Using ndiswrapper to get your wireless adapter working on your Linux box.

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Ndiswrapper allows you to use Windows XP drivers to operate your wireless device if for some reason it is not supported in Linux. This tutorial will walk you through three steps. 1. Identifying your wireless device. 2. Finding the Windows driver. 3. Installing and using the driver with ndiswrapper.

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• wireless device
• linux
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[vid4ken]

Oct. 12, 2011. Vectorlinux just posted latest release candidate rc 3.4 on Distrowatch website. This is a much newer than used in this video. This should be last RC before final release of Vectorlinux 7.0. Anyone curious about what they see here should give it a try.

[sonneh88]

So what do we do if we can only get the .exe for the driver

[vid4ken]

@sonneh88 What wireless adapter are you using? How does it identfy with lspci or lsusb?

[Scourgeandmephiles93]

@vid4ken This is what happens after I type "lspci":

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 01)

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 01)

00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 08)

00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)

00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 08)

Couldn't find "networking connections" anywhere, cut some.

[vid4ken]

@Scourgeandmephiles93 Is this a desktop or laptop? If you are using a usb network adapter you may have to search or is using lsusb as root.

[Scourgeandmephiles93]

@vid4ken My Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN network card is built into my laptop. "lsusb" didn't give me anything when I tried for the giggles. I've checked and made sure that this is the same network card that is being used to connect to my router wirelessly. I have Realtek as well that isn't in use.

I didn't have enough writing space left on the last comment.

[vid4ken]

@Scourgeandmephiles93 A little Google-ing seems to indicate that this wireless adapter should be supported in linux. "supported by the iwlagn driver since the 2.6.26 kernels." What linux distribution are you using?

[Scourgeandmephiles93]

@vid4ken Thanks a lot for going into the trouble of google-ing and finding out.

I use Ubuntu 11.10, and sometimes 10.04, with a program called VMware player to load Ubuntu while being booted into Windows Vista 64-bit (default) in this virtual machine.

PS! VMware player gives you two new virtual adapters to work with, from Windows, though I don't think they're in use.

If you have heard of the PC-DC server setup you probably know why I need this to work.

[Scourgeandmephiles93]

@vid4ken I use Ubuntu 11.10 and sometimes 10.04 (because of long term support).

I need to do all this if I want to set up a PC-DC server in Ubuntu as well as having a wireless internet connection to the router in another room. Thanks for going into the trouble of google-ing as well.

[CraZayTube]

my problem is that im using a vm and trying to do this.

is it possible to do this while using a VM?!?!?

i have a video on my page of my situation....please....anyone just look and give me some ideas =(

[piekutter]

thx I got my wireless wmp54gs card working under ubuntu 10.04.

For root privileges use "sudo" before commands without being logged in as a superuser or root user.

[True2TheBlueYoViGang]

@sonneh88

lol i have a belkin... it just wont work keeps connecting over and over then offline never gets me online eathernet works but still i have a router to have internet all over the house my desktop isnt near the cords its pointless..i have a desktop with integrated wireless card btw. that forum post is abt ubuntu 10.10 (i tried mint10, kubuntu 10.10). Ubuntu 10.04 didnt even recognize my builtin wireless. i have full bars to even in windows. its pointless sigh.. -.-