Well to get my Wif-fi working on my Acer Ferrari 3200 I did the following and it worked perfectly
:
Although I have a laptop with a 64-bit AMD processor, I used the Ubuntu 32-bit version for x86 systems, with the Ndiswrapper v1.1.
- First I plugged in the UTP cable to get internet access (since Wi-fi doesn't work yet
) . If you have all of the below mentioned software, an off-line installation will also work.
- Download the ndiswrapper-source (NOT the .deb file) from
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/
- You will also need an appropriate .inf driver for your Wi-fi, I used bcmwl5.inf.
- If you can't find a suitable driver then take a look here:
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/p...index.php/List
- Then I downloaded
build-essential, linux-headers and ndiswrapper utils through Synaptic. Although the ndiswrapper utils that are provided through Synaptic aren't really necessary I think because later on there are replaced by a newer version.
Then I typed the following commands in a terminal-window:
sudo su <your own password>
Copy the ndiswrappersource tar file to /usr/src
cd /usr/src
tar xvzf ndiswrapper*
cd ndiswrapper*
debian/rules binary
cd ..
dpkg -i ndiswrapper*.deb
Switch to your driver's directory with the cd command.
ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
ndiswrapper -l
modprobe ndiswrapper
iwconfig
iwconfig wlan0 essid <fill in your own essid>
iwlist wlan0 scan
iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed
iwconfig wlan0 key restricted <your own wep-key 10 hex digits for 40-bit encryption or 26 hex digits for 128-bit encryption>
iwconfig wlan0 essid <fill in your own essid>
ifconfig wlan0 up (or dhclient wlan0)
- I then disabled my eth0 (the port with the UTP cable) in the Gnome GUI network utility.
- Then use the Gnome GUI network utility to configure your wireless interface.
- Optionally you can download the KWifimanager through Synaptic and also make some configurations there, it also allows you to see if you have any signal strength and if you get an IP-address on your Wi-fi nic.
When all works well I typed the following last command:
ndiswrapper -m
And I added the following line to my /etc/modules:
ndiswrapper
Maybe there is some redundant stuff that I did in the above list, but it's works perfectly for me.
So I guess that there are several ways to get your Wi-fi working in Ubuntu!
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