adapter says forget about it.

I have installed the newest drivers I know of for the MN710 but Ndiswrapper says they are invalid. I tried blacklisting another driver which is supposed to conflict with it, but no luck. Did you have this problem with your setup when you first tried it? Or maybe the version of Ndiswrapper that came on the disk isn't recent enough. (Ubuntu Dapper Drake) I am still learning how to update it off of a hard drive.

Thanks for your time.



IsaacJBS2

As root, I first erase any installed drivers and then reinstall:

bash-3.1# pwd
/etc/ndiswrapper
bash-3.1# ls -l
total 676
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 144 2006-10-25 11:58 mn710
-r-------- 1 root root 341504 2004-01-07 16:05 mn710-50.sys
-r-------- 1 root root 339520 2004-01-07 16:04 mn710-51.sys
-r-------- 1 root root 7933 2004-01-07 17:59 mn710.inf
bash-3.1# ndiswrapper -l
Installed drivers:
mn710 driver installed, hardware present
bash-3.1# ndiswrapper -e mn710
bash-3.1# ls -l
total 676
-r-------- 1 root root 341504 2004-01-07 16:05 mn710-50.sys
-r-------- 1 root root 339520 2004-01-07 16:04 mn710-51.sys
-r-------- 1 root root 7933 2004-01-07 17:59 mn710.inf
bash-3.1# ndiswrapper -l
No drivers installed
bash-3.1# ndiswrapper -i mn710.inf
Installing mn710
bash-3.1# ndiswrapper -l
Installed drivers:
mn710 driver installed, hardware present
bash-3.1#

Your commands look similar to what I tried. Bear in mind that I'm using Ubuntu, so root is available "on the fly" when you need it:

============================
isaacj@isaacj-linux:~$ sudo ndiswrapper -e mn710
isaacj@isaacj-linux:~$ ndiswrapper -l
No drivers installed
isaacj@isaacj-linux:~$ sudo ndiswrapper -i ~/isaacj/Desktop/mn710.inf
Password:
Installing mn710
couldn't copy /home/isaacj/isaacj/Desktop/mn710.inf at /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper line 135.
isaacj@isaacj-linux:~$ ndiswrapper -l
Installed ndis drivers:
mn710 invalid driver!
isaacj@isaacj-linux:~$
==============================

I tried the drivers on the disk, and the most updated ones before MS abandoned the adapter. Both fail the same way. I'm using ndiswrapper 1.8 (after downloading an update off the internet via my WinXP connection) but I also tried the original on the CD. There seem to be a couple of people using Ubuntu who also got the adapter to work. I'm hoping they might have some clues for me, but no replies yet.

Do you see anything I've done wrong or different from yourself? Just wondering before I give up.

Thanks for your time.

IsaacJ

You can maintain a root shell with sudo su. Then exit when done.

I would like to see the output from:
ls -l ~/isaacj/Desktop

Doesn't the Ubuntu iso come with an ndiswrapper package? Have you tried that?

I compile from source from here:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...group_id=93482

I don't see version 1.8 though.

I used 1.23 in my reply to you. 1.24 causes a kernel Oops.

My only suggestion is to keep trying different versions.

Thanks a lot for getting back to me. :-) I'll get the data you requested once I reboot.

Ubuntu does come with ndiswrapper, but it may not be the most current. I believe Dapper came out around June, so when it didn't work, the first thing I thought of was to try and update it. The deb file that I used is called "ndiswrapper-utils_1.8-0ubuntu2_i386.deb".

You've got me wondering if I should attempt to use your build of ndiswrapper even though the version number is lower, but I think Ubuntu is a little different from other Debian builds. I noticed that this one said Ubuntu specifically. No responses on the Ubuntu forum yet, but maybe I should try asking them about that anyway. I suppose I can reinstall the 1.8 if it doesn't work.

I'll get that output posted for you too.

Thanks a lot.


IsaacJ

Here it is:

=========================
isaacj@isaacj-linux:~$ ls -l ~/Desktop
total 348
-rw-r--r-- 1 isaacj isaacj 339520 2004-01-07 19:04 mn710-51.sys
-rw-r--r-- 1 isaacj isaacj 7933 2004-01-07 20:59 mn710.inf
drwxrwx--- 3 isaacj isaacj 4096 2006-10-23 21:04 mswireless
isaacj@isaacj-linux:~$
=========================

mswireless is the folder from which the sys and inf files come from. It's just a little less typing for me. I've also tried it when they were in the folder, but no luck so far.

Thanks again.

IsaacJ

Try sudo ndiswrapper -i ~/Desktop/mn710.inf. If the problem repeats, try copying mn710-50.sys so that all three files are in the same directory.

If that fails, then see if you can get v1.23. What do you get from this command?
bash-3.1# ndiswrapper -v
utils version: 1.8
driver version: 1.23
vermagic: 2.6.18 mod_unload 486 gcc-3.4
bash-3.1#

I tried v1.27 and got the invalid driver error.

HTH

Just wanted to let you know that I MAY try the 1.23 version, as Edgey Eft just came out this morning (Ubuntu 6.10) and I want to try it first. Download is understandably slow as everyone wants it. You probably won't hear from me again until tomorrow.

If this fails, I will probably just go with the WUSB54G from Linksys. I've found a lot of people who've had success getting it to run, and there's even a custom driver (though I think it requires a change of firmware). Money's real tight, but I found it way cheaper than the usual $50 or so.

As always, thanks a lot for taking the time to help a newb. :-) Seems like there are quite a few of us, which is probably a good thing for Linux in general.


IsaacJ

I got this working on Mandrivia 2006 with kernal 2.6.12-12mdk. I dont really know how I did it I just followed 4partees instructions and it worked (after I realized that i didnt install ndiswrapper and got that installed). Here is some info:

[root@casperlinux dave]# ndiswrapper -l
Installed ndis drivers:
mn710 driver present, hardware present


[root@casperlinux dave]# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:14:BF:73:E9:6C
ESSID:"casper"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality:0/100 Signal level:-30 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Encryption key:On
Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
Bit Rate:2 Mb/s
Bit Rate:5.5 Mb/s
Bit Rate:11 Mb/s
Bit Rate:6 Mb/s
Bit Rate:9 Mb/s
Bit Rate:12 Mb/s
Bit Rate:18 Mb/s
Bit Rate:24 Mb/s
Bit Rate:36 Mb/s
Bit Rate:48 Mb/s
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=2
(Unknown Wireless Token 0x8C05)
Cell 02 - Address: 00:16:B6:18:21:BA
ESSID:"casper"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality:0/100 Signal level:-58 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Encryption key:On
Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
Bit Rate:2 Mb/s
Bit Rate:5.5 Mb/s
Bit Rate:11 Mb/s
Bit Rate:6 Mb/s
Bit Rate:9 Mb/s
Bit Rate:12 Mb/s
Bit Rate:18 Mb/s
Bit Rate:24 Mb/s
Bit Rate:36 Mb/s
Bit Rate:48 Mb/s
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=75
Extra:atim=1
(Unknown Wireless Token 0x8C05)


[root@casperlinux dave]# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"casper" Nickname:"casperlinux.mshome"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:14:BF:73:E9:6C
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s
RTS thr=2432 B Fragment thr=2432 B
Encryption key:{I removed this for the posting} Security mode:Open
Power Management:Off
Link Quality:98/100 Signal level:-29 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:370 Invalid misc:19801 Missed beacon:0

sit0 no wireless extensions.




I guess thats it Just happy to finally be able to use this adapter.