Wireless BCM4318 AirForce Card

[namit]

modprobe ndiswrapper

FATAL: Error inserting ndiswrapper (/lib/modules/2.6.15-26-386/kernel/drivers/net/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper.ko): Invalid argument

I am getting this!

Any ideas of what to do

[putzig]

I've been tring to get this wireless card to work for a while. After I finished this tutorial my wireless doesn't show up at all. All I have is eth0 in the Connection Properties. Any ideas on how to get it to recognize the wireless again?

I get this on the terminal

putzig@Azul:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.

My wireless used to be called eth1

[ChunkyBustout]

Thanks for the instructions! I just can't connect because my router is using WPA. Does anyone know what is needed to be able to use WPA?

[prince_niceguy]

Thanks for the instructions! I just can't connect because my router is using WPA. Does anyone know what is needed to be able to use WPA?

I too have WPA enabled on my laptop. The steps I followed are almost similar the only difference is I did the following things.

1. Instead of using ndisutils from synaptics. I compiled them by downloading them from the sourceforge.net site. The installation instructions are quite elaborated on the site. You will require make, gcc and build utils for compiling and installing.

2. Install wifi radar. Use wifi radar to enable your WPA.

I am a linux new bie and know a little commands not much. I will try to help you

[lokakuu]

can't seem to do it..
i'm a newbie, so maybe i'm not doing something properly..

i get this error when i'm installing the bcmwl5:
couldn't copy ~Desktop/bcmwl5.inf at /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper line 135.

can u help me out here?

[msimon1960]

This works for my Belkin F5D7001 Wireless PCI card. Thanks for the clear explanation of the steps involved and the 'why' for each step.

[jsnelgrove]

I have the dreaded Broadcom 4318 Rev02 card integrated in my Compaq V5000. The only distro that has succesfully run this card is "FREESPIRE" and I'm not a big fan. I refuse to use NDISWRAPPER, So I run natively with a USB WLAN stick for now.

However, I see today on Distrowatch that a developmental version of VINE has been released which supports the BCM4318xx cards.

It looks like there are cracks in the ice and we're getting close. I hope someone can take a look at what they've done and see if they can figure it out. Freespire and Vine have managed to get this card going. The question is what have they done and how.
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[msimon1960]

This worked perfectly for me! Many thanks to 'PiracyRocks' for the solution.

I have a Belkin Wireless G model F5D7001. You must use the bcmwl5.inf/sys files in the instructions. The ones on the installation CD that came with the card do not work with ndiswrapper.

This should be listed as a 'How to install Belkin F5D7001 Wireless NIC' so that it easy to separate from the dozens of problem reports on this card.

Matt.

[DannyG]

thank you kind sir!

i have spent days trying to get my card to work, this did it perfectly.

for the record, i'm using Dell Inspiron 1300 with the BCM4318 Card.

thank you so much!

[radek_t]

alright ... after a couple of days of playing around with this here is where i got ...

when i do "iwconfig" i get the following:


lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"radek" Nickname:"Broadcom 4318"
Mode:Managed Frequency=2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:13:46:3F:15:C4
Bit Rate=11 Mb/s Tx-Power=18 dBm
RTS thr: off Fragment thr: off
Link Quality=56/100 Signal level=-57 dBm Noise level=-71 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

sit0 no wireless extensions.


then when i do "sudo iwlist eth1 scan" i get the following:

eth1 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:13:46:3F:15:C4
ESSID:"radek"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
Mode:Master
Channel:6
Encryption key: on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
6 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Quality=100/100 Signal level=-48 dBm
Extra: Last beacon: 56ms ago

Cell 02 - Address: 00:80:C8:0C:3D:AE
ESSID:"karam"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
Mode:Master
Channel:6
Encryption key: off
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 22 Mb/s
Quality=100/100 Signal level=-81 dBm
Extra: Last beacon: 528ms ago

Cell 03 - Address: 00:0C:41:A2:87:FB
ESSID:"linksys"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
Mode:Master
Channel:6
Encryption key: off
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Quality=100/100 Signal level=-83 dBm
Extra: Last beacon: 480ms ago

so it sees my network (Cell 01) plus other two networks (Cell 02 and Cell 03) ... but it won't connect ...

any ideas?