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COKE CAN

07-30-2005 01:31 AM

installing NDIS wrapper in Debian

I added

Code:

deb http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/debian ./

Code:

/etc/apt/sources.list

but I get a cuoldn't find error when I try to apt-get it

priller

07-30-2005 05:42 AM

No need to add that into sources, ndiswrapper is in the normall debian mirrors.

just do

Code:

apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils

Code:

apt-get install ndiswrapper-modules-2.6.8-2-686

and

Code:

apt-get install wireless-tools

if you havn't got wireless tools installed.

COKE CAN

07-30-2005 08:42 AM

Thank you so much! Now what do I do ?!? :scratch:

priller

07-30-2005 08:57 AM

if you've installed ndiswrapper and wireless-tools

Code:

ndiswrapper -i /path/to/file.inf

Code:

ndiswrapper -m

Code:

ifconfig wlan0 up

Code:

dhcpcd wlan0

Tons of Fun

07-30-2005 10:49 AM

you might also need to input your channel #, WEP key (if your running WEP), and ESSID of your WAP. You can get this info by typing:

#iwlist wlan0 scan

Then type the information you got from that command:

#iwconfig wlan0 key XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
#iwconfig wlan0 channel XX
#iwconfig wlan0 essid XXXXX

Finally, if you want your wireless interface to configure at boot, you need to modify your /etc/network/intrfaces file. I use pico for ease of use:

#pico /etc/network/interfaces

Add the following to the file:

# The wireless network interface
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
name wlan0
wireless-essid XXXXX
wireless-key XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
wireless-channel XX

When you reboot, your wireless card should automatically configure itself. I hope this helps.

Good Luck!

:study:

COKE CAN

07-31-2005 01:44 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by priller
if you've installed ndiswrapper and wireless-tools

Code:

ndiswrapper -i /path/to/file.inf

Code:

ndiswrapper -m

Code:

ifconfig wlan0 up

Code:

dhcpcd wlan0

Code:

# ndiswrapper -i /path/to/file.inf

Installing file

cp: cannot stat `/path/to/file.inf': No such file or directory

Code:

# ndiswrapper -m

Adding "alias wlan0 ndiswrapper" to /etc/modutils/ndiswrapper

Code:

# ifconfig wlan0 up

wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device

Code:

# dhcpcd wlan0

bash: dhcpcd: command not found

COKE CAN

07-31-2005 01:46 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tons of Fun
you might also need to input your channel #, WEP key (if your running WEP), and ESSID of your WAP. You can get this info by typing:

#iwlist wlan0 scan

Then type the information you got from that command:

#iwconfig wlan0 key XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
#iwconfig wlan0 channel XX
#iwconfig wlan0 essid XXXXX

Finally, if you want your wireless interface to configure at boot, you need to modify your /etc/network/intrfaces file. I use pico for ease of use:

#pico /etc/network/interfaces

Add the following to the file:

# The wireless network interface
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
name wlan0
wireless-essid XXXXX
wireless-key XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
wireless-channel XX

When you reboot, your wireless card should automatically configure itself. I hope this helps.

Good Luck!

:study:

Code:

# iwlist wlan0 scan

wlan0    Interface doesn't support scanning.

priller

07-31-2005 09:18 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by COKE CAN

Code:

# ndiswrapper -i /path/to/file.inf Installing file cp: cannot stat `/path/to/file.inf': No such file or directory

Code:

# ndiswrapper -m Adding "alias wlan0 ndiswrapper" to /etc/modutils/ndiswrapper

Code:

# ifconfig wlan0 up wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device

Code:

# dhcpcd wlan0 bash: dhcpcd: command not found

When I put /path/to/file.inf I meant the path to where your inf file is from the windows xp drivers.

Code:

apt-get install dhcpcd

COKE CAN

07-31-2005 11:11 AM

Where do I find the .inf file?

Tons of Fun

07-31-2005 11:25 AM

You need the CD with the Windows drivers that came with the network card. Put the CD into your CD drive, and navigate to the drivers folder. Copy over all files in the driver folder except for autorun.inf. Place them in a folder (I put mine in my home folder) and then direct ndiswrapper to the files. For an example, I pulled three files from the CD for my card. I put the CD into the drive, navigated to the Drivers folder, then the Win2K folder. I copied the three files into my home folder. Then while following the instructions above from priller, when I got to the part to point ndiswrapper to the driver, I typed:

#ndiswrapper -i /home/hank/wg311t.inf

I did not point to the other two files, those were support files. Try that and let us know what happens.

Good luck!

:study:

COKE CAN

07-31-2005 11:38 PM

Code:

# ndiswrapper -i /home/wrlssdrvrs/netma401.inf

Installing netma401

cp: cannot stat `/home/wrlssdrvrs/netma401.inf': No such file or directory

laptop:/home/cokecan# ndiswrapper -i /home/wrlssdrvrs/NETMA401.INF

netma401 is already installed. Use -e to remove it

:confused:

priller

08-01-2005 07:08 AM

Code:

modprobe ndiswrapper

you should get something similar to this after running dmesg, it will be near the end if ndiswrapper is installed properly

Code:

wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device **:**:**:**:**:** using driver rt2500usb, configuration file *****:****.*.conf

wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP, WPA with TKIP, WPA with AES/CCMP

COKE CAN

08-01-2005 11:14 AM

Code:

# modprobe ndiswrapper

modprobe: Can't locate module ndiswrapper

priller

08-01-2005 11:34 AM

which kernel version are you using

Code:

uname -r

COKE CAN

08-01-2005 12:56 PM

2.4.27-2-686

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