Netinstall and installing ndiswrapper

Alfred · 2013-06-22 18:21:23

Hello arch community!

I decided to give arch a try today, but I have problems using the netinstall. I use an AVM Fritz Wlan stick and need ndiswrapper to install its driver.
I can not use a wired connection for installation, so is there a way to get ndiswrapper working, during the netinstall?

I already tried putting ndiswrapper on a USB stick, mounted it in the arch iso and tried to install it, using the "make" command.
When I do this, it suggests that I should use "_make" instead, but that doesn't work either. After that I tried installing it using pacman -Up /path/to/package, but it just tells me the package is invalid or corrupted.
Am I just using a wrong package? I downloaded ndiswrapper here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ndiswra … es/stable/

cedeel · 2013-06-22 19:05:26

Yes, you're using the wrong package.
There are perfectly fine packages available in the repositories.

I do realise that you don't have access to the internet when you'll be installing it, so download the packages beforehand, then do

pacman -U /path/to/package-name.tar.xz

Alfred · 2013-06-22 20:13:52

Thanks, it works with the package from the repos.
So, I got ndiswrapper and my wlan driver installed and loaded the ndiswrapper module.
The problem is, iwconfig is still not showing a wireless interface and "iw dev" says "nl180211 not found".

I think ndiswrapper is loaded correctly, it does show up in lsmod. The driver is also loaded correctly, when I type in "ndiswrapper -l" it shows the driver and that the device is present.

edit:
"dmesg | grep ndis" only shows that ndiswrapper 1.58 is loaded and that usbcore registered it, if that helps in any way.

Last edited by Alfred (2013-06-22 20:45:46)

Alfred · 2013-06-24 17:33:15

Nobody here who has an idea how to solve this problem?
My stick's ID is 057c:6201, in case that is relevant.

cedeel · 2013-06-24 17:37:20

I don't, since I haven't used ndiswrapper in years.

Did you read the documentation in the wiki?

Alfred · 2013-06-24 17:49:26

This little paragraph: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wi … diswrapper ? Yes I did, and I used ndiswrapper exactly like that, but I still don't have a wireless interface showing up.
Also, my wlan stick is in the list of known working devices for ndiswrapper: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/n … gory:WORKS (AVM Fritz!WLAN USB Stick v1.1)
so there should be a way to get this working.

cedeel · 2013-06-24 18:46:37

The sourceforge page has some information about it.

I'm not exactly sure, but have you tried using "ip" instead of "iw"?

Alfred · 2013-06-24 19:46:23

cedeel wrote:

I'm not exactly sure, but have you tried using "ip" instead of "iw"?

Like ip dev and ipconfig instead of iw dev and iwconfig?
I tried that and both ip dev and ipconfig don't work (unknown command).

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Netinstall and installing ndiswrapper

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