How to ndiswrapper in Fedora

[vifa84]

Darkimage, you seem to be the most knowledgable around here in getting wireless to work so I am hoping you can helpl me out. I read through the thread and am going to post the output of some of the commands you have given to others. I installed the fc5 kernel from source file following another persons helpful advice in another thread and then did a make and make install with ndiswrapper. Then an /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper -m but it seemed to install the alias to ndiswrapper.d/ndiswrapper instead of etc/modprobe.conf and it didn't show up in network configuration. So I manually added alias wlan0 ndiswrapper to etc/modprobe.conf and then wlan0 was listed. However after setting it up with the ssid and channel and so forth it just says something to the effect of can't deternine ip failed check cable as one of the previous post. So anyway here is what i get:

[root@localhost ~]# /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper -l
Installed drivers:
lstinds driver installed, hardware present
[root@localhost ~]# /sbin/depmod -a
[root@localhost ~]# /sbin/modprobe ndiswrapper
FATAL: Module wlan0 not found.
[root@localhost ~]# /bin/dmesg |grep ndiswrapper
ndiswrapper version 1.13 loaded (preempt=no,smp=no)
ndiswrapper: driver lstinds (Linksys,03/10/2004,6.0.0.18) loaded
ndiswrapper: using irq 11
wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:12:17:2c:b4:3b using driver lstinds, 104C:9066:1737:0033.5.conf
[root@localhost ~]# /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper -m
modprobe config already contains alias directive

modprobe config already contains alias directive

modprobe config already contains alias directive

modprobe config already contains alias directive

[Darkmage]

Originally Posted by amirjpl

thank you darmage.

i set it to managed, and put in my SSID and it worked
now how can i scan for wifi connections.
do you recommend any programs, or does fedora have one already

thank you

Fedora has Network Manager but, it is still in its infancy IMHO. For now I use wpa_supplicant for my wifi connection. I created a how to at How to wpa_supplicant and it has a gui interface.

[Darkmage]

Originally Posted by vifa84

Darkimage, you seem to be the most knowledgable around here in getting wireless to work so I am hoping you can helpl me out. I read through the thread and am going to post the output of some of the commands you have given to others. I installed the fc5 kernel from source file following another persons helpful advice in another thread and then did a make and make install with ndiswrapper. Then an /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper -m but it seemed to install the alias to ndiswrapper.d/ndiswrapper instead of etc/modprobe.conf and it didn't show up in network configuration. So I manually added alias wlan0 ndiswrapper to etc/modprobe.conf and then wlan0 was listed. However after setting it up with the ssid and channel and so forth it just says something to the effect of can't deternine ip failed check cable as one of the previous post. So anyway here is what i get:

[root@localhost ~]# /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper -l
Installed drivers:
lstinds driver installed, hardware present
[root@localhost ~]# /sbin/depmod -a
[root@localhost ~]# /sbin/modprobe ndiswrapper
FATAL: Module wlan0 not found.
[root@localhost ~]# /bin/dmesg |grep ndiswrapper
ndiswrapper version 1.13 loaded (preempt=no,smp=no)
ndiswrapper: driver lstinds (Linksys,03/10/2004,6.0.0.18) loaded
ndiswrapper: using irq 11
wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:12:17:2c:b4:3b using driver lstinds, 104C:9066:1737:0033.5.conf
[root@localhost ~]# /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper -m
modprobe config already contains alias directive

modprobe config already contains alias directive

modprobe config already contains alias directive

modprobe config already contains alias directive

Is your ssid been broadcasted?
Are you using any kind of encryption?
Check your router settings to make sure it matches the linux configuration

[vifa84]

Originally Posted by Darkmage

Is your ssid been broadcasted?
Are you using any kind of encryption?
Check your router settings to make sure it matches the linux configuration

I went through the whole process again, reintslled ndiswrapper and now at least it doesn't give me a wlan0 not found at /sbin/modprobe/ndiswrapper.

When I do a /sbin/iwlist scanning I can see my AP and others in my area but I still get the Determining IP information for wlan0... failed; no link present. Check cable?

I have tried with WEP enabled and disabled and checked the ssid

[Darkmage]

Originally Posted by vifa84

I went through the whole process again, reintslled ndiswrapper and now at least it doesn't give me a wlan0 not found at /sbin/modprobe/ndiswrapper.

When I do a /sbin/iwlist scanning I can see my AP and others in my area but I still get the Determining IP information for wlan0... failed; no link present. Check cable?

I have tried with WEP enabled and disabled and checked the ssid

Check your router settings for extra features enabled like for my router I was not able to connect because I had frame bursting feature enabled. After disabling it I was able to connect.

[Darkmage]

@vifa84
On post 345, I posted a screenshot of my Wireless Device Configuration, can you do the same

[vifa84]

Originally Posted by Darkmage

@vifa84
On post 345, I posted a screenshot of my Wireless Device Configuration, can you do the same

Ok, I took a screenshot and saved it to a file but how do I get it into this post?

I looked at the router settings and disabled super g with dynamic turbo but no help.

this is the ifcfg-wlan0 file in profiles

# Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt
# for the documentation of these parameters.
ONBOOT=no
USERCTL=no
IPV6INIT=no
PEERDNS=yes
TYPE=Wireless
DEVICE=wlan0
HWADDR=00:12:17:2c:b4:3b
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
NETMASK=
DHCP_HOSTNAME=
IPADDR=
DOMAIN=
ESSID=Bigdog
CHANNEL=6
MODE=Auto
RATE=Auto

[Darkmage]

Originally Posted by vifa84

Ok, I took a screenshot and saved it to a file but how do I get it into this post?

I looked at the router settings and disabled super g with dynamic turbo but no help.

this is the ifcfg-wlan0 file in profiles

# Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt
# for the documentation of these parameters.
ONBOOT=no
USERCTL=no
IPV6INIT=no
PEERDNS=yes
TYPE=Wireless
DEVICE=wlan0
HWADDR=00:12:17:2c:b4:3b
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
NETMASK=
DHCP_HOSTNAME=
IPADDR=
DOMAIN=
ESSID=Bigdog
CHANNEL=6
MODE=Auto
RATE=Auto

When you reply to a post with "quote", scroll down the page and there is a "Manage Attachments" section. This is where you attach the screenshot.
I am assuming you are doing this without any encryption.

[vifa84]

Originally Posted by Darkmage

When you reply to a post with "quote", scroll down the page and there is a "Manage Attachments" section. This is where you attach the screenshot.
I am assuming you are doing this without any encryption.

Ok, thanks I see it. I am at work and will post it when I get home. I can't remember whether i had wep enabled when I posted the file contents but I'm thinking I did. What line should be in there for wep being enabled? I know you have the other file which actually contains the key, right?

[Darkmage]

Originally Posted by vifa84

Ok, thanks I see it. I am at work and will post it when I get home. I can't remember whether i had wep enabled when I posted the file contents but I'm thinking I did. What line should be in there for wep being enabled? I know you have the other file which actually contains the key, right?

RATE: 0x

I say try first without any encryption, if it works then try with encryption.

[vifa84]

Originally Posted by Darkmage

RATE: 0x

I say try first without any encryption, if it works then try with encryption.

ok, turned off wep on my router and still no go. here is what iwconfig gives

/sbin/iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"Bigdog" Nickname:"localhost.localdomain"
Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:2.437 GHz Cell: Not-Associated
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power:10 dBm Sensitivity=0/3
RTS thr=4096 B Fragment thr=4096 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0


iwlist gives

/sbin/iwlist scanning
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

sit0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:11:95:0CF:B2
ESSID:"Bigdog"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality:0/100 Signal level:-29 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Encryption key:off
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
Cell 02 - Address: 00:05:F0:05:06:9C
ESSID:"Bigdog"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
Mode:Ad-Hoc
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Encryption key:off
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 22 Mb/s
6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=200
Extra:atim=0
Cell 03 - Address: 00:0D:72:5B:76:01
ESSID:"2WIRE357"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality:0/100 Signal level:-87 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 22 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
Cell 04 - Address: 00:01:46:02:BD:1B
ESSID:"Ken Hme"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality:0/100 Signal level:-88 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Encryption key:off
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0


I noticed my ap shows up twice, not sure why that is? I'll post a screen shot.

[Darkmage]

@ vifa84
I noticed your ap shows up twice, one with Mode:Managed and another Mode:Ad-hoc. Do you have two routers? else make sure Mode in the router settings is set to Managed else change your ssid to something different

[vifa84]

Originally Posted by Darkmage

@ vifa84
I noticed your ap shows up twice, one with Mode:Managed and another Mode:Ad-hoc. Do you have two routers? else make sure Mode in the router settings is set to Managed else change your ssid to something different

Yes, I noticed that too. No I only have one router(dlink-di-624). The only thing I can think of is that I remember changing the wireless settings to extended mode(whatever that does). I will try changing the ssid when I get home. I have two dlink media players, one that connects wirelessly and the other wired, and they have no problem.

BTW I'm glad you asked about frame bursting in the router settings because I was having hanging issues, losing audio etc with my wireless video media player (dlink-dsm-520) especially with higher bitrate mpeg2 videos and after i disabled dynamic turbo all the problems dissappeared.

[Darkmage]

@vifa84
I am glad one problem solved another problem
The wireless dlink media player, does it have the same ssid as the router, if it does then that might be the problem.

[vifa84]

Originally Posted by Darkmage

@vifa84
I am glad one problem solved another problem
The wireless dlink media player, does it have the same ssid as the router, if it does then that might be the problem.

Yes it has the same ssid, but I thought it just receives. the two cells do have different mac addresses though so I will turn if off and see what happens when I get home.