Ndiswrapper

[murtu52]

Well, as you may know, I have now installed Ubuntu onto my laptop computer. I have looked on the internet, and i found out that i need to use ndiswrapper to use my windows drivers on linux. I am not sure how to do it, and after following many different tutorials, nothing works. Anyone can help me (from square 1)?

EDIT: Sorry, forgot to mention (to those who don't know) that i want to use my linksys wireless-B PCMCIA card on Ubuntu. It has a realtek 8180l chipset. Thanks...

[iccaros]

here is the linux driver for your card. (I belive its the same card, at least teh chipset you listed. )

then you need to learn the iwconfig command.

http://rtl8180-sa2400.sourceforge.net/

[murtu52]

Thanks, I actually looked at the before but didn't know how to use it...If i transfer that file to Ubuntu, will I be able to decompress it properly?

Also, what iwconfig command would that be?

[iccaros]

Thanks, I actually looked at the before but didn't know how to use it...If i transfer that file to Ubuntu, will I be able to decompress it properly?

Also, what iwconfig command would that be?

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these

Support for the following wireless extension also exist:

iwconfig eth1 channel - (only in monitor/ad-hoc mode) sets the current channel

iwconfig eth1 mode XXXXX - switch between managed, ad-hoc and monitor mode

iwlist eth1 scan - (only in non-monitor mode) returns the list of the networks found by the nic

iwconfig eth1 essid - (only in managed mode) tries to associate with a BSS with the specified essid.

iwconfig eth1 essid - (only in ad-hoc mode) join/create an IBSS with the specified essid

iwconfig eth1 rate xxxxxxxx - sets the TX rate

ifconfig eth1 promisc - enable promisc mode in managed/ad-hoc mode

ifconfig eth1 -promisc - disables promisc mode in managed/ad-hoc mode

iwconfig eth1 frag - sets the tx fragmentation treshold

iwconfig eth1 key 1234.. - sets the WEP key for encryption/decryption

iwpriv eth1 badcrc X - X=1 or 0, if 1 frame with bad crc are accepted in monitor mode

iwconfig eth1 ap XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX - set the AP mac address in managed mode. Useful to associate with hidden essid BSS

iwconfig eth1 ap XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX - set the cell bssid in ad-hoc mode

iwpriv eth1 active scan X - X=1 or 0, if it NIC will perform active probe scanning, if 0 passive

iwpriv eth1 prismhdr X -X=1 or 0, in monitor mode set the header format to prism or regular 802.11

Where eth1 is your interface name (since v 0.7 the default is wlan0)

*Please note that the nic is sleeping until you run ifconfig up.*

as for uncomress it.. yes it will uncompress the file (you need to have your kernel headers installed under /usr/src/linux

to uncompress the comman tar -zxxvf <filename> will do..

then read the Install or Readme file in the archive for install instructions.

I don't have the card or I would run through it.

[murtu52]

well, I have all the contents on my machine (basically a bunch of C files, a few other useful ones i don't know how to use in /home/murtaza). Whenever i type in cd /home/murtaza/rtl8180-0.21 (the folder), it works properly, and moves its directory. Then, when i type the command "make" it says a few things, among one saying that the target it not specified. How to I specify a target so when i compile the driver it'll actually work? This is getting really hard .

[naraku9333]

i just installed ubuntu on an old k6 laptop and i hav e dlink dwl-650 rev.m1 which uses the rtl8180 chip as well.

all i had to do to get it working was

1. install linux headers

sudo apt -get install build-essential linuxheaders-`uname -r`

2. then cd to the rtl8180 directory, make (the previuos package should be all you need to make the drivers, it was all i needed)

3. (assuming you have all the modules you pcmcia chipset needs)

type ./modules_load (scrtipt in rtl* directory) this will load the modules in the correct order

4. set the settings for network in /etc/network/interfaces:

mine:

auto lo

auto eth0

auto wlan0

iface lo inet loopback

iface eth0 inet dhcp

iface wlan0 inet dhcp #your device may be different, check iwconfig

network 192.168.1.0

gateway 192.168.1.1

netmask 255.255.255.0

wireless_essid linksys

wireless_mode managed

wireless_key **************************

wireless_channel 6

5. run:

/etc/init.d/pcmcia restart (may not be nessecary)

/etc/init.d/networking start

iwconfig wlan0 up

this worked to get my card working.

and thank you iccaros, ive had this card awhile hoping for an opensource driver

[murtu52]

thanks, is the linux headers package included within the install, or will i have to download it from a different computer and transfer it?

[naraku9333]

i ran the command without beeing online ( i did have cd in though)