Broadcom 4306 With Ndiswrapper 54 Mbps

[ARich]

I don't think my hardware is being detected at all. When I run this command, here is the output.

~$ ndiswrapper -l
Installed drivers:
bcmwl5 driver installed

It should say "Hardware installed", according to the guide. I am using a PCMCIA card, that I know to be working since it works on windows. Another helpful fact is there are two leds, one for power and one for link activity. Neither one of these is lighting up.


Laptop Model: Pavilion Ze5300
Wireless Card: Belkin Wireless G Plus Card, Part# F5D7011

[ubunturules]

ARich: make sure you have a broadcom 4306 chipset run this command and post the output.

lspci | grep Broadcom\ Corporation

if you dont have the broadcom 4306 chipset you will need to get the right drivers for your card.

ubunturules

[donniebnyc]

donniebnyc: go to System -> Adminstration -> Keyring Manager

I changed the password on the key tab and when I reopen the keyring manager it's there, but it doesn't stick. When I restart, it reverts to the previous password.

[nae5]

if you dont have the broadcom 4306 chipset you will need to get the right drivers for your card.

ubunturules

i have the BCM4309 802.11a/b/g (rev 02) .

i have tried using the driver that came with the dell inspiron 600m install cd.

winxp is on another partition on this hd so i went to hda1 Dell/drivers/R58361/ in here are two folders Bin and TMSetup one setup.exe one setup.ini and Version.txt files

the bin folder has only two files in it demo32.exe and setup.dbd so the drivers are in the TMSetup i found them.

the guides say to use bcmwl5.inf through ndiswrapper i tried that and it recognized the hardware under system admin windows wireless drivers, at least it said bcmwl5 hardware present : yes in the left box

but configuring the network doesn't work . after activating and putting in the essid w/ dhcp hexadecimal not ASCII it wont connect and then becomes unactivated...

do i need different drivers? these came w/ the cd and work on the winxp partition i must not be installing something correctly no? this was a clean install after opening repositories and reloading synaptic and then automatix2 where i installed ndiswrapper from..

any body dealt with 4309 on dell 600m? or any ideas?

[eagleeyes]

ok here is a question. I followed the instructions to a T and yet even on reboot i cant find any wireless network settings on my network interfaces. iwconfig doesnt show any wireless equipment. here are some of the things i did, i made sure it was the right version 1.18 ndiswrapper. my ndiswrapper -l is showing device present and software loaded. the bcmwl5 files are under ndiswrapper directory. although in my lshw it is showing my network controller as "UNCLAIMED". I have tried changing the alias to iwan0 and eth1 but neither seem to change anything. and I did make sure to blacklist the 43xx driver. any helpful hints on what i am missing? I also cant see anything with wifi radar or wireshark. I appreciate anything you guys got... oh and its the Broadcom 4306 card on an HP ze4900.

[chuckn]

Thanks for all the great help on getting the wireless working.

I am having a problem after following the instructions here. After connecting the first time, I can't connect after reboot.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Chuck

[ubunturules]

chuckn: let me see what's in your interfaces file

sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces

ubunturules

[chuckn]

ubunturules, thanks for responding.

here is the output of /etc/networks

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp

auto eth2
iface eth2 inet dhcp

auto ath0
iface ath0 inet dhcp

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp


Thanks again,
Chuck

[Laiden]

Laiden: did you restart your computer?

ubunturules

Yes, I have restarted.

/etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper

 alias eth1 ndiswrapper

interfaces

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp
wireless-essid bcit

auto eth2
iface eth2 inet dhcp

auto ath0
iface ath0 inet dhcp

[ubunturules]

Laiden: change your /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper to look like this:
alias wlan0 ndiswrapper

change your interfaces to look like this:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

#auto eth1
#iface eth1 inet dhcp
#wireless-essid bcit

#auto eth2
#iface eth2 inet dhcp

#auto ath0
#iface ath0 inet dhcp

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp