I just bought a WMP54G wireless card and a WRT54G ROUTER.
Here is my setup

Mandrake 9.1 kernel 2.4.21-0.013mdk
I install ndiswrapper and follow all the instruction with the .inf who came on the linksys CD I also try the same with Compaq drivers. After the installation, the nic is able to get an IP adress (with dhcp active on the router) but I cannot ping the network.

Here is what I do

[root@localhost ndiswrapper]#ndiswrapper -i (inf on cd or Compaq inf bcmw15a.inf)
the following output is using the compaq driver bcmw15a.inf
ndiswrapper -l
Installed ndis drivers:
bcmwl5a hardware present,fuzzy

[root@localhost ndiswrapper]# modprobe ndiswrapper

[root@localhost ndiswrapper]#lsmod |grep ndis
ndiswrapper 82840 1
usbcore 72992 1 [ndiswrapper usb-uhci]

more var/log/messages

Aug 28 12:13:03 localhost kernel: ndiswrapper: using irq 10
Aug 28 12:13:04 localhost kernel: wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:0c:41:62:3a:a6 using driver bcmwl5.sys
Aug 28 12:13:04 localhost kernel: ndiswrapper device wlan0 supports WPA with AES/CCMP and TKIP ciphers
Aug 28 12:13:04 localhost kernel: ndiswrapper: driver bcmwl5.sys (Broadcom,10/28/2003, 3.40.25.3) added

iwconfig wlan0 channel 6 essid wlnx
[root@localhost ndiswrapper]# ifup wlan0
Determining IP information for wlan0...SIOCADDRT: File exists
done.

[root@localhost ndiswrapper]# ifconfig wlan0
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:41:62:3A:A6
inet addr:192.168.247.101 Bcast:192.168.247.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:61 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:19 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:6153 (6.0 Kb) TX bytes:4698 (4.5 Kb)
Interrupt:10 Memory:ec800000-ec801fff

and after i try to disconnect my eth0
ifdown eth0
When i try to ping my router 192.168.247.1

[root@localhost ndiswrapper]# ping 192.168.247.1
PING 192.168.247.1 (192.168.247.1) 56(84) bytes of data.

--- 192.168.247.1 ping statistics ---
6 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 5016ms


I am unable to ping my router but I got an IP address ?? Please help me.

Mart

Please post the results of issuing the 'ifconfig' command (by itself) *after* you issue the 'ifdown eth0' command, as well as the results of the 'iwconfig' command.

Here is the result of the ifconfig and iwconfig
1- ifconfig with eth0 and wlan0
2-ifdown eth0
3- result of ifconfig and iwconfig

[root@localhost root]# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:B4:AA:04:FC
inet addr:192.168.247.100 Bcast:192.168.247.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:708 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:861 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:306794 (299.6 Kb) TX bytes:110055 (107.4 Kb)
Interrupt:9 Base address:0x1000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:235 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:235 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:21802 (21.2 Kb) TX bytes:21802 (21.2 Kb)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:41:62:3A:A6
inet addr:192.168.247.101 Bcast:192.168.247.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:114 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:10468 (10.2 Kb) TX bytes:684 (684.0 b)
Interrupt:10 Memory:ec800000-ec801fff

[root@localhost root]# ifdown eth0
[root@localhost root]# ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:235 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:235 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:21802 (21.2 Kb) TX bytes:21802 (21.2 Kb)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:41:62:3A:A6
inet addr:192.168.247.101 Bcast:192.168.247.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:125 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:11256 (10.9 Kb) TX bytes:684 (684.0 b)
Interrupt:10 Memory:ec800000-ec801fff

[root@localhost root]# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"wlnx"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437GHz Access Point: 00:0F:66:36:6E:01
Bit Rate:54Mb/s Tx-Power:25 dBm
RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B
Encryption keyff
Power Managementff
Link Quality:100/100 Signal level:-36 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:115 Missed beacon:0

I think the problem is with my dns and gateway take a look:

when I disable my eth0 card and let's my wlan0 working a got the followin output .

1- try to ping www.google.com with eth0 and wlan0
2- disable eth0
3- route -n output

[root@localhost root]# ping www.google.com
PING www.google.akadns.net (64.233.161.99) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 64.233.161.99: icmp_seq=1 ttl=240 time=24.2 ms
^X64 bytes from 64.233.161.99: icmp_seq=2 ttl=240 time=24.3 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.161.99: icmp_seq=3 ttl=240 time=24.2 ms

--- www.google.akadns.net ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2016ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 24.224/24.275/24.340/0.136 ms
[root@localhost root]# ifdown eth0
[root@localhost root]# cat /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 127.0.0.1
nameserver 206.47.244.134
nameserver 206.47.244.50
[root@localhost root]# route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.247.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 wlan0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo

***** the default gateway is missing ??

[root@localhost root]# route add default gw 192.168.247.1
[root@localhost root]# route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.247.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 wlan0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
0.0.0.0 192.168.247.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 wlan0
[root@localhost root]# ping www.google.com
ping: unknown host www.google.com
[root@localhost root]# ping 192.168.247.1 (my router)
PING 192.168.247.1 (192.168.247.1) 56(84) bytes of data.

--- 192.168.247.1 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 1012ms

[root@localhost root]# ping 64.233.161.99 (www.google.com)
PING 64.233.161.99 (64.233.161.99) 56(84) bytes of data.

--- 64.233.161.99 ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 9016ms

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Take note : when i try to ping 64.233.161.99, the leds on my router and DSL modem is flashing !!! but ... always 100% packet lost

thanks for your help

The output from 'route -n' looks correct after you added that gateway.

Just out of curiosity, why do you start with both devices enabled?

Disable both devices in your configuration and try bringing up just the wireless interface. My feeling is that having them both enabled may be causing the problem. If you are using dhcp on your router, then do your 'iwconfig', 'ifconfig wlan0', followed by 'dhcpcd wlan0'.

Let's see if that helps.

Edit: If it helps, here is a snippet of a script I use to bring up my wireless connection. This assumes that no network interfaces are already enabled, and that your are using dhcp.

I kept my eth0 to be able to connect to my router and/or internet during the setup. When my wlan0 will be working, I will remove my eth0 card from my computer

I try 2 ways :

1- I try to remove my eth0 from my computer... but i got exactly the same
2- I try your solution , ifdown eth0 and wlan0 and after iwconfig, ifconfig wlan0 and dhcpcd. There is no changes.

To try your solution, i installed dhcpcd because this tools was not installed.


I got this message in my var/log/messages

Note:
If this can help, when I installed my wmp54G card mandrake as detected the card at boot time.
Here is the log for the boot

Aug 29 11:28:15 localhost network: Bringing up interface eth0: succeeded
Aug 29 11:28:15 localhost network: Bringing up interface wlan0: succeeded

But a have to do the config manually like I did in the first step to saw my wlan0 in iwconfig and ifconfig.

----------- an other note , after enabling the wlan 0 I got this message
Aug 29 11:36:39 localhost kernel: Shorewall:INPUT:REJECT:IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=00:0c:41:62:3a:a6:00:0f:66:36:6d:ff:08:00 SRC=192.168.247.1 DST=192.168.247.101 LEN=84 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=6114 PROTO=ICMP TYPE=0 CODE=0 ID=10508 SEQ=1

Ok. I forgot you were on Mandrake ...

First, go to the networking section of Mandrake Control Center, and see if you can configure your wireless card there. Since it is dectecting your wireless card, you should be able to configure it there as a networking device.

Second, it looks like shorewall (firewall) doesn't recognize your wireless card's ip, so it's blocking any communication between your wireless card and your router. Look for the firewall section of Mandrake Control Center and see if you can configure to accept your wireless card's IP. I wish I could be more specific, but it has been quite a while since I worked with Mandrake / shorewall.

Something quick and dirty you can try if you can't configure firewall just yet ... disable both your ethernet and your wireless interfaces. Go to your router's dhcp clients table and release all the addresses. Then activate your wireless device. It should grab the first available IP, which is 192.168.247.100. Since your firewall already trusts that IP, you should be able to get through it (unless shorewall filters on MAC address as well).

Hope that helps.

First Thanks your for your help, I really apreciated !

Here is the step that I do
1- In Mandrake Control Center I configure my BCM94306 NIC (by following the easy steps)
2- Always in Mandrake ControlCenter -> Security Tabs I setup DrakFirewall to allow Everything (no firewall) to make
sure there is no problem with thoses rules
3- In NetConf I disabled my eth0 an enable my wlan0
4- I reboot to see if my eth0 are disabled and my wlan0 are enabled ( everything is ok, at boot I only saw wlan0)

and when i take a look at my var/log/message i saw that there is no module for my wlan0

5 - I just insert the module modprobe ndiswrapper

and that it I got my IP adress with dhcp and I am now ABLE to ping my router and get my WMP54G WORKING !!!!!


6- last step automate the system by typing ndiswrapper -m to include ndiswrapper alias in /etc/modules.conf


Thanks again for your help

Now I will try to activate the WEP encryption !

Woohoo! I'm glad I was able to help you get it up and running!