Mandiva Wireless problem with Realtek RTL8187B

jessica_lilly · 03-03-2008, 10:29 AM

hello,

i am new to linux and started on ubuntu but i would like to duel boot my toshiba laptop with mandriva 2008 (free). i have managed to install it fine and i can use a ethernet cable to get updates but i dont want to be on ethernet cable perminently as its a laptop and i like to use it when im doing diffrent things in the house.

The inbuilt wirelesss card is the Realtek RTL8187B. I have tryed using ndiswrapper and i get a message saying i can not use the windows drivers with it and then tells me to look on the ndiswapper site to see which cards it supports. how can i get my wireless working as i really want to use mandriva !!

thanks

aus9 · 03-04-2008, 05:00 AM

I do not have your device but another user used a MS driver and ndiswrapper
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...43#post3074043

http://www.majorgeeks.com/Realtek_RT...0XP_d5165.html
and this
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-546663.html

suggests using iwconfig instead of /etc/network/interfaces