Ndiswrapper compiling in Slackware 10.1
 

I downloaded 2 sources of ndiswrapper.

1.17
1.16

i can't compile them because i get error messages in one header file and c file. Gcc is 3.3.4. Do i need to download 3.4 or?

I am setting up a Wireless adapter. Siemens Gigaset 108.

And i am trying to compile drivers for my pcmcia rt61.
i think its rt2500 model.. cardbus....

Its better to drop back to an older version of ndiswrapper than mess with trying to upgrade gcc. I think 1.15 will still work.

By the way, if that is actually an rt2500 chipset, there is a native linux driver here.

Slackware 10.1 NDISwrapper
 

OS: Slackware 10.1
Kernel 2.6.12.2
Source included with kernel.
When kernel is compiled Wifi has to be checked so that we dont get
unknown wireless_send_event.

Ndiswrapper 1.15 tested (i used).

Wifi adapter: Siemens Gigaset 108 (check the list on wifi for drivers and USBID-IMPORTANT) I tryed the Originals and Netgear.
Only ORIGINAL Drivers worked. Tryed to install better ones.

lsusb (129b:160c) - WiFI adapter on USB

ndiswrapper->

extract, make, make install, depmod -a

dont run the module before installing drivers. wont work.

ndiswrapper -i driver.inf (i had 2 files, both were needed, but i think that net5523.inf is enough).

nhdiswrapper -l

net5523 driver installed, hardware present -> (if this is missing that means the wrong driver is installed)

modprobe ndiswrapper

dmesg

search for ndiswrapper: what it says
and dmesg again if you still dont see wlan0

iwconfig wlan0 essid name_of_essid

or try

./rc.wireless wlan0

iwconfig to see what did you get

scanning:

iwlist wlan0 scan (cell sites are listed)

once this is set i used

ifconfig wlan0 up

ifconfig

its listed all right.

NO I AM STUCK. NO IP ADDRESS LISTED WHEN I SET THE INTERFACE UP!

HELP ME SOLVE THIS PART!

Crash BUG!
 

Once we do

rmmod ndiswrapper

and

modprobe ndiswrapper

it craches... errors on dmesg

so its better to restart linux

restarting driver:

iwpriv wlan0 ndis_restart

i also installed wpa_supplicant.

now i get that authorization cannot be made. Now the issue seems to be that the card is only Rx data not Tx . Now i really dont know what im gonna do with it.

Lets take this one step at a time.....

Is your card recognized by the system? Post the outputs of ifconfig and iwconfig and we'll start there. We will worry about wpa_supplicant once we've established that the card is working correctly.

If you want the quick'n'dirty try:

If you want to do it El Neato, get my enhanced (since Slackware 10.1 can not configure an interface if it is not called ethX) Slackware rc scripts at http://www.slackware.com/~alien/rc_scripts/
Copy the new rc.inet1 and rc.wireless over your old ones (make backup copies first!)
Then, add this to your /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf file:
Eric