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I just recently switched Arch from my other computer to my main one, which has a Linksys Wireless-G Adapter on it. (WMP54G) I've followed some instructions to get the drivers installed with ndiswrapper, however when I run the command:
#iwconfig wlan0
it gives:
wlan0 No such device
How can I get this working?
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you need to run "ndiswrapper -m" and then "modprobe ndiswrapper" as root
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I've done that already, still the same result :cry:
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is ndiswrapper loaded properly in the kernel?
lsmod would give you the answer to that
next, is the driver correctly loaded?
ndiswrapper -l (small L) would give you
$ ndiswrapper -l
Installed ndis drivers:
bcmwl5 driver present, hardware present
http://www.linuxportalen.com -> Linux Help portal for Linux and ArchLinux (in swedish)
Dell Inspiron 8500
Kernel 2.6.14-archck1 (selfcompiled)
Enlightenment 17
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also, after modprobing, check "dmesg | tail" for error messages....
Cybertron: you have a card that works with bcmwl5? Mine bombs with 5.... I need to use bcmwl5a (part of the me driver)
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phrakture: yes, my card workes flawless with bcmwl5, it is a Dell truemobile 1300 (or to be exact it is an broadcom 9xxxxx something)...
http://www.linuxportalen.com -> Linux Help portal for Linux and ArchLinux (in swedish)
Dell Inspiron 8500
Kernel 2.6.14-archck1 (selfcompiled)
Enlightenment 17
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or to be exact it is an broadcom 9xxxxx something
hahaha, mine is *exactly* a broadcom something-or-other
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On lsmod:
ndiswrapper 173368 0
Is that normal?
Edit:
Ah on ndiswrapper -l it says the driver is present, but it doesn't say harware is present. Could that be the problem?
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Phrakture: then we got something more than arch in common we got ourself a broadcom *this is not a very good card that does not support linux in other ways than ndiswrapper* something
OCNubStylee; Yes that is a problem...is the card a card that you can turn off in any way? like on my laptop I can press a button to turn wireless on/off
http://www.linuxportalen.com -> Linux Help portal for Linux and ArchLinux (in swedish)
Dell Inspiron 8500
Kernel 2.6.14-archck1 (selfcompiled)
Enlightenment 17
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Ah on ndiswrapper -l it says the driver is present, but it doesn't say harware is present. Could that be the problem?
yup... what card do you have? and what driver are you using?
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Linksys Wireless-G PCI Adapter (WMP54G)
The driver is BCMWL5
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try the 5A version (should be another inf file in the same package)
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I don't see them in the same package. Where'd you get your drivers from?
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nevermind, ndiswrapper sees it, and iwconfig wlan0 works. Where do I go from here?
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as a quick manual way to do it:
modprobe ndiswrapper
iwconfig wlan0 essid "MyRandomEssid"
ifconfig wlan0 up
dhcpcd wlan0
*or*
ifconfig wlan0 192.168.1.13 netmask 255.255.255.0
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