Linux has come a long way with hardware support, but if you have a wireless card that still does not have native Linux drivers you might be able to get the card working with a Windows driver and ndiswrapper. Using a Windows driver inside of Linux may also give you faster transfer rates or better encryption support depending on your wireless card.
Solution: I found this site, linuxwireless. B43 and b43legacy are drivers for the This page provides support information on Broadcom BCM43xx wireless network cards. The aim of Ubuntu is to ensure all card models work automatically with no, or minimal configuration. If you are having a WiFi issue, please see below on getting this addressed.
With this information, you may assess what drivers are supported for your card, and how to switch to a different driver from the instructions below. To identify a card that was installed inside your computer prior to purchase, please open a Terminal and execute:. The following is an overview of the different drivers that are available for Broadcom wireless devices. As this driver is closed source, fixes in the driver itself may only be provided by Broadcom. As a convenience, Ubuntu offers two versions of this driver:.
The bcmwl-kernel-source package aims to offer a later version for a given release. Instructions for installation may be found later in this article. As per the Broadcom readme file for driver version 6. The b43 infrastructure is composed of two parts. The first is the firmware-binstaller package. This is simply a script to extract and install the b43 driver firmware, maintained by the Ubuntu community.
The second is the b43 driver, maintained upstream by the Linux kernel community. Instructions to install the package may be found below. The b43legacy infrastructure is composed of two parts. Re: Wireless device not recognized anymore, no internet Post by kajivar » Thank you very much for your replies. Where can I find it?
The dongle is recognized by lsusb and dmesg Thanks in advance, Kaj-Ivar. Re: Wireless device not recognized anymore, no internet Post by sqlpython » Sorry that you are not having success. I'm afraid that your Lenny installation is now thoroughly messed up as far as wireless is concerned Re: Wireless device not recognized anymore, no internet Post by kajivar » sqlpython: Yes, of course, I didn't remove every package on the system, but, as far as I can remember, almost every package I installed seperatly.
After that, I followed your instructions, by installing and configuring ndiswrapper. This didn't work. I've just followed the how-to about ndiswrapper, but still without success. Could anyone please tell me where I can find some?
Oh yes, I'm not reinstalling the system yet, I would like to try everything before, even if it takes more time than reinstalling Debian. It is a good opportunity to learn a lot, I think. Again, thank you all for your suggestions!
In the folder "modules" you will find a file called rt After that do an ifconfig to see if it took. I have being doing this since before Lenny and the built in wireless tools have worked every time. Then: dhclient wlan0 this conflicts with network-manager-gnome just FYI Re: Wireless device not recognized anymore, no internet Post by kajivar » I've just copied the rt So I copied the file rt73usb.
This file came from the SerialMonkey source I compiled a couple of days ago. Maybe I should try to get the rt73usb. And yes, I have a dualboot with Ubuntu, and wireless works well, so it is turned on Thank you all again. Last edited by kajivar on , edited 1 time in total. Re: Wireless device not recognized anymore, no internet Post by sir fer » the file I said you should download and copy is called rt If you wanna get rt Make sure you get the names of everything correct and try again.
Let us know how you get on. Re: Wireless device not recognized anymore, no internet Post by davidgurvich » Go to the ralink website and download the firmware package for your specific wireless chipset, there are about 10 options.
Re: Wireless device not recognized anymore, no internet Post by kajivar » Oh yes sorry I copied indeed the file rt So it is just an error in my post. I'll correct it. Now I've just tried to copy everything that has something to do with my wireless module from my Ubuntu installation. This is what is written under 'dmesg': [ And of course still no internet Re: Wireless device not recognized anymore, no internet Post by davidgurvich » There is so much wrong with that, that my mind boggles.
Kernel modules are specific to individual kernels. You need to build the kernel module for your kernel not copy a module for some other kernel. I've done that but only when recompiling the same kernel with only modest changes, not transferring modules from one distribution to another. Also install the module-assistant package if you haven't already and prepare it with the command m-a prepare this and all following commands with root privileges.
Code: Select all su apt-get update apt-get install module-assistant ndiswrapper-utils ndiswrapper-common m-a prepare m-a a-i ndiswrapper.
Post by mzilikazi » penpen wrote: If you don't have an ethernet connection, just wireless unlikely, but it could happen , could one just download all the. Post by e1even1 » penpen wrote: If you don't have an ethernet connection, just wireless unlikely, but it could happen , could one just download all the. Post by hkoster1 » mzilikazi wrote: hkoster1 wrote: You could even install Knoppix first, then dist-upgrade to Debian Sid afterwards.
Post by penpen » e1even1 wrote: penpen wrote: If you don't have an ethernet connection, just wireless unlikely, but it could happen , could one just download all the. Post by mzilikazi » hkoster1 wrote: We're talking about a desperate situation here Of course, installing Debian via Knoppix is not ideal, but it isn't a disaster either. I've done it myself in the past just for kicks, when stable was still Sarge , and it worked OK when dist-upgrading to unstable.
So, I'll stick to my suggestion if you don't mind. The advantage to this is that you can take the CD with you. However, some users have worked out how to install Knoppix on a hard drive. Hard drive install of Knoppix is not recommended for the new user and one should understand that there are problems associated with a hard drive install of Knoppix, particularly if you try to install more software or update your current software.
Users are encouraged to look at a Debian www. Post by hkoster1 » mzilikazi wrote: You seem to be missing a critical point here. You do not install Debian when you install Knoppix, you install a distro based on Debian but not Debian.
Post by mzilikazi » hkoster1 wrote: Look, if someone is perhaps faced with not being able to install Debian at all, then doing it or something similar via an upgrade from Knoppix is an option that could be considered. At least, I have experience with that and it wasn't all bad, I can tell you.
Post by plugwash » penpen wrote: If you don't have an ethernet connection, just wireless unlikely, but it could happen , could one just download all the. Post by penpen » plugwash wrote: penpen wrote: If you don't have an ethernet connection, just wireless unlikely, but it could happen , could one just download all the.
Re: Ndiswrapper the easy Debian way Post by josh » I got up to here: "4.
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