Ndiswrapper and WPA on Ubuntu 6.06

xbennyboy · 08-30-2006, 12:06 PM

Okay I have ndiswrapper installed and got my Belkin 54G Desktop Card F5D7000 working without encryption. However I have two questions:

1.) The System -> Administration -> Networking tool lists my wireless as being eth0. How do I change this to wlan0?

2.) How do you enable WPA the easiest way possible? I've heard about using the network-manager-gnome app, but so far it hasn't worked for me.

AzrielMacKay · 08-30-2006, 04:37 PM

1. for that one see if its not in /etc/aliases

xbennyboy · 08-31-2006, 12:24 PM

It's not listed. The only entry there is "root: ben". How do I add my card in?

binary_y2k2 · 08-31-2006, 05:42 PM

look at /etc/iftab
and the man page "man iftab"

xbennyboy · 09-01-2006, 12:07 PM

Thank you binary_y2k2! My wireless card is now wlan0.

But another question: Do you know how to make wpa_supplicant start up automatically under dapper drake? Right now, in order to activate wpa encryption i have to type

Code:

sudo wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -Dndiswrapper -w -B

and its highly annoying. I noticed that unlike in breezy badger, dapper drake doesn't have /etc/init.d/wpa_supplicant.

binary_y2k2 · 09-01-2006, 12:59 PM

you could add

Code:

wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -Dndiswrapper -w -B

to /etc/rc.local to make it run at the end of the boot sequence, or you could make your own init script to put in /etc/init.d

xbennyboy · 09-02-2006, 11:01 PM

Thanks it works! It actually works! My nightmare is over!

Sort of...

My hostname registers as (null) in my router's dhcp list. How do I fix this?

binary_y2k2 · 09-02-2006, 11:45 PM

maybe if you edit /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf and add something like

Code:

send host-name "yourhostname";

xbennyboy · 09-03-2006, 11:26 PM

Thank you binary_y2k2. You've been of great help to me! Everything is working fine!

binary_y2k2 · 09-03-2006, 11:30 PM

Glad I could help, especially since I don't even use wireless