help a newbie config wifi on linux

jimbob3000 · 07-29-2005, 01:32 AM

Ok I run whoppix 2.7 final. I'm trying to get my wifi jaht wn-4054U 54mbps usb 2.0 to work with my distro of linux. Linux doesn't normally know what it is so I run ndiswrapper and take the inf file off my drivers cd. It says drivers were installed fine but no new adapters were found. So I opened a shell and typed "ndiswrapper -l" this displayed my driver zd1211u and it says hardware present. So I type iwconfig and there's no wireless devices. Any help?

I know it's a zydas based chipset if that helps any.

bushidozen · 07-29-2005, 05:53 PM

Did you type

Code:

modprobe ndiswrapper

after you noticed the hardware was present?

jimbob3000 · 08-01-2005, 11:34 PM

Here's what I did in a shell.

root@0[root]# ndiswrapper -l
Installed ndis drivers:
zd1211u driver present, hardware present
root@0[root]# modprobe ndiswrapper
FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found.
root@0[root]# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.

root@0[root]#

Shade · 08-02-2005, 12:40 AM

Code:

root@0[root]# modprobe ndiswrapper
FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found.

This is the problem. Did you install ndiswrapper yourself, or was it included in the distro... If Whoppix is running from CD, you might have a problem here.

--Shade

jimbob3000 · 08-03-2005, 12:14 AM

I'm running whoppix 2.7 final live cd. Should I use the install whoppix to harddrive option? I kind of a newbie and I thought it would load off the cd since the distro was kind of built for wireless security. Any help?

--Mike