ndiswrapper with suse 10.1 linksys wmp54g 4
 

ok im running a amd athlon 2800+ 1gig fsb 754 ddr 400 ram 80 gig wd sata 1.5 hd

here is my problem i got ndiswrapper that came with suse 10.1 installed i got the driver to say installed hardware present
modprobe worked and also got wlan0 to work but everytime i go into yast and and click network i tried ifup under network cards it freezes when trying to activate network so i did the user managed one it goes through says network device found then disconnected im not sure where my problem lies when i had suse 10 i didnt need anything so im still new to ndiswrapper iwconfig shows nothing...im not sure any help would be appreciated i searched the forum and i seen alot of posts about ndiswrapper under linux distrubtions so i hope i posted in the right section thanks

If using DHCP make sure that your router/hub is forwarding the DNS IPs to the client and if not using DHCP make sure that Yast has entered the IPs and DNS correctly.

I had a problem where DHCP was not forwarding or receiving the DNS IPs properly, but I had to manually set them up even though I was using DHCP.

Good Luck

I believe SUSE ships an old version of ndiswrapper. Your best bet would be to download the latest stable version and install it instead. As of the time of this post, it's 1.23.

This is what has worked for me:

Get it from sourceforge (I tried to post a link but I'm not allowed). Just google 'ndiswrapper".

To install it, do the following:


tar zxvf ndiswrapper-1.23.tar.gz

cd ndiswrapper-1.23

make install

ndiswrapper -i /path/to/<your driver>.inf

ndiswrapper -l

depmod -a

modprobe ndiswrapper



YaST -> Network Devices -> Network Card

Network Setup Method

User Controlled with NetworkManager

Add

Device Type - Wireless

Module Name - ndiswrapper

Next

General Tab - Device Activation - At Boot Time

Next

Next



ndiswrapper -m


I've set up several laptops with Broadcom wireless chipsets using these instructions, and it has worked like a charm. In fact, I'm using one of them to post this. :)

Best of luck. Let me know if it works for you.

John

PS. NetworkManager had issues with ndiswrapper, but it seems to work fine with 1.23.

ok well i sorta gave up after both attempts...im trying to get suse 10.0 again....is the eval cd only a dual layer dvd? i use to have a 5 cd set..but i would really like a dvd but i dont have a dual layer burner :( anyone have an idea how i can get the dvd copy?

i would need the x86 open dvd eval version...i really like suse...i just recently switched toe the geek side :P with linux tried ubuntuu really liked it and a friend said try out suse its alot more configureable.....someone PLEASE help me even send me it media mail if you could :P thanks

ndiswrapper Woes Again
 

Hi all,

Take a look at these posts (actually my posts) and apply them before you follow jfernau's instructions. If you don't get rid of the original files left from SUSE's installation of ndiswrapper, your card will not work. Also, as I posted at the bottom of the topic, I had to veer away from 'User Controlled with NetworkManager', but hey, thats just me and my specific configuration (laptop-card, ect)...

Hope this helps,

Deion "Mule" Christopher

just tried....still wouldnt work....so i just gave up and had a friend burn me the 10.0 dvd instead.....ill just stick to 10.0 till suse has prebuilt in drivers for my wifi card again...just easier...i went through like 5 packs of cigs in a night tryin to get the damn thing to work :P im still new and ...was tempted to throw my machine out my window or use it as a big paper weight :P

TO HELL WITH WINDOWS!!!!

well...i decided to finally go with 10.0 again but the dvd for some reason doesnt have my driver either....i installed gcc and all other gcc files kernel source and some others now...what do i need to actually do all this ?

ok, friendly bump....i did alot of research in suse

i got the linksys wmp54g v4.1 wifi nic, it shows it in hardware info detail in yast control, now in yast i go to driver details it has it listed as linksys network controller, but no driver what would i have to do to use a native driver for this? anyone have an idea? i seen for suse 10.1 a native driver but not for 10.0 its chipset is rt2500 wich was the same as an old msi bluetooth dual netcard that was working upon install of suse 10.0...i dont know what im doing wrong ive tried alot of those...i still cant get it going i just instaleld gcc kernel source make and auto make...thanks