HOWTO: Atheros AR5007EG on Feisty Fawn (with ndiswrapper)

[bmartin]

I wouldn't give up on the "modules" idea... it could still be a module (it sounds like it to me), but I don't have any idea which ones are loaded up on your computer. The r8187 and r818x modules are known to cause problems (they should already be blacklisted)... so should ath_pci. Make sure those are all blacklisted.

[keypox]

hey i installed the driver from acer and it didnt work. Someone had said something was wrong with it so i downloaded the one that is supposed to work but i cant install it because the old one is still installed how do i remove the old one?

I think i use the -r command but it doesnt find it. I guess i need to know where it is installed?

[bmartin]

To remove the driver, use sudo ndiswrapper -e (driver), where (driver) is the name of the driver shown by ndiswrapper -l

[keypox]

Originally Posted by bmartin To remove the driver, use sudo ndiswrapper -e (driver), where (driver) is the name of the driver shown by ndiswrapper -l

couldn't delete /etc/ndiswrapper/net5211.inf: No such file or directory

[bmartin]

What'd you type? sudo ndiswrapper -e net5211.inf?

Try sudo ndiswrapper -e net5211

[keypox]

Originally Posted by bmartin What'd you type? sudo ndiswrapper -e net5211.inf? Try sudo ndiswrapper -e net5211

yep i did that it worked, i installed the new driver and still doesnt work

iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

sudo ndiswrapper -l
net5211 : driver installed
device (168C:001C) present (alternate driver: ath_pci)


any ideas? Have people actually got this to work on the Acer 5570-2977?

[keypox]

hey finally got it to work from previous poster

http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dtvgpkz_46fv8dwf


i only had to do the blacklist stuff. Make sure you save that file and it worked for me.

[warpasylum]

worked on my acer 5050 perfectly. wasn't able to use script, but worked manually cutting n' pasting. thanks=)

[bmartin]

Heh, my bad with the script. I found the bug. I used "echo" to comment out a bunch of commands and didn't un-comment them. It should work now. Thanks for pointing that out.

[mrfr0g]

Acer Aspire 5570

While the script did not work for me, going through the motions step by step absolutely worked perfectly. I am now typing this on my wonderful wireless network. Thank you SOOOO much! You don't even know how many different walk throughs, tutorials, and FAQ pages I went through, all which failed. I'm so glad I stumbled across this page.