Modprobe and ndiswrapper
 

Hi all,

I have a USB ethernet device (not wireless-- I know ndiswrapper was designed for wireless, but some of the articles I've read state it can be used for plain-old-LANs as well) I'm trying to get to work using ndiswrapper. After I load the windows driver into ndiswrapper, and try to do a "modprobe ndiswrapper", I get the following error: "FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found." Am I going to have to download and reinstall ndiswrapper in order to get it to work?

Here's how I've been trying to get the device to work so far:

ndiswrapper -i usb0201.sys (no problems here)
ndiswrapper -l
Shows: Installed drivers: usb0201 driver present, hardware present
ndiswrapper -m (no problems here)
modprobe ndiswrapper (gives error above)

Neither ifconfig or iwconfig show the device present, either :P

Any thoughts?

Thanks a ton!

-Max

According to the instructions here

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/j...page/Itemid,1/

you install the .inf file, not the .sys file. All files need to be in the same directory. I don't think it matters how you installed ndiswrapper, the 'how to' part for loading a card driver should be the same. Note, there is also a 'list' of cards known to work.

Hope this helps.

Whoops! I typed the wrong extention in my original question (staring at the screen too long :P). It was a .inf file which was installed. Everything else in the message is correct.

It's still producing the same error... Any thoughts?

Whoops! I typed the wrong extention in my original question (staring at the screen too long :P). It was a .inf file which was installed. Everything else in the message is correct.

Looking at the link you provided, I will have to uninstall/reinstall my version of ndiswrapper, correct?

I'm anything but an expert at Ndiswrapper. I have used it on DSL for a D-link card, but that is it. Only suggestion I have is go to the link I posted, there is a trouble shooting section there, also a FAQ and a section on installation. Each area has information on use, and some problem determination. If all else fails, there is a forum there to post to.

Did you look in the 'List' to see if your card is known to work?

Sorry I can't help more than that.

Don't you ever apologize for helping! :) The link you provided is at least a good starting point, and I can work from there! You took the time out of your day to share what you knew, and that's a good deed in my book! :)

just wondering are you running modprobe as root or superuser?
if not give that a try

I've gone crazy trying to figure stuff like this out just to realize I was making a simple mistake