Hello,

I am new to linux setup/configuration.

I have a DELL inspiron 5150 laptop with Linux Red Hat 9 installed.

The wireless card is inboard,

"Dell Wireless WLAN 1350 WLAN Mini PCI Card (manufacturer: Broadcom)"

I am trying to introduce the Wireless card into Redhat. Did any of you try this before and could help?? I am not sure even if the driver is available.

I tried finding the driver for Linux from broadcom's web page, but drivers are downloadable with the part #s. And I could not see the part# of the card.

please let me know.

Thanks,
ilknur

Use the ndiswrapper program to load your Windows XP drivers. There are install structions there plus a list of drivers that have been known to work. If yours is not listed, it doesnt mean it wont work. Also, the install instructions at that site are a little confusing. Try this tutorial if the first one gets confusing. Even though it says Suse 9+ , its the same basic concept. Hope that helps!

BUT! If there is a native Linux driver for your card, try everything in your power to get it working! ndiswrapper is a excellent tool, but has some problems with certain cards. I heard broadcom works well though. Try ndiswrapper if nothing else.

Hello:

I tried introducing my Broadcom Mini-PCI WLAN card using ndiswrapper.

I follow the instructions at:

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/p...p/Installation

However, in step #3 I get the error:

[root@localhost R90501]# modprobe ndiswrapper
/lib/modules/2.4.20-37_40.rh9.at/misc/ndiswrapper.o: unresolved symbol usb_init
/lib/modules/2.4.20-37_40.rh9.at/misc/ndiswrapper.o: unresolved symbol usb_reset_port
/lib/modules/2.4.20-37_40.rh9.at/misc/ndiswrapper.o: unresolved symbol usb_submit_nt_urb
/lib/modules/2.4.20-37_40.rh9.at/misc/ndiswrapper.o: unresolved symbol usb_exports
/lib/modules/2.4.20-37_40.rh9.at/misc/ndiswrapper.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.20-37_40.rh9.at/misc/ndiswrapper.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.20-37_40.rh9.at/misc/ndiswrapper.o: insmod ndiswrapper failed
[root@localhost R90501]#

I have a dell inspiron 5150 laptop, with red hat 9 linux (kernel 2.4.20-37_40.rh9.at).

In the above link, one of the prerequisites is to have a kernel at least 2.6.6 or 2.4.26 with source. I am not sure if this is the reason to get erro messages above.

I tried getting a recent kernel for Red hat, I can not find 2.4.26 or above. Could someone help ?

ASAP !

Thanks !
ilknur

I receive the exact same error as above.
I am running WBEL and trying to install a Linksys.

I guess we are all still waiting on someone who knows.

I have almost got it working with Fedora c2.

You need to install wireless tools if not installed (http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_...nux/Tools.html). Make sure you use the correct driver per the search page at Sourceforge; I used the R83097.exe file at http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/p...ndex.php/List. Make sure when you install the Windows' driver you use both the .INI file and the .SYS file in the AR directory. Put them in a directory all their own. When you type ndiswrapper -l you should get a message that indicates the driver bcnwl5a is installed, and the card was found.

The only problem I have is that I have not successfully assigned an IP address to my wlan0 interface. I believe the problem is that eth0 is active and it is associated with 'lo'.

Not sure if this helps but the instructions worked fine for me so far.

DB

I think you can install YUM to get updates. After you install it, at a terminal Window type:

yum update

I am not sure if yum works with RH9. If not try:

up2date

from the command line.

DB

That is the reason for the errors. One other approach to solving this is rather than get a more recent kernel, you could go with an older version of ndiswrapper. The 0.7 version was pretty stable and should work with this kernel.

If you're feeling really ambitious, I would also consider switching from RH9 to another distro. Since Red Hat has dropped support for RH9, it will be increasingly vulnerable to security problems.

i have read the above postings and i have posted myself.

I have a similar problem but no one has been able to assist so far.

when i run "ndiswrapper -l"
my response is
installed ndis drivers
bcmwl5a hardware present
netcard hardware NOT found.

could use a bit of help and there are no lights on the card. I guess it si like it says hardware NOT present..
Thanks for the help

It's a little late, and it doesn't really apply.
But, I got my card working on the newest Gentoo using ndiswrapper. Everything worked perfect. I had to recompile the kernel once to add in a network driver option I left out, but aside from that, worked great.

I can give some assistance if your scenario is similar to mine.
That is: wmp54g, gentoo, ndiswrapper.

That error strikes me as a bit odd. Could you tell us what you've done to get to this point and what card you're trying to set up? Also have a look at the output of iwconfig and see if maybe the card is being recognized anyway.

Hi I know this is slightly off topic but I used to have an Inspiron 5150.

There is a design flaw with the laptop that Dell won't admit is a design flaw. It happened on my laptop. It overheats and causes the connections where your power adaptor goes in to become extremely weak. Just so you know to watch for this problem. Be gentle around this part of the laptop especially when plugging in and out the power cord. If it breaks you have to pay for a new motherboard. Dell make the motherboard hence the denial of the problem. They quoted me 400 euro for the repair but I just bought a new laptop instead.

Following my own rules.
Read the screen!
Read the book!
Ask!

I went on to the forums to get help for the sound not working.
found a blog that explained how to use the modprobe sound option.
sound works now after i went into CMOS and changed the option from auto to enabled which gave it the IRQ of 5. after that sound works fine.. just needed to make it on boot.

NETWORK

got a motorola wireless card of my bro. with CD

put the card in slot 1 adn turned on my DSL "DSL was installed to the hard drive using the directions tehy explained that also worked fine"
DSL says during boot "cardbus hotplug device slot 1. I assume that it means it knows a card is plugged in.

DSL Version 1.1
I researched the networking issue on the forums for wireless and networking and also DSL version.

I found instructions to use the ndiswrapper. of of the wiki web site
"http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/phpwiki/index.php/Installation?PHPSESSID=2c08c4c9f221b3bd34c8c6cbc840a9c5"

These instructions helped greatly. but at one point it says the light will go on... Mine never does.
when i run the ndiswrapper -l i get the reponse i showed you. finds the ndis drivers and the driver for the card hardware is present but netcard NOT found it makes me think that it was not seated properly. I removed the card adn reseated it.. heard the beep and still nothing. Tried to shutdown and then move to the other slot "2" and finds it on boot adn then when i run the command again still not found.

i have even tried a different version of the card driver. Instead of using the bcmwl5 i also tried the bcmwl5a. neither worked.. i also ensured that i have both the INF and SYS files local on the hard drive. I was not able to get them in the root directory i could only create a directory in my home directory.. Could that have something to do with it? After i blew my mind up on the card thing. i tried to get my sound to start on boot they told me to run alsaconfig. tried that command and it said not found.

So here i am..
Thanks for your help in advance..
FYI. I am a 17 year vet of DOS and windows and want to make the shift with solid networking experience... BUT linux i am a kid.

before i mentioned everything but this..

iwconfig looks like this

lo no wireless extensions


that is it...

I found out that i have not done things in the right order... also i just installed the new version DSL 1.2.1

working fine now... i amtrying to automate it...

some issues with permissions...

but so far so good.