Just recently I started using Linux. I am running on Fedora Core 2 test 3 and have loaded ndiswrapper to work with my wireless card. When I run modprobe ndiswrapper this is what I get in iwconfig for my wlan0. I am not near an AP so I guess this may be my problem. Any ideas?

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437GHz Access Point: FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
Bit Rate:54Mb/s Tx-Power:16 dBm
RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B
Encryption keyff
Power Managementff
Link Quality:100/100 Signal level:-10 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:120 Missed beacon:0

Could you be a bit more specific about what your problem is? If all you did was load the ndiswrapper module, then the output you posted is fine. Your card is up and working. If you expect it to pull an essid out of the air, that doesn't work. You need to set it with the iwconfig commang:

iwconfig wlan0 essid YourESSIDHere


If you don't know your essid, you might try using any as your essid with the above command. Check out man iwconfig for more details.

I was just making sure that it was ok and working. Thanks for the opinion on its status.