Re: [Ndiswrapper-general] Problem of essid with a WPC54G

[James S. <Sha...@ea...>]

> I configured a WPC54G v 3.1 which uses Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 
> [AirForce One 54g] with ndiswrapper and bcmwl5.inf driver.
> The link is done, and the card detect the correct essid with a iwlist 
> eth1 scan.
> However, when I type iwconfig, the ESSID information stays at "off/any". 

You might try a different version of the bcmwl5 drivers.  Or the bcm43xx wireless driver.  If there's a power button for the card like on my laptop, you might try pushing it so the light comes on (if there is a light).  It's a blue led button on this laptop, but it is an Fn+(radio tower) button on others.  When I push it, I have to rmmod and modprobe the ndiswrapper drivers again before doing the configuration.

The 4318 is a troublesome chipset.  It may or may not work with the bcm43xx drivers.  But should work with ndiswrapper.  Additional information would probably help, or not.  kernel version?  ndiswrapper version?  lspci -n vender:device numbers.  lspci -v descriptions.  yadda yadda yadda

These are my specs:

kernel: 2.6.21.3
ndiswrapper: 1.46

lspci -n: 06:02.0 0280: 14e4:4318 (rev 02)
lspci -v: 06:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)

bcmwl5: version 4.100.15.5 circa 10/12/2006 (from sp34152.exe)
bcmwl5(old): version 3.30.15.0 circa 7/17/2003 (original XP media edition)
(both versions worked iirc, 32bit system)

Your system may vary.  cabextract can be used to extract the files from the .exe driver package.  $ cabextract sp34152.exe

HTH
- James