Ndiswrapper help!

> Further to an earlier post, i've discovered that the Broadcom
BCM4306
> chipset will only work with ndiswrapper. I havn't got a clue how to
set it
> up so i desperately need some help.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Steve
Steve,

Here is a step by step on how to do it, I used these directions for my

broadcom chipset and it worked great.

1. Install NdisWrapper using YaST if it's not already installed
2. Download and extract the binary windows driver for your chipset 3. Load the driver ndiswrapper -i "yourdriverfile".inf
4. Confirm with ndiswrapper -l that the driver loaded properly
5. Run modprobe ndiswrapper
6. Do a dmesg | tail and if you see something like wlan0:
ndiswrapper
ethernet device xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx using driver xxxxx then things are
fine
7. Configure the interface with something like iwconfig wlan0 essid

NetName mode Managed enc on key HEXKEY You'll need to adjust that
depending
on your network! You may or may not have an encrypted network.
8. Verify with iwconfig wlan0 that your card is associated with the
network.
9. You can do a dhcpd wlan0 and try to get an IP if that's your
setup.

If all is fine so far, then we can go ahead and make the settings
permanent.

1. Open Yast >> Network Devices >> Network Card
2. Depending on your earlier dealings with Yast - the Intel
Pro/Wireless
card might be in 'Cards to configure' or 'Already Configured.' I'll
assume
here it's not yet configured and outline steps for that. If it is,
then you
can modify the existing settings though I suggest you delete the
existing
configuration for the card, save changes and start afresh.
3. Choose the card and click on Configure
4. If the Configuration name looks something like
wlan-bus-pci-0000:02:02.0 where the PCI id matches that shown by lspci
|
grep PRO/Wireless then leave the configuration name as-is. Otherwise,change the name to reflect your PCI id, like 'wlan-bus-pci-PCIid'
5. Choose 'Hardware Details' from the 'Advanced' drop down widget.
Make
sure Device Type is Wireless. Configuration name is like the one above
with
the wlan part missing: bus-pci-0000:02:02.0.
6. In the Kernel Module section, Hardware Configuration Name should

again be bus-pci-0000:02:02.0. Change the default kernel module from
ipw2100 to ndiswrapper. This is the most important bit :-)
7. Configure Wireless Settings as per your requirement.
8. Change whatever other settings you see fit and save everything

>Thanks. Done it. Working fine.

Cheers