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pana.corbului · 10:33 AM

OK. I'll try to be as straight as I can.

First you have to be sure that your wireless card is using the rtl 8187b chipset. You can check this by issueing lsusb command in consle

Code:

octav@toshiba:~$ lsusb
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 005 Device 003: ID 04d9:0499 Holtek Semiconductor, Inc.
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
[red]Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0bda:8197 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.[/red]
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

Next, you'll install ndiswrapper which is a software for using Windows wireless drivers with Linux, if the current linux kernel doesn´t support a certain device.

Code:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` build-essential ndiswrapper-utils-1.9

Stop the network

Code:

 sudo /etc/init.d/networking stop

Download driver from here and save it to your deskop and install it using ndiswrapper

Code:

 ndiswrapper -i ~/Desktop/net8187b.inf

Check if it was properly installed

Code:

 sudo ndiswrapper -l

The output should be something like net8187b : driver installed device (0BDA:8197) present;

If there were no erros you can build kernel module

Code:

sudo ndiswrapper -m
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

Start networking

Code:

sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

Activate wireless interface from laptop's switch.

Optionally [to start ndiswrapper at boot] sudo gedit /etc/modules and add ndiswrapper.

Reboot and check gnome network applet for wireless networks. Mine works only if I select connect to other wireless network enter network essid previously detected and than select the encryption type.

May 4th, 2008	#29
pana.corbului 5 Cups of Ubuntu Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Bucharest, Romania Beans: 37 Kubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon	Re: rtl8187b drivers for ubuntu hardy OK. I'll try to be as straight as I can. First you have to be sure that your wireless card is using the rtl 8187b chipset. You can check this by issueing lsusb command in consle Code: octav@toshiba:~$ lsusb Bus 007 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 006 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 005 Device 003: ID 04d9:0499 Holtek Semiconductor, Inc. Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 [red]Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0bda:8197 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.[/red] Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Next, you'll install ndiswrapper which is a software for using Windows wireless drivers with Linux, if the current linux kernel doesn´t support a certain device. Code: sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` build-essential ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 Stop the network Code: sudo /etc/init.d/networking stop Download driver from here and save it to your deskop and install it using ndiswrapper Code: ndiswrapper -i ~/Desktop/net8187b.inf Check if it was properly installed Code: sudo ndiswrapper -l The output should be something like net8187b : driver installed device (0BDA:8197) present; If there were no erros you can build kernel module Code: sudo ndiswrapper -m sudo modprobe ndiswrapper Start networking Code: sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart Activate wireless interface from laptop's switch. Optionally [to start ndiswrapper at boot] sudo gedit /etc/modules and add ndiswrapper. Reboot and check gnome network applet for wireless networks. Mine works only if I select connect to other wireless network enter network essid previously detected and than select the encryption type. Last edited by pana.corbului; May 4th, 2008 at 10:33 AM..