Hello,

I am having the same issue an issue with NDISWRAPPER.

I have a dell with a BROADCOM 1450

1) I downloaded and installed ndiswrapper.
2) I ran the ndiswrapper against the CD that came with my system titled DRIVERS AND UTILITIES

# find /mnt/cdrom -name *.inf
/mnt/cdrom/files/r58028/a01/bcmsmwdm.inf
/mnt/cdrom/files/r66674/a02/bcmsmwdm.inf

# ls -l /mnt/cdrom/files/r58028/a01/bcmsmwdm.inf
r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 54644 Feb 26 2003 /mnt/cdrom/files/r58028/a01/bcmsmwdm.inf

# ls -l /mnt/cdrom/files/r66674/a02/bcmsmwdm.inf
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 54522 Sep 12 2003 /mnt/cdrom/files/r66674/a02/bcmsmwdm.inf

Since they were the same name and different dates I assumed that these were the same driver and picked the most recent one.

ndiswrapper -i /mnt/cdrom/files/r66674/a02/bcmsmwdm.inf

3) # ndiswrapper -l
Installed ndis drivers:
bcmsmwdm hardware present,fuzzy

5) Loaded the module
# modprobe ndiswrapper

6) Checked the dmesg
dmesg

last line of output
ndiswrapper (load_driver:1829): Unable to prepare driver

So what's wrong? Did I use the wrong driver.

How do I get this out of the kernel and try the other driver?

Please don't double post. You already have answers in the thread here