Wifi configured with ndiswrapper now what?

DeadPenguin · 04-18-2005, 04:22 PM

I am sorry to bother with such a newb question.

I have a dell 600m running suse 9.2and xp.
I just set up the internal wifi card (dell truemobile 1400).
I used ndiswrapper and the driver bcmwl5(.sys &.inf).
I got through the procedure fine with the help of a nice wiki at ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net.

How do I get the card to "work" now?
With xp the card will tell me when a ap is near or available.
I would like to set my card to connect to my work ap + my friends AP + any ap anyone is willing to share.

Regards,
Blair

snecklifter · 04-18-2005, 05:21 PM

You should be laughing. You now need to

Code:

modprobe ndiswrapper

if you haven't already. Then just either configure using YAST tools or

Code:

iwconfig wlan0 essid thenameofyournetwork
dhclient wlan0

this will grab a dynamic IP from your AP and you'll be good to go. You may also have to set WEP and the like if this is configure but I suggest you search lq answers on this site for more detailed info as this has been done a thousand times before.
Regards
Chris

DeadPenguin · 04-18-2005, 09:55 PM

I rushed that last post cuz I was doing to many things at once...

I understand how to get it to connect with my network.
I know my settings.

I was looking to use on campus...many people have free ap's. How would I be able to connect to their ap's without the info?
Xp tells me the ap's are there and their essid and whether its wep encypted or not. I am not sure how that works in linux...

Would I have to run a program like kismet to get the info on ap's then config wireless card with that info?

I know this is an easy concept I just can't seem to get it to "click" in my head.

Regards,
Blair

snecklifter · 04-19-2005, 04:06 AM

no need. just run

Code:

iwlist wlan0 scanning

as root. That will give you all the gory details.
Regards
CHris

egodestruct · 04-20-2005, 03:05 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by snecklifter
You should be laughing. You now need to

Code:

modprobe ndiswrapper

I am trying to configure my wireless card also, and I have completed the ndiswrapper installation, but when I run modprobe ndiswrapper I get the following error: FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found. However, when I do a ndiswrapper -L , the driver shows up and the hardware shows up. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Dustin

snecklifter · 04-20-2005, 06:16 AM

You need to re-run the install and then the driver install, both as root. Make sure there are no errors then try again.

DeadPenguin · 04-20-2005, 06:27 AM

The driver looks good and works when I enter my home network info.
I just wanted wireless roaming which I do not believe is the same in linux as in windows.

Blair

snecklifter · 04-20-2005, 06:42 AM

Well, not yet. There are several projects underway to get it up to speed in that sense. You may want to look at Network Manager from Red Hat.

DeadPenguin · 04-20-2005, 09:52 AM

I will check that out. thanks.
I also saw something "wpa_supplicant" somebody said would do roaming. I have not had time to check it out.

Regards,
Blair