Setting-up Wireless Card (Using Ndiswrapper) [Solved]

I've recently setup Arch-Linux on my laptop and I am now trying to get my wireless card to work. I've got this card to work with Ubuntu Linux using Ndiswrapper, so I know it should be possible. The card is 'Atheros AR5007EG' and my laptop model is a Toshiba p205-s6307.
I have the drivers that I used on Ubuntu and I installed Ndiswrapper from source. I then went through the following steps (I didn't document my original driver installation, so I will just write what the commands now output. The installation had no errors):
[tristan@asuka wdriver]$ pwd
/home/tristan/wdriver
[tristan@asuka wdriver]$ ls
ar5211.sys net5211.inf
[tristan@asuka wdriver]$ sudo ndiswrapper -i net5211.inf
Password:
driver net5211 is already installed
[tristan@asuka wdriver]$ sudo ndiswrapper -m
module configuration already contains alias directive
[tristan@asuka wdriver]$ sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
[tristan@asuka wdriver]$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
To my knowledge, this should work. But, unfortunately 'wlan' is not showing. I was hoping someone might have some tips or advice to help me resolve this. Any information will greatly be appreciated. If you need anymore information about my system, please ask!
Thank you very much.
Last edited by azurepancake (2009-01-27 05:43:45)

I've been doing a little experimenting and still haven't been able to get wlan0 up. I uninstalled the driver and reinstalled it using the ArchWiki:
ndiswrapper -i filename.inf
ndiswrapper -l
ndiswrapper -m
depmod -a
(Add 'ndiswrapper' to '/etc/rc.conf' modules section)
modprobe ndiswrapper
Still nothing.
Results of ndiswrapper -l:
net5211 : driver installed
device (168C:001C) present (alternate driver: ath5k)
But, I have found a few things that might be related to the problem.
When I attempt to run 'ndiswrapper -m' - I get the following error:
[tristan@asuka ~]$ ndiswrapper -m
module configuration contains directive install pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv*sd*bc*sc*i* /sbin/modprobe ndiswrapper
;you should delete that at /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper line 868, <MODPROBE> line 4.
module configuration contains directive install pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00000406sd00001468bc*sc*i* /sbin/modprobe ndiswrapper
;you should delete that at /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper line 868, <MODPROBE> line 5.
module configuration contains directive install pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00000407sd00001468bc*sc*i* /sbin/modprobe ndiswrapper
;you should delete that at /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper line 868, <MODPROBE> line 6.
module configuration contains directive install pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00000408sd00001468bc*sc*i* /sbin/modprobe ndiswrapper
;you should delete that at /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper line 868, <MODPROBE> line 7.
module configuration contains directive install pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00001025sd0000168Cbc*sc*i* /sbin/modprobe ndiswrapper
;you should delete that at /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper line 868, <MODPROBE> line 8.
module configuration contains directive install pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00001026sd0000168Cbc*sc*i* /sbin/modprobe ndiswrapper
This pretty much repeats its self for quite a bit.
I've noticed that when I boot my system up, it complains about the following:
FATAL: Module ath_pci not found
FATAL: Module ath_hal not found
FATAL: Module wlan not found
I found a post about my particular card saying to blacklist ath_pci and ath_hal. So I added the following to my /etc/modprobe.d/framebuffer_blacklist
blacklist ath_pci
blacklist hal_pci
Still no luck. So I then noticed that these were part of my modules in /etc/rc.conf:
So I then removed them, making my MODULES line look like so:
MODULES=(r8169 ath5k wlan snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-hwdep snd-page-alloc sn$
ndiswrapper)
I'm afraid this hasn't resolved the issue yet. If anyone has any advice at all, please share!
Last edited by azurepancake (2009-01-26 22:10:04)

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"Installing Firmware (Microcode)
Important: Installing these firmware packages is not required since the 2.6.34 kernel update, when the firmware files were moved to the linux-firmware package.
If you need wireless connectivity to access pacman's repositories, the firmware files are also available direct from Intel. See this page, select and download the archive.
$ wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-XXXX-ucode-XXX.XX.X.XX.tgz"
After downloading, you must extract and copy the *.ucode file to the firmware directory, commonly /lib/firmware
# tar zxvf iwlwifi-XXXX-ucode-XXX.XX.X.XX.tgz
# cd iwlwifi-XXXX-ucode-XXX.XX.X.XX/
# cp iwlwifi-XXXX-X.ucode /lib/firmware/"
The wireless setup manual goes on to say that
"If MOD_AUTOLOAD is set to yes in /etc/rc.conf (it is by default) that should be all that is required. Simply check for the presence of the drivers by running ip addr from a terminal. There should be a listing for wlan0."
My outputs are the following
lspci | grep -i net
03:00:0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Decive 08ae
04:00:0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/816B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev06)
lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:0139 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 058f:a014 Alcor Micro Corp.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
iwconfig
lo no wireless extentions
eth0 no wireless extentions
Thank you in advance!
Last edited by Stromblad (2011-08-16 02:13:50)

If anything I have (re)learned some things about whats going on, which...ultimately led to more questions.
First these two snippets led me to some interesting ideas.
"Installing Firmware (Microcode)
Important: Installing these firmware packages is not required since the 2.6.34 kernel update, when the firmware files were moved to the linux-firmware package.
If you need wireless connectivity to access pacman's repositories, the firmware files are also available direct from Intel. See this page, select and download the archive."
From the "Wireless Setup" Wiki
and
"Using kernels 2.6.24 and up
These kernels have the iwlwifi driver included and the released drivers (available from this site under download page) do not work with these kernels. If you want to run the latest (or very close to it) development code with your kernel then you should use the compat-wireless project that retrieves the latest driver development code from the upstream repository. We do push our changes to this repository very frequently."
Which means that the firmware I downladed from http://intellinuxwireless.org/?p=iwlwifi, would not work.
I reinstalled, this time including the all the "iwl" packages from the "dev" section of the packages.
The result was the same.
dmesg | grep -i iw
would report nothing at all
until i input the command
modprobe iwlagn
then dmesg | grep -i iw would report
iwlagn: Intel(r) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for linux, 2.6.33-ARCH-ks
iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2009 Intel Corporation
I really wanted to figure this out the arch way, but I can find little to no threads on my specific card.."Intel Centrino N-100 Wireless"
If anyone can help, it would be greatly appreciated. In the meantime, I will boot the ubuntu live cd and hope that wireless is automatically configured, that way I can at the very least, attempt to figure out what model card it reports and try again with that information.
My question, other than "can anyone provide some insight as to why the system can detect the card, but not be able to bring wlan0 up", is can modprobe insert modules that do not correspond with what is actually in the machine?
Thank you

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This is probably the simplest way to get the G3 connected to the wireless network.
I'll have to read up on getting an express and using it as a wireless bridge as I am unfamiliar with the concept.
The new AirPort Extreme is broadcasting a wireless signal.
A new AirPort Express could be located close to the G3. The Express will pick up the wireless signal from the AirPort Extreme, then provide an Ethernet connection to the G3 though a short Ethernet cable.
This can work very well......IF.....you keep the G3 at a fixed location, since it will always be connected to the AriPort Express using an Ethernet cable.
I do have an old Linksys Wireless G router. I wonder if that would work?
In theory, yes. But it would have to use much older WEP "security", which is easily cracked in minutes using free tools available on the Internet. So, anyone who really wanted to get on the network could do so. It's an option, but not a very good one.

Using Express without a Wireless Card?

I would like to use my Express only to stream music from iTunes on my desktop to my stereo. I do not have a wireless card. I thought I could do this but am unable to configure the Express. It is plugged into my network and has a gree light. My desktop is plugged into the same network. However, the Setup Assistant can not find the Express.
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I believe your computer must have a wireless card in order to setup an Airport Express base station.
I would recommend either having a friend with wireless in a laptop come over and help you set it up. You might also be able to find a friendly store that might help you out.
The settings in the Airport Express stay when you unplug it.
Edit: Nevermind. I see someone found instructions on using the Airport Administration utility.

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I can not use the internal wireless card with my Mac pro 2012, I don't know if it is broken. The problem is happen recently, I have to use an independent wireless card now. Thanks!

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[HOWTO] Wireless card BCM4328 without ndiswrapper

Hey,
Not an issue at all this time. I want to make my little contribution about how to install the BCM4328 card without using ndiswrapper. Probably, the majority of you know that Broadcom released drivers for 32-bit and 64-bit for the following cards: BCM4311, BCM4312, BCM4321 and BCM4322. Check this out for more info: http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
The thing is that about 3 weeks ago I re-installed everything and now I'm happily using Arch64 on my MacBook 3.1 Santa Rosa but unfortunately I had some issues with ndiswrapper and I couldn't configure the wireless card (BCM4328). So, I gave a chance and I tried the Broadcom drivers even if my card wasn't on the list. And my surprise was that works perfectly!!
Some outputs:
lspci
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 03)
lsmod | grep wl
wl 1079104 0
ieee80211_crypt 7300 2 wl,ieee80211_crypt_tkip
iwconfig
eth1 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"Cadaques" Nickname:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.457 GHz Access Point: 00:14:A5:CD:75:6F
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power:32 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Managementmode:All packets received
Link Quality=5/5 Signal level=-25 dBm Noise level=-91 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:1 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
There is also a package at http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19514 on AUR for Broadcom 802.11abg Networking Drivers it's called "broadcom-wl" and it really works very nice and smooth with the latest version of the kernel (2.6.27.5-1)
You can easily install it by doing:
yaourt -S broadcom-wl
After installing the package just make sure that you unload (or blacklist) the following modules:
rmmod ssb
rmmod b43
rmmod bcm43xx
Load the good one:
modprobe wl
ifconfig eth1 up
Now you should be able to see the interface and connect to your preferred network using for example wicd or any other tool.
If you find this useful and you think should go to the wiki, let me know. I found the MacBook wiki a bit outdated but I wasn't sure at all so suggestions are welcome!
Last edited by miguimon (2008-11-17 06:31:32)

Ok thanks I'll give it a go, I really am new to this networking stuff as I've only really used ubuntu before. In the setup for Arch I did have it include wireless-tools and the bcw43-fwcutter packages because it's that packages that got my wireless working in ubuntu. But my cards the same model as yours so I'll try it this way. Is there anything else I need to do to like my module or Wireless option in rc.conf or any of the network files, because I read that the drivers are modules and they sometimes need to be specified if not automatically detected.
Ok I'm going to combie the beginers guide with your HOWTO. iwconfig returns:
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
This is odd because lspci | grep network returns
0b:00.0 Network controller: Boradcom Corporation BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 03)
and its logical name is eth1.
Last edited by Ben9250 (2010-06-11 15:18:54)

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