linksys wpc11 ver 4

[jaymill]

I know that this has been done before, but I was trying to find out how to get it to work. I would appreciate ANY help, especially in baby steps, I am JUST begining in linux and I am a complete newbie.

Thanks!

[Permafrost91]

All this is on the web at:
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/m...dex.php/Ubuntu

But this is what I did to get my WPC11v4 to work:

(0) Have a working internet connection (probably hardwired for now since your wireless isn't working yet) ... just give it five more minutes!!

(1) install ndiswrapper-utils (I'm not sure if you have to enable multiverse/universe, but if you do, that's explained in the Starter Guide). Open System->Administration->Synaptic Package Manager and search for 'ndiswrapper-utils.' Click on the icon to the left of it and select 'Mark for Installation' then hit Apply at the top of the screen. Close out of Synaptic once the installation is done.

(2) Download the Win XP driver (I'm assuming you'll download to /home/user) from here (either site 1, 2, or 3 ... it doesn't matter):
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...x?Keyword=8180

(3) Extract the archive (a .zip file) into /home/user/wpc11

(4) open a terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal) then

$ cd /home/user/wpc11
$ sudo ndiswrapper -i NET8180.INF
$ sudo ndiswrapper -l

You should see this message:

Installed ndis drivers:
net8180 driver present, hardware present

If you see this, do

$ sudo depmod -a

Provided there is no error message, follow up with

$ sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

To load the module automatically at boot, add this line to your /etc/modules file:

ndiswrapper

(5) You should be able to use the network configuration tool provided by Ubuntu to set up your connection. I highly recommend installing wifi-radar too. It's an excellent tool that will choose automatically between found and pre-configured wireless networks at boot-time (you can rearrange the list of networks to your liking).

Hope this helps!

[jaymill]

hey, that worked perfectly! especially once I figure out I was spelling etc ect in the command line

[Permafrost91]

use tab completion for directories and file names on the command line ... it's a great tool to avoid spelling mistakes plus it saves time!

[bminor]

halo
I am a newbie too
and I have a problem when I was installing ndiswrapper 1.8(i'm using WPC11 ver.4 also)
when I followed to the step "$ sudo modprobe ndiswrapper"
it returned "FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found."
What's wrong?

P.S. I did step 1-4 worked fine until the step of "$ sudo modprobe ndiswrapper"

[Permafrost91]

what kernel are you using? I had that problem with the 2.6.15 kernel in Dapper too so I went back to the Breezy stock kernel.

[bminor]

Originally Posted by Permafrost91 what kernel are you using? I had that problem with the 2.6.15 kernel in Dapper too so I went back to the Breezy stock kernel.

i am using the kernel 2.6.12.
so, is that ok?

[Permafrost91]

hmm ... that's what I'm using (2.6.12-10-386)

what does

$ sudo ndiswrapper -l

output?

[mpvano]

What C compiler did you use to build ndiswrapper?

The WPC11v4 works great for me with the original preinstalled ndiswrapper in breezy, but if you try and build a later version from sources you will need to make sure it gets built with gcc-3.4 NOT the standard breezy gcc-4.0 compiler.

Kernels are typically compiled with earlier compilers for stability reasons. In this case, if you build kernel modules with the wrong compiler, they won't load and will give mysterious error messages.

Either figure out how to go back to the built-in ndiswrapper version, or figure out how to build the 1.8 version with gcc-3.4

I don't know what build method you used, but if you did it manually, you can apt-get gcc-3.4 and then temporarily replace the soft link linking gcc to gcc-4.0 with one linking it to gcc-3.4 (don't forget to put it back).

Another problem you may have, is that when your kernel gets an automatic update via ubuntu's update manager, you may need to rebuild ndiswrapper and reinstall it again (possibly after loading new headers). I think there's some devious way around this that module-assistant uses, but most normal build howto's don't do that.

By the way, for a card that's been such a pain in the whatsit for such a long time (even under windows) that particular card is now working EXTREMELY well for me on a Sony Vaio using the latest XP drivers under breezy. It's fast, stable, sleeps and hibernates and It even scans properly.....

Mario

[Permafrost91]

I didn't build ndiswrapper from source:

# apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils