SharpBlade
June 8th, 2006, 12:09 AM
Hello.
It is my first message on this forum and I hope somebody has come across the issue I have experienced. I am mainly a Windows user (laptop preinstalled OS). I hope I am hereby providing enough information to understand the issue and that somebody more experienced could help me. I have just installed Ubuntu Dapper Drake on a crawling/crashing desktop that used to run Windows Millennium. This desktop was wirelessly connected to my ADSL router at home. The installation went very well: scanner Epson 1240U, printer Epson Color 460, sound card, dial-up modem, USB MP3 player, DVD player, CD-writer... everything was recognised and correctly installed by Ubuntu.... This is quite a success as now I can startup/shutdown the computer without the computer crashing... But the wireless NIC, a Realtek 8185 sold as a Dick Smith XH8343 here in New Zealand, has not been recognised: I am eager to get that working so that I can use the printer from my laptop through the network (This is the challenge after the wireless NIC installation ;-)).
I went to the Ubuntu wiki and thought I would try to use the Windows driver for the card and wrap it in ndiswrapper. I followed the instructions at the following link:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper?action=show&redirect=SetupNdiswrapperHowto
1.) I successfully installed the Debian packages ndiswrapper-utils and ndisgtk and I have now the following extra application: System->Administration->Windows wireless drivers
2.)From the Windows wireless drivers applications, I installed the Windows driver, a file called net8185.inf. I got the Windows driver from the following link http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.filereader?4488af2b0730a3762741c0a87f990728+EN/catalogs/SUPXH8343
3.)I ran the command ndiswrapper -l to check that the ndis driver and the hardware are present.
4.)I configured the network settings:
ssid name
WEP key
5.)Following the instructions I then ran:
sudo depmod -a
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
6.)I ran tail /var/log/messages and could not see any error.
7.)When I run ifconfig or iwconfig, the interface name wlan0 and all the associated parameters are well displayed.
8.)When I run sudo ifup wlan0, I can see requests being sent to my ADSL router but error messages are displayed:
No DHCPOFFERS received. No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
Please note my ADSL router is setup as a DHCP server and has WEP encryption enabled. I wirelessly access this router and the internet without any problem from my Windows laptop. In my router status page, I can see my Windows laptop as being authorized whereas the computer including the Realtek PCI card has the associated status.
9.)I can not ping (Error network unreachable).
S1.)The RealTek 8185 Windows driver can possibly not successfully be wrapped into ndis?
S2.)Is there a native linux driver for the Realtek 8185? Can I use the one available from the Realteck website or is it specific to Fedora:
http://www.realtek.com.tw/
S3.)Is this open source linux driver the one to use even though it has not been refreshed for a while:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/rtl8180-sa2400
Which solution actually works, S1, S2 or S3? What is then the actual way to implement the solution? Is there a positive outcome? I have spent a couple of hours on S1 as well as on the internet looking for clues to get around this issue without success.
Thks in advance,
It is my first message on this forum and I hope somebody has come across the issue I have experienced. I am mainly a Windows user (laptop preinstalled OS). I hope I am hereby providing enough information to understand the issue and that somebody more experienced could help me. I have just installed Ubuntu Dapper Drake on a crawling/crashing desktop that used to run Windows Millennium. This desktop was wirelessly connected to my ADSL router at home. The installation went very well: scanner Epson 1240U, printer Epson Color 460, sound card, dial-up modem, USB MP3 player, DVD player, CD-writer... everything was recognised and correctly installed by Ubuntu.... This is quite a success as now I can startup/shutdown the computer without the computer crashing... But the wireless NIC, a Realtek 8185 sold as a Dick Smith XH8343 here in New Zealand, has not been recognised: I am eager to get that working so that I can use the printer from my laptop through the network (This is the challenge after the wireless NIC installation ;-)).
I went to the Ubuntu wiki and thought I would try to use the Windows driver for the card and wrap it in ndiswrapper. I followed the instructions at the following link:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper?action=show&redirect=SetupNdiswrapperHowto
1.) I successfully installed the Debian packages ndiswrapper-utils and ndisgtk and I have now the following extra application: System->Administration->Windows wireless drivers
2.)From the Windows wireless drivers applications, I installed the Windows driver, a file called net8185.inf. I got the Windows driver from the following link http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.filereader?4488af2b0730a3762741c0a87f990728+EN/catalogs/SUPXH8343
3.)I ran the command ndiswrapper -l to check that the ndis driver and the hardware are present.
4.)I configured the network settings:
ssid name
WEP key
5.)Following the instructions I then ran:
sudo depmod -a
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
6.)I ran tail /var/log/messages and could not see any error.
7.)When I run ifconfig or iwconfig, the interface name wlan0 and all the associated parameters are well displayed.
8.)When I run sudo ifup wlan0, I can see requests being sent to my ADSL router but error messages are displayed:
No DHCPOFFERS received. No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
Please note my ADSL router is setup as a DHCP server and has WEP encryption enabled. I wirelessly access this router and the internet without any problem from my Windows laptop. In my router status page, I can see my Windows laptop as being authorized whereas the computer including the Realtek PCI card has the associated status.
9.)I can not ping (Error network unreachable).
S1.)The RealTek 8185 Windows driver can possibly not successfully be wrapped into ndis?
S2.)Is there a native linux driver for the Realtek 8185? Can I use the one available from the Realteck website or is it specific to Fedora:
http://www.realtek.com.tw/
S3.)Is this open source linux driver the one to use even though it has not been refreshed for a while:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/rtl8180-sa2400
Which solution actually works, S1, S2 or S3? What is then the actual way to implement the solution? Is there a positive outcome? I have spent a couple of hours on S1 as well as on the internet looking for clues to get around this issue without success.
Thks in advance,