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* You need a recent kernel (at least 2.6.0 or 2.4.20) with source.
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* Make sure there is a link to the source from the modules directory:
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'/lib/modules/<VERSION>/build' should be a link to the kernel
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source, where <VERSION> is the version of the kernel you are running.
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* Some vendors ship ndiswrapper in their distributions. Either use
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it or make sure you remove it before installing ndiswrapper by
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If you are upgrading from version 0.4 or earlier make sure you delete any
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old version of loadndisdriver and any configuration in modules.conf and
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modprobe.conf since the new commands are not compatible with this release.
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1. Compile and install
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This should compile both the kernel module and the userspace utilities.
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2. Install your windows driver
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Download the Windows XP drivers, unpack it and locate the .inf for your card.
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Run ndiswrapper -i to install the driver
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> ndiswrapper -i </path/to/inffile.inf>
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This copies all necessary files to /etc/ndiswrapper and creates the config
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After installing you can run
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to see the status of your installed drivers. If you have installed the correct
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driver you should see something like this:
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Installed ndis drivers:
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Where "present" means that you have a PCI-device present that can be used with the
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To load the module type
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> modprobe ndiswrapper.
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If you get no error the driver should now be loaded. You can verify
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this by checking system log (produced by 'dmesg'). If the driver is loaded
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successfully, you should see a message:
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ndiswrapper version <version> loaded
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If you have windows drivers installed earlier (with ndiswrapper -i <inffile>)
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successfully, ndiswrapper module will load them all. You should then see
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the following messages in system log:
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ndiswrapper: driver <driver1> added
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for each of the driver1, .... If you don't these messages, it usually means
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that there are no (usable) drivers installed in /etc/ndiswrapper directory.
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Check if /etc/ndiswrapper directory has one sub-directory for each driver
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and in each driver's directory, there are inf, sys and conf files. Otherwise,
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you may need to repeat step 2.
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If the system has a card that works with one of the loaded drivers, you
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should see the following message in the system log:
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wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
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4. Configure interface
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Use iwconfig to configure wireless network interface. First, locate
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the wireless interface:
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This will print the wireless interface (e.g., wlan0). In
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the examples below wlan0 is used; replace wlan0 with the interface
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reported by iwconfig above.
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Set the operating mode of the interface according to your setup. In
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most cases, it is Managed:
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> iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed
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If you use encryption (WEP), set the key:
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> iwconfig wlan0 key restricted XXXXXXXX
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You can use 6 hex digits for 40-bit encryption or 10 hex digits for
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128-bit encryption. You may need to use 'open' security mode instead
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of 'restricted' depending on the setup of your AP (access point).
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Set the network name:
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> iwconfig wlan0 essid ESSID
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Replace ESSID with the network name used by your AP.
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Now, setup the network parameters for the interface wlan0. This varies
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from distribution to distribution. Refer to your distribution's
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documents on how to do this. Once this is done, you can use network
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tools to bring up the network; e.g.,
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load ndiswrapper automatically by running
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use WPA with ndiswrapper.
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