Ndiswrapper

isra · 10-03-2006, 08:05 AM

i have encountered some problems using this module, well in fact i think this thing works but when i try to connect to the AP it does not appear in the AP address field this the output of some commands:
#modprobe ndiswrapper
#dmesg|tail

ndiswrapper: driver oem9 (LAN-Express,07/07/2004,3.1.2.19) loaded
PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:09.0 (0000 -> 0002)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK3] enabled at IRQ 11
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:09.0[A] -> Link [LNK3] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:09.0 to 64
ndiswrapper: using irq 11
wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:0e:9b:55:b6:dc using driver oem9, configuration file 168C:0013:1468:0406.5.conf
wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP, WPA with TKIP, WPA with AES/CCMP
NET: Registered protocol family 17
wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
#iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:11:88:27:C3:70
ESSID:"ESIME (Edificio 1)"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality:0/100 Signal level:-81 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Encryption key

ff
Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
Bit Rate:2 Mb/s
Bit Rate:5.5 Mb/s
Bit Rate:11 Mb/s
Bit Rate:6 Mb/s
Bit Rate:12 Mb/s
Bit Rate:24 Mb/s
Bit Rate:36 Mb/s
Bit Rate:9 Mb/s
Bit Rate:18 Mb/s
Bit Rate:48 Mb/s
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
(Unknown Wireless Token 0x8C05)
Cell 02 - Address: 00:0D:54:A0:92:9D
ESSID:"sepi.wlan"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality:0/100 Signal level:-58 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Encryption key

n
Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
Bit Rate:2 Mb/s
Bit Rate:5.5 Mb/s
Bit Rate:11 Mb/s
Bit Rate:6 Mb/s
Bit Rate:9 Mb/s
Bit Rate:12 Mb/s
Bit Rate:18 Mb/s
Bit Rate:24 Mb/s
Bit Rate:36 Mb/s
Bit Rate:48 Mb/s
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
(Unknown Wireless Token 0x8C05)
Cell 03 - Address: 00:0D:54:A0:25:88
ESSID:"wlanic01"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.452 GHz (Channel 9)
Quality:0/100 Signal level:-77 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Encryption key

ff
Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
Bit Rate:2 Mb/s
Bit Rate:5.5 Mb/s
Bit Rate:11 Mb/s
Bit Rate:6 Mb/s
Bit Rate:9 Mb/s
Bit Rate:12 Mb/s
Bit Rate:18 Mb/s
Bit Rate:24 Mb/s
Bit Rate:36 Mb/s
Bit Rate:48 Mb/s
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
(Unknown Wireless Token 0x8C05)
Cell 04 - Address: 00:90:4C:91:00:01
ESSID:"sepi.wlan"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.442 GHz (Channel 7)
Quality:0/100 Signal level:-85 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Encryption key

n
Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
Bit Rate:2 Mb/s
Bit Rate:5.5 Mb/s
Bit Rate:11 Mb/s
Bit Rate:18 Mb/s
Bit Rate:24 Mb/s
Bit Rate:36 Mb/s
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
Bit Rate:6 Mb/s
Bit Rate:9 Mb/s
Bit Rate:12 Mb/s
Bit Rate:48 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
(Unknown Wireless Token 0x8C05)
Cell 05 - Address: 00:0D:54:A0:AC:CD
ESSID:"sepi.wlan"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.432 GHz (Channel 5)
Quality:0/100 Signal level:-87 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Encryption key

n
Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
Bit Rate:2 Mb/s
Bit Rate:5.5 Mb/s
Bit Rate:11 Mb/s
Bit Rate:6 Mb/s
Bit Rate:9 Mb/s
Bit Rate:12 Mb/s
Bit Rate:18 Mb/s
Bit Rate:24 Mb/s
Bit Rate:36 Mb/s
Bit Rate:48 Mb/s
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
(Unknown Wireless Token 0x8C05)
Cell 06 - Address: 00:0D:54:A0:31:0E
ESSID:"UDI_TwNT"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.432 GHz (Channel 5)
Quality:0/100 Signal level:-90 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Encryption key

ff
Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
Bit Rate:2 Mb/s
Bit Rate:5.5 Mb/s
Bit Rate:11 Mb/s
Bit Rate:6 Mb/s
Bit Rate:9 Mb/s
Bit Rate:12 Mb/s
Bit Rate:18 Mb/s
Bit Rate:24 Mb/s
Bit Rate:36 Mb/s
Bit Rate:48 Mb/s
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
(Unknown Wireless Token 0x8C05)
Cell 07 - Address: 12:8C:8E:5D:A9:41
ESSID:"itesm"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
Mode:Ad-Hoc
Frequency:2.452 GHz (Channel 9)
Quality:0/100 Signal level:-64 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Encryption key

ff
Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
Bit Rate:2 Mb/s
Bit Rate:5.5 Mb/s
Bit Rate:11 Mb/s
Bit Rate:6 Mb/s
Bit Rate:9 Mb/s
Bit Rate:12 Mb/s
Bit Rate:18 Mb/s
Bit Rate:24 Mb/s
Bit Rate:36 Mb/s
Bit Rate:48 Mb/s
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
(Unknown Wireless Token 0x8C05)
Cell 08 - Address: 00:0D:54:9C:E4:0A
ESSID:"Cong. Nopal"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.447 GHz (Channel 8)
Quality:0/100 Signal level:-89 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Encryption key

ff
Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
Bit Rate:2 Mb/s
Bit Rate:5.5 Mb/s
Bit Rate:11 Mb/s
Bit Rate:6 Mb/s
Bit Rate:9 Mb/s
Bit Rate:12 Mb/s
Bit Rate:18 Mb/s
Bit Rate:24 Mb/s
Bit Rate:36 Mb/s
Bit Rate:48 Mb/s
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
(Unknown Wireless Token 0x8C05)

#iwconfig wlan0

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"itasm" Nickname:"linux"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s
Encryption key:2973-B97F-8022-9FD7-9F90-F3B6-31 Security mode

pen
Link Quality:40/100 Signal level:-66 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

ahedler · 10-06-2006, 01:06 AM

It looks like ndiswrapper is doing its thing OK as the scan is seeing several APs (look after each ESSID=). You need to tell your machine which one of them to connect to, and if it's one with encryption turned on, you need to set the encryption on your end. You can use Kwifimanager to do this if you have it, otherwise I'm pretty sure you can do it with the command line, though I don't remember how to do it that way. If you need to connect with WPA, I believe you need to use wpa_supplicant. If it's only WEP, I think you can do it with kwifimanager or just a command line.