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Thanks for the awesome guide, it got my compaq v2312 up and running in no time.
my only issue is that there isnt a signal strength meter in the top left menu bar. anyone know why or what i can do? im only asking because at school wireless access is poor, and it's good to know when you are about to lose an access point. thanks
Is there a way so that when you reboot it will automatically connect to the wpa network? Everytime I restart I have to specify the SSID and then the wpa key. Is there a way around having to do this?
I modified the setup to do dpkg --force-architecture -i ndiswrapper.deb
which gets ndiswrapper installed. On amd64, kubuntu 6.06, hp laptop
I used the tar.gz for -64 (in earlier message).
The architecture of ndiswrapper being i386, the machine being amd64.
ndiswrapper does work, but see below:
avea@davea-laptop:~/Desktop$ ndiswrapper -l
Installed ndis drivers:
bcmwl5 invalid driver!
BTW: each run of the setup script adds a *new* ndiswrapper
line to /etc/modules...
Anyway, I now, I think, get a new blue light on the laptop,but
NetworkSettings does not show the wlan0.
suggestions?
And thanks for all these hints... Really appreciated.
Super job. Where did you find that version of the inf file? Even the one from Belkin site did not work.
Here are some compiled logical steps that I retrieved from several posts in this thread and a few other places regarding the identification, maintenance, and installation of wifi hardware and/or firmware:
Steps:
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Conventions:
UN = your user name
CN = your computer's name.
Notes: = side-bar elaboratives to explain a step
Warning: = Warnings are just that; you had better read them.
Tip:
You do not retype your UN@CN, just the code after
the $.
UN@CN:~$ and UN@CN:~/Desktop$ are place holders merely
referencing that you should see a prompt in the terminal's
window where UN is your user account's name @ your computer's
name, both of which were assigned when you installed and
configured your Linux O.S. distro.
Warning: Do the steps in order and stick to the
procedure, don't add any steps unless you know
what it is that you are doing here.
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1.)Open your terminal (obviously).
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2.)UN@CN:~$ lspci | grep Broadcom\ Corporation
A.)Press the Return/Enter key
You should now see the following output return in your terminal's display:
0000:05:02.0 Network controller:Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g
Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
If this is what your terminal command returns in the display you have nothing to worry about.
Proceed to the next step.
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4.)UN@CN:~$ echo blacklist bcm43xx | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
A.)Press the Return/Enter key
Your terminal will process the command and notify you that the 43xx driver file has been
successfully 'blacklisted'.
Warning:
This will 'blacklist' an older version of the 43 driver series known as 43xx, which is
pre-installed with UBUNTU Dapper Drake and possibly other Debian based Linux Distros.
The 43xx driver will conflict with some other drivers in the 43xx genre. A lot of problems
concerning oddly behaving cards could have something to do with the exclusion of this
step, so just do it!
It's better to be safe than sorry.
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5.)If you haven't already done so, go ahead and move your 'bcm4318[1].tar.gz' package
to your desktop (a.k.a.- shell, be it Gnome ,KDE; etc.)
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6.)UN@CN:~$ cd /home/UN/Desktop
A.)Press the Return/Enter key
You should now see the following output return in your terminal's display:
UN@CN:~/Desktop$
This output is telling you that the Desktop directory is your active directory and all actions
will be initiated starting at this point.
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Note: It works the same way a browser navigates through a web site.
(Investigate this topic on your own as it is beyond the scope of this block of instruction.)
The UN@CN:~/Desktop$ is your new base directory that you will be working out of. It stream-
lines the process of file access. If you are going to working with a lot of files on your
desktop you make the Desktop your base directory and the terminal will assume on your behalf
that you will be doing all of your work in the Desktop "directory." This saves you time, in
that, you do not have to write out the complete file path to every object on your desktop, just
a command of execution and the file that the command will take action(s) upon.
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7.)UN@CN:~/Desktop$ tar -xf bcm4318[1].tar.gz
A.)Press the Return/Enter key
You should now see the output return in your terminal's display stating that the 'bcm4318[1].tar.gz'
package is effectively being decompressed and extracted to the desktop. Once the terminal notifies you
that the process of extraction was successfully completed and you see the prompt:
UN@CN:~/Desktop$
...proceed to the next step.
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8.)UN@CN:~/Desktop$ sudo ./ndiswrapper_setup
A.)Press the Return/Enter key
You will now witness the installation execution step by step as it is carried out automatically by the
terminal. When the terminal returns a message stating that the installation was successfully completed
you will be queried again with the terminal prompt:
UN@CN:~/Desktop$
...proceed to the next step.
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9.)System menu on your Desktop toolbar at the top of the screen,then:
Administration > Networking, click the wireless connection of the 'Connections' tab and click
the 'Properties' button. Click the "Enable This Connection check Box Radio Button", set your
ESSID id to the active network name that you will use to access your router for wifi, and set
your configuration to DHCP to automatically obtain IP addresses, just like in Windows.
Warning:
Make sure that your wireless lan is activated, only after inspecting the properties of your
wlan connection setup properties, this will prevent wasted time, stupid questions, and people
feeling stupid for asking stupid questions because they didn't pay attention to detail.
Setting up WEP is simple, but you can consult your router's user/set-up documentation for the
exact specifications of performing such a procedure.
A.)Click "OK"
...and wait for the process to complete the update to your configuration settings.
I have a Linksys 54G Wireless Router myself, and I use the router default for wifi which is
"linksys," without the quotations, the ethernet ESSID is "Linksys."
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10.)Click "OK" of your "Network Settings" dialog window.
...and wait for the process to finalize your configuration settings.
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11.) Open your browser and surf to a web page like Google.
Click the Google search text entry field, in the upper right corner of Firefox, and press
the Retern/Enter key on your key-board and wait for Firefox to open Google's default
Home Page.
Close your browser and proceed to the next step...
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12.)UN@CN:~/Desktop$ ndiswrapper -l
A.)Press the Return/Enter key
Your terminal should return the following output in it's display:
bcmwl5 driver present, hardware present
At the terminal prompt:
UN@CN:~/Desktop$
...proceed to the next step.
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13.)UN@CN:~/Desktop$ sudo -i
A.)Press the Return/Enter key
B.)Key in your administrator password
C.)Press the Return/Enter key
14.)UN@CN:~/Desktop# modprobe ndiswrapper
A.)Press the Return/Enter key
Now push the wifi network connect/disconnect button on your computer...
- it should come on/light up, or turn off as the case may be. If
you turned it off, turn it back on now.
15.)UN@CN:~/Desktop# ifdown eth1
A.)Press the Return/Enter key
16.)UN@CN:~/Desktop# ifup eth1
A.)Press the Return/Enter key
17.)UN@CN:~/Desktop# dhclient
A.)Press the Return/Enter key
18.)UN@CN:~/Desktop# iwconfig
A.)Press the Return/Enter key
B.)Verify that the output displays
the correct settings for
your wifi network.
19.)Close the Terminal utility, and browse/surf as desired.
indicis: compwiz18
naught 101
P.S. Let me know how it works, as this will aid me in correcting and/or adding info to help out Compwiz18 in getting you all on-line effectively.
I have come up with a new problem. I have had my wireless working for about a week now and haven't had any trouble after I got it working. I'm using the gnome-network-manager and can even connect to other networks while I'm driving around. The problem is the only network I cannot connect to is at my work!! I can pull an IP but thats it, no network shares, or internet. Has anyone experienced this and if so what solutions did you use?
This script did not work on my HP Pavilion ze2000. The card has always detected and showed up as eth1 ever since I installed Dapper but it would always say in iwconfig "ap: invalid" so I tried multiple things trying to get that working. The only way I could bring my wireless up was to manually configure everything using iwconfig and dhclient ifconfig afterwards but after installing this script eth1 doesn't even show in network manager, iwconfig, or ifconfig. Instantly after installing the script I was able to see the available access points in network manager but it failed to get an IP address so I rebooted but ever since eth1 doesn't come up. Any help would be appreciated. Also after reading through this thread I tried sudo modprobe ndiswrapper but that gave an error saying FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found.
Got it to work, I'm typing this from my Ubuntu Laptop from work!!! YYYYAAAAAA
Thank you very much for your good work.
I've been fighting wireless on dapper for a couple of days.
I'm using an Hp dv5003cl laptop and your method worked for me.
I'm currently using Ubuntu as my stable OS and Archlinux testing as my playground. I was able to get wireless working easily in Arch, so having trouble with Dapper got me really frustrated.
Thanks again.
I've followed all the steps but after rebooting I keep getting the error "The NetworkManager applet could not find some required resources. It cannot contine". On the bright side at least the wifi light is coming on now!