I tried implementing the help from this url: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=537714

I did every thing but received this message after typing this command.

[root@localhost lex]# modprobe ndiswrapper
[root@localhost lex]# dmesg |grep ndiswrapper
ndiswrapper version 1.38 loaded (preempt=no,smp=yes)
usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper

It does not seem like the Broadcom wireless I have is binding to the ndiswrapper.

I used a different technique before and I got it work but it was so slow only 11 MB/s. It performs much better in MS Windows. The way I did it before was to use

¨bcm43xx-fwcutter -w bcmwl5.sys¨ to load the firmware for the Broadcom wireless bcm4306.

Extra info:

[root@localhost lex]# uname -ar
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.20-1.2933.fc6 #1 SMP Mon Mar 19 11:38:26 EDT 2007 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux

modprobe.conf
alias eth0 b44
alias eth1 bcm43xx
alias snd-card-0 snd-ali5451
options snd-card-0 index=0
options snd-ali5451 index=0
remove snd-ali5451 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-ali5451
alias wlan0 ndiswrapper

The bcm43xx Linux native driver has performed poorly on every card I've tried with it. You're much better off to not use it or fwcutter and just go with a standard ndiswrapper usage.

Since the bcm43xx conflicts with ndiswrapper you'll have to unload it and install the Windows driver to ndiswrapper in the standard manner. ndiswrapper -i <full-path-to-driver.inf> and ndiswrapper -m

I get much better performance using that than the bcm43xx.

I got it to work!

Like you and many have said ¨bcm43xx conflicts with ndiswrapper¨

This is what i did.

1. remove bcm43xx with ¨modprobe -r bcm43xx¨ ¨´-r´ Remove module (stacks) or do autoclean, depending on whether there are any modules mentioned on the command line.¨

2. Remove The bcm43xx Bits >>¨Read bellow at¨This is the most important and usefull link.¨)

3. add "blacklist bcm43xx" to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist ( I did not do it and every thing was fine but everyone suggest you do this.)

4. I rebooted and only ndiswrapper was trying to control the wireless ethernet card.

Please use the following links to get an idea what is going on and how to fix it (3 nights and 2 days later).

This is the most important and usefull link.
http://fedoramobile.org/fc-wireless/...8-ndiswrapper/

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hlight=bcm4306

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hlight=bcm4306

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hlight=bcm4306

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=537714

http://www.gagme.com/greg/linux/compaqr3000z-fc6.php