Re: [Ndiswrapper-general] Broadcom 94306 (Linksys WPC54G) - No SSID!

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Dev...@ao... wrote:
| Still, my essid would not set. 'iwlist wlan0 scan' reports no AP's in
| the area, even though I was 5 feet away from one. However, as most
| people with this problem, if I switch the mode to Ad-Hoc, i CAN
| modify the ESSID (but can't connect to my AP, due to the nature of an
| access point requiring Managed Mode.) So i conclude that I must have
| the wrong drivers (even though 'ndiswrapper -l' reports my drivers as
| being 'present'). I download a file called R76521na.exe, and extract
| whats in it. I turn up with 3 possible files: bcmwl5.inf, bcmwl5a.inf,
| and the bcmwl5.sys. I try both *.inf files, hoping that one will work.
| After going through the same method of trouble shooting, still no luck.
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| Thank you all for taking your time and reviewing my problem. Once again=
,
| my main problem is that I cannot set my ESSID, and as I have read, you
| cannot connect to your network without first setting it. Any help is
| greatly appciciated. Thanks again, and have a great day.

I can only speak for my own experience with my Broadcom card.
Since version .5 IIRC the default ESSID is not set. You have to do it
your self before trying to do anything.

Can you just test this and se what happens:

# modprobe ndisrapper
# iwconfig wlan0 essid any

and see if anything shows up in your scan
# iwlist wlan0 scan


You can try the above with any of the drivers that ndiswrapper prints
'pressent' on.

Also, what distro and kernel are you using?

Good luck!

Regards,
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