Thread: [Ndiswrapper-general] debian Compaq R3000 essid success
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From: Theodore K. <ki...@ph...> - 2004-05-07 15:46:47
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Greetings, I just wanted send in some helpful info. I have installed debian sarge/sid on a Compaq R3190US (mobile Athlon64 3400+). This laptop has a Broadcom chip: 0000:02:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM94306 802.11g (rev 03) 0000:02:02.0 Class 0280: 14e4:4320 (rev 03) I installed the debian packages listed on the ndiswrapper homepage, compiled the module, and attempted to use the bcmwl5 driver that comes with the packages. The device showed up as wlan0, but I could not change any of the parameters with iwconfig (essid, etc). I then tried using the driver from the WinXP Home side of the disk. This file was named "bcmwl5a.inf". I have attached the file below (without the "inf" extension, which sourceforge doesn't like). After removing the other driver and loading this one, I have a fully functioning wireless interface. The external switch and blue LED even work! The one thing that does not seem to work is the ability to change the MAC address :-( I guess that's a small price to pay- I'll just use my netgear 401a whenever I need to be "stealthy"... Anyway, hope this driver and info is useful to others. cheers, -Ted Kisner |
From: Giridhar P. <gi...@lm...> - 2004-05-07 16:05:57
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I believe this is the first report of someone with 64-bit CPU getting ndiswrapper to work. If you have no stability issues, I will add this information to the supported chipsets page. Are you using only inf file from your XP partition or both driver and inf file? Could you locate where one can get these from (web address)? Thanks, Giri |
From: Theodore K. <ki...@ph...> - 2004-05-07 16:23:56
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Giri, > I believe this is the first report of someone with 64-bit CPU getting > ndiswrapper to work. keep in mind I'm still running a 32-bit kernel (2.6.5), I haven't had a chance yet to create a biarch toolchain and compile a 64-bit kernel... > If you have no stability issues, I will add this information to the > supported chipsets page. Are you using only inf file from your XP > partition or both driver and inf file? Could you locate where one can > get these from (web address)? I will test out the stability over the next couple days. Right now I am only using the inf file from the XP partition and the driver from ndiswrapper- I'll try using the native driver as well and see what happens. I'll also track down where to download these files... -Ted |
From: Giridhar P. <gi...@lm...> - 2004-05-07 16:41:46
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On Fri, 7 May 2004 12:23:18 -0400, Theodore Kisner <ki...@ph...> said: Theodore> keep in mind I'm still running a 32-bit kernel (2.6.5), I Theodore> haven't had a chance yet to create a biarch toolchain and Theodore> compile a 64-bit kernel... 64-bit compilation will not work - the windows driver is for 32-bit CPU. Until you get 64-bit NDIS driver, you are confined to 32-bit kernel, if you want to use ndiswrapper. Moreover, ndiswrapper is not 64-bit ready, yet. -- Giri |
From: Theodore K. <ki...@ph...> - 2004-05-07 17:25:11
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> 64-bit compilation will not work - the windows driver is for 32-bit > CPU. Until you get 64-bit NDIS driver, you are confined to 32-bit > kernel, if you want to use ndiswrapper. Moreover, ndiswrapper is > not 64-bit ready, yet. ah, good to know... -Ted |
From: Theodore K. <ki...@ph...> - 2004-05-07 18:09:43
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On Friday 07 May 2004 12:05 pm, Giridhar Pemmasani wrote: > If you have no stability issues, I will add this information to the > supported chipsets page. Are you using only inf file from your XP > partition or both driver and inf file? Could you locate where one can > get these from (web address)? It turns out that I AM using both the driver and inf file from my XP partition... These files are available in the service pack located here: ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software3/COL3601/hb-17787-3/SP23107.exe I've also (temporarily) posted a tarball of my /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5a/ here: http://cmb.phys.cwru.edu/kisner/linux/ndiswrapper/ This posting will probably go away after a week or so, but I thought it might be convenient if anyone wanted to quickly try it out- not sure if it's legal to redistribute these files... As for the stability, I guess a driver that works for me is more stable than one which doesn't :-) If you need any more info let me know, -Ted |
From: Giridhar P. <gi...@lm...> - 2004-05-07 18:19:38
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On Fri, 7 May 2004 14:09:05 -0400, Theodore Kisner <ki...@ph...> said: Ted> I've also (temporarily) posted a tarball of my Ted> /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5a/ here: Ted> http://cmb.phys.cwru.edu/kisner/linux/ndiswrapper/ This driver is same as the one from emachines (driver2) on 'supported chipsets' page. So no need to add this one. Thanks, Giri |
From: Theodore K. <ki...@ph...> - 2004-05-07 18:26:55
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On Friday 07 May 2004 02:19 pm, Giridhar Pemmasani wrote: > This driver is same as the one from emachines (driver2) on 'supported > chipsets' page. So no need to add this one. whoops, sorry for the hassle then... -Ted |