tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post3479166148255945736..comments2011-05-09T07:55:00.565-05:00redDEADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07778199165854076395noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-65270898656422105702009-12-16T21:23:49.957-06:002009-12-16T21:23:49.957-06:00I love you I love you I love you I love you!Damonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18446427256813890559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-2674947303694348382009-11-26T21:39:18.538-06:002009-11-26T21:39:18.538-06:00I uninstalled the broadcom ATA that came with Ubuntu 9.10 and rebooted the system. Then, install the broadcom ATA back and rebooted the system and it worked!<br /><br />It is good to know that I can always fall back to the ndiswrapper if all else failed.Shih-gian Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09583109679267875809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-6215580312375404802009-11-26T20:12:29.558-06:002009-11-26T20:12:29.558-06:00This is still the best NDISWRAPPER tutorial I found so far. It works on Ubuntu 9.10. Thanks for the great post!Shih-gian Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09583109679267875809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-81563635807680691312009-04-24T16:23:00.000-05:002009-04-24T16:23:00.000-05:00thanks!!!<br />:D<br /><br />Now I love my Inspiron with Ubuntu :DM.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13689148760595963657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-44356838605514916552009-03-18T11:37:00.000-05:002009-03-18T11:37:00.000-05:00Thank you so much... this is the easiest, most-straightforward NDISwrapper guide I've found, and the only one that solved my problems with a ENLWI-G card!!!!!<BR/>Thank you loads again!Don Elfohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12345322151384196834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-82966721189811960272009-03-17T22:27:00.000-05:002009-03-17T22:27:00.000-05:00I LOVE YOU!!! seriously.Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09004011068865231175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-18103450392489944922009-02-05T17:08:00.000-06:002009-02-05T17:08:00.000-06:00I got the blacklist for modprobe to do what I wanted it to after long last... and B44 isn't necessary to run Wireless, but maybe it helps, dunno, mine seems to work ok without it. In /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist I have this for the wireless stuff (order is important here, b44 is dependant on ssb being loaded, so it'll keep it from working in the wrong order).<BR/><BR/>blacklist b43<BR/>blacklist b44<BR/>blacklist ssb<BR/>blacklist wl<BR/>blacklist ipv6<BR/>blacklist b43legacy<BR/>blacklist iwl4965 #alias for wl<BR/>blacklist iwlagn #alias for wl<BR/><BR/>that way you don't have to use a script every timeDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811024820176952835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-21897003931679272542009-01-02T20:19:00.000-06:002009-01-02T20:19:00.000-06:00Nevermind my last post about WiFi... I went back to Mandriva (v 2009.0). My install and using the wireless connection took about 20 minutes.<BR/><BR/>With Ubuntu, it seems like you're screwed if what you're trying to do doesn't explicitly fit their esoteric ways of operating... battling sudo and the package manager if one needs software which has to be built from source for example.MGoBlue93http://www.blogger.com/profile/17239442681542909906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-27393427845027388982009-01-01T13:53:00.000-06:002009-01-01T13:53:00.000-06:00My Wifi light is lit up but I cannot connect.<BR/><BR/>I hide my SSID at home. So when I try to connect, I click on the network icon towards the upper right-hand portion of the screen and select connect to a hidden network.<BR/><BR/>From the resulting screen, I enter the SSID, and my WPA key. When that is applied, I see the network icon turn to two dots and a little blue comet circling around the two dots. The dot towards the lower left turns green right away. The other dot, towards the upper right, always stays grey.<BR/><BR/>The little blue swirl goes round and round in a circle but never seems to connect. Every now and again, I get challenged with a prompt to "Enter password for the default keyring to unlock"... I've tried my account password and my WPA passkey here. It always fails as I keep repeatedly getting the prompt.<BR/><BR/>How can I connect to my wireless network? What steps am I missing which are preventing me from completing this task?MGoBlue93http://www.blogger.com/profile/17239442681542909906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-86617393606642624842008-12-23T17:36:00.000-06:002008-12-23T17:36:00.000-06:00Sorry, dude, I'm not a spammer, I SWEAR! <BR/><BR/>I ended up losing all of my work whenever I rebooted. I had to run that last set of commands each time.<BR/><BR/>I found a firmware update at the following link.<BR/><BR/>http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware<BR/><BR/>Fixed my problem completely.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for getting me started. Please feel free to compile all of that into one and post it. I'm sure it will be most helpful to many.<BR/><BR/>Thanks!cosmovernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00058432985011291707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-48908034356084050522008-12-23T15:26:00.000-06:002008-12-23T15:26:00.000-06:00Yatta! I did it!<BR/><BR/>I found this at the following link.<BR/><BR/>https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx/Feisty_No-Fluff#Step%203:%20All%20BCM43xx%20-%20Configure%20NDISWrapper%20(and%20WPA%20Supplicant)<BR/><BR/>sudo rmmod b43<BR/>sudo rmmod b44<BR/>sudo rmmod b43legacy #this step added Apr 27 2008<BR/>sudo rmmod wl #this step added Sep 20 2008<BR/>sudo rmmod ssb<BR/>sudo rmmod ndiswrapper<BR/>sudo modprobe ndiswrapper<BR/>sudo modprobe ssb<BR/>sudo modprobe b44 #this step added May 1 2008cosmovernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00058432985011291707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-82113254935013469882008-12-23T10:28:00.000-06:002008-12-23T10:28:00.000-06:00Okay, I got it to accept by uninstalling the driver ("sudo ndiswrapper -e bcmwl5" from the directory) then reinstalling it. I got the success message, but I'm still not able to see any wireless networks after finishing the commands. And "sudo iwlist scanning" returns with <BR/><BR/>lo Interface doesn't support scanning.<BR/><BR/>eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.<BR/><BR/>wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.<BR/><BR/>wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down<BR/><BR/>pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.<BR/><BR/>So, yeah, now I'm pretty stumped. Sorry, I'm a total noob (literally just installed 8.10 Sunday and it's my first ever Linux distribution. Thanks in advance for any advice or help you can give me!cosmovernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00058432985011291707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-23275072463376883002008-12-22T18:41:00.000-06:002008-12-22T18:41:00.000-06:00I tried this and got to step 5, but when I ran sudo ndiswrapper -l, I got "bcmwl5 invalid driver!" Is there a way I can fix this?Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00058432985011291707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-54527750767927757702008-12-13T11:31:00.000-06:002008-12-13T11:31:00.000-06:00Elan,<BR/><BR/>The guide is for people who want to use ndiswrapper in Ubuntu 8.10 because they don't like the kernel driver.redDEADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07778199165854076395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-53423044186724994832008-12-13T11:06:00.000-06:002008-12-13T11:06:00.000-06:00You do not need to use ndiswrapper. Plug computer into Ethernet, go to system&gt;administrator&gt;update manager and update your computer. Once it is done restart computer. Now go to system&gt;administrator&gt;Hardware drivers and activate all that&#39;s there, ie the Wireless card and the graphics card. It really is not that hard.Elanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11695220142980661291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-14051259993471383752008-12-13T11:04:00.000-06:002008-12-13T11:04:00.000-06:00You do not need to use ndiswrapper. Plug computer into Ethernet, go to system&gt;administrator&gt;update manager and update your computer. Once it is done restart computer. Now go to system&gt;administrator&gt;Hardware drivers and activate all that&#39;s there, ie the Wireless card and the graphics card. It really is not that hard.Elanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11695220142980661291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-59555388362980868582008-12-03T05:15:00.000-06:002008-12-03T05:15:00.000-06:00How would I revert to the restricted drivers after doing this? I do get connectivity, but it's a bit flaky originally getting connected.Nerdfesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178183078724858513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-51521140421361733602008-11-24T15:50:00.000-06:002008-11-24T15:50:00.000-06:00I'm wondering, have you tested on an .11b, as I can't seem to get mine to work with .11b for some reason.Arenlorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04644503091759272312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-69366364023392133152008-11-08T13:40:00.000-06:002008-11-08T13:40:00.000-06:00Getting the ndiswrapper and drivers installed was fine, but my home network has WPA-PSK TKIP security. On the wireless connection in Ubuntu the closest option I have is &quot;WPA &amp; WPA2 Personal&quot;. Has anyone had the same issue, and figure out how to connect to your WPA-PSK TKIP secured network?Rickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03061813603843115479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-91221746805573467842008-11-05T03:44:00.000-06:002008-11-05T03:44:00.000-06:001) this "#!/bin/bash<BR/><BR/>modprobe -r b44<BR/>modprobe -r b43<BR/>modprobe -r ssb<BR/>modprobe -r ndiswrapper<BR/>modprobe ndiswrapper<BR/>modprobe b44"<BR/>is my script :P<BR/><BR/>2) b43 works full speed it's fixed no need for ndiswrapper :)thor2002rohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16231787753026307353noreply@blogger.com