making ndiswrapper go at startup

samuelLjackson · 11-06-2005, 11:27 PM

Well, after a vacation I came back and tried ndiswrapper again.... AND IT WORKED! Hooray! Now how do I make it start at startup?

eflester · 11-07-2005, 12:27 AM

On this page

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/m...ure_interface:

toward the bottom of the page, they show the command ndiswrapper -m, which I think will do what you want.

Good luck. I have only just begun to fight this battle, trying to make a Netgear WG311T work in various distros, including Mandriva 2005LE, with no luck so far...

fouldsy · 11-07-2005, 03:03 AM

You'd need to put ndiswrapper in /etc/modules or wherever you distro keeps it, otherwise ndiswapper -m only loads when wlan0 is activated such as with a pcmcia card (I think). I don't think it work during boot for a normal card as the system doesn't recognise the card to start off with and understand what it has to load

RanDrake10 · 11-07-2005, 08:06 PM

Which distro are you using?
Some take these commands at the end of /etc/network/interfaces under iface wlan0 setting.
pre-up modprobe ndiswrapper
post-down rmmod ndiswrapper
Along with the suggestions above.

samuelLjackson · 11-07-2005, 11:18 PM

Using brand new suse. And exactly how do I put ndiswrapper into that folder. or a better question, where does it install ndiswrapper when I make it?

justanothersteve · 11-08-2005, 06:48 PM

I'm a newbie myself using an HP laptop with integrated wireless and I got my wireless to load during startup by adding ndiswrapper to /etc/modules like this:

Code:

# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

lp
mousedev
psmouse
ndiswrapper

(I'm using Ubuntu)