Saturday, June 20, 2009

Installing Linksys WMP54G with NDISWRAPPER-11

Installing Linksys WMP54G with NDISWRAPPER-11
1.
Code:

tar -zxvf ndiswrapper-0.11.tar.gz

2.
Code:

cd ndiswrapper-0.11

3.
Code:

make install

4.
Code:

ndiswrapper -i /mnt/cdrom/Drivers/wmpci54g.inf

5.
Code:

modprobe ndiswrapper

6.
Code:

ndiswrapper -l

Code:


Installed ndis drivers:
wmpci54g driver present, hardware present


7.
Code:

ndiswapper -m

Code:

Adding "alias wlan0 ndiswrapper" to /etc/modules.conf

8.
Code:

dhcpcd wlan0

9.
Code:

iwconfig wlan0

Code:


wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"linksys"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437GHz Access Point: 00:0F:66:58:7E:A6
Bit Rate:18Mb/s Tx-Power:14 dBm
RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:94/100 Signal level:-53 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:347 Invalid misc:7753 Missed beacon:0


Open /etc/rc.d/rc.wireless.conf
Scroll down until you see this:
Code:

--------- START SECTION TO REMOVE -----------
Pick up any Access Point, should work on most 802.11 cards
*)
INFO="Any ESSID"
ESSID="any"
;;
---------- END SECTION TO REMOVE ------------

Edit it to match this:
Code:

--------- START SECTION TO REMOVE -----------
Pick up any Access Point, should work on most 802.11 cards
*)
INFO="linksys"
ESSID="linksys"
CHANNEL="6"
;;
---------- END SECTION TO REMOVE ------------

Save it.

Open /etc/rc.d/rc.local and add this to the end of the file:
Code:

/etc/rc.d/rc.wireless wlan0
/sbin/dhcpcd wlan0

Save it.

If you use this guide please offer a response. Also please ask questions I am willing to help. If you need and explanation do NOT hesitate to post. Enjoy!

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