Wireless Card Problem

Hi, I'm running SuSE 10 on my desktop and I've got a wireless card. I've
tried using ndiswrapper to load the drivers and such howeverwhenever i
try to configure it in yast it (uast2) totaly freezes up when trying to
detect it. I've also tried to load the ndiswrapper module wih modprobe
however modprobe freezes up as well. The card itself isn't bad and I can
run it under windows perfectly fine. What's going on here and how do I
fix it?

andrew@afforable-computer-repair.com wrote:
> Hi, I'm running SuSE 10 on my desktop and I've got a wireless card. I've
> tried using ndiswrapper to load the drivers and such howeverwhenever i
> try to configure it in yast it (uast2) totaly freezes up when trying to
> detect it. I've also tried to load the ndiswrapper module wih modprobe
> however modprobe freezes up as well. The card itself isn't bad and I can
> run it under windows perfectly fine. What's going on here and how do I
> fix it?

Are you sure your card is one that will work under ndiswrapper? Not all
will work, but most should.

Network cards are cheap these days, I suggest you just hit up the
supported hardware list and get one on there, most will work out of the
box without any magic ndiswrapper voodoo needing to be done.

Also, that has got to be one of the longest email addresses I have ever
seen, you must hate your customers to make them type so much
P.S. It's a joke

--
Justin Grote
Novell Support Connection Sysop
Network Architect
JWG Networks

> andrew@afforable-computer-repair.com wrote:
> > Hi, I'm running SuSE 10 on my desktop and I've got a wireless card.
I've
> > tried using ndiswrapper to load the drivers and such howeverwhenever
i
> > try to configure it in yast it (uast2) totaly freezes up when trying
to
> > detect it. I've also tried to load the ndiswrapper module wih
modprobe
> > however modprobe freezes up as well. The card itself isn't bad and I
can
> > run it under windows perfectly fine. What's going on here and how do
I
> > fix it?
>
> Are you sure your card is one that will work under ndiswrapper? Not all
> will work, but most should.
>
> Network cards are cheap these days, I suggest you just hit up the
> supported hardware list and get one on there, most will work out of the
> box without any magic ndiswrapper voodoo needing to be done.
>
> Also, that has got to be one of the longest email addresses I have ever
> seen, you must hate your customers to make them type so much
> P.S. It's a joke
>
> --
> Justin Grote
> Novell Support Connection Sysop
> Network Architect
> JWG Networks


The card works, or so I've heard from the internet. I don't understand
why it freezes up though.

Resorting to getting a new network card is really the last thing I'd want
to do right now as money's a little tight.

yea the emails long I know. My employer tried to get somthing shorter
like "acr.com" but that was taken. :/

> Hi, I'm running SuSE 10 on my desktop and I've got a wireless card.
I've
> tried using ndiswrapper to load the drivers and such howeverwhenever i
> try to configure it in yast it (uast2) totaly freezes up when trying to
> detect it. I've also tried to load the ndiswrapper module wih modprobe
> however modprobe freezes up as well. The card itself isn't bad and I
can
> run it under windows perfectly fine. What's going on here and how do I
> fix it?


What is the model of your wireless card? Sometimes it is better to try
and lookup an older driver based on the your model. This could end up
being a driver from a compeletely different vendor. Like for me, i'm
using an Acer driver for my Dell Inspiron. But it works fine without any
problems. the key element is that they are both the same type of
wireless card.

Make sure to install the driver ndiswrapper with -i then the .inf file
and make sure that the .cat and .sys files are there also along with
the .inf file.
Once you are complete use the ndiswrapper with -l (small L not 1 this
should show if it is good and working. if it says something like "system
failed" then you need to remove it and try another driver. Use -e on
ndiswrapper to remove it, ie. ndiswrapper -e bcnm15

But once you get a system running and such after the -l argument. Use
the -m to get it loaded into the modprobe.

Then go into Yast and then goto Network Devices, then click add, and then
choose the wireless card option, then make sure to use ndiswrapper in the
device section not any sort of card type. everything else i left alone
except the WIP key element I set it up as open and I use a wip key on my
network. Then just keep clicking next at the lower right until it goes to
rebuild.

Once done you should probably reboot. I didn't see the change in the k-
networking applet right off, i had to reboot to notice it had changed and
now could assign information for my wireless lan. I also use the wifi
app as well to see the signal strength.

I'm fairly new to linux, just trying to help. I was able to get my Dell
Inspiron 5150 wireless going this way under SuSE.

> > Hi, I'm running SuSE 10 on my desktop and I've got a wireless card.
> I've
> > tried using ndiswrapper to load the drivers and such howeverwhenever i
> > try to configure it in yast it (uast2) totaly freezes up when trying
to
> > detect it. I've also tried to load the ndiswrapper module wih modprobe
> > however modprobe freezes up as well. The card itself isn't bad and I
> can
> > run it under windows perfectly fine. What's going on here and how do I
> > fix it?
>
>
> What is the model of your wireless card? Sometimes it is better to try
> and lookup an older driver based on the your model. This could end up
> being a driver from a compeletely different vendor. Like for me, i'm
> using an Acer driver for my Dell Inspiron. But it works fine without
any
> problems. the key element is that they are both the same type of
> wireless card.
>
> Make sure to install the driver ndiswrapper with -i then the .inf file
> and make sure that the .cat and .sys files are there also along with
> the .inf file.
> Once you are complete use the ndiswrapper with -l (small L not 1 this
> should show if it is good and working. if it says something
like "system
> failed" then you need to remove it and try another driver. Use -e on
> ndiswrapper to remove it, ie. ndiswrapper -e bcnm15
>
> But once you get a system running and such after the -l argument. Use
> the -m to get it loaded into the modprobe.
>
> Then go into Yast and then goto Network Devices, then click add, and
then
> choose the wireless card option, then make sure to use ndiswrapper in
the
> device section not any sort of card type. everything else i left alone
> except the WIP key element I set it up as open and I use a wip key on my
> network. Then just keep clicking next at the lower right until it goes
to
> rebuild.
>
> Once done you should probably reboot. I didn't see the change in the k-
> networking applet right off, i had to reboot to notice it had changed
and
> now could assign information for my wireless lan. I also use the wifi
> app as well to see the signal strength.
>
> I'm fairly new to linux, just trying to help. I was able to get my Dell
> Inspiron 5150 wireless going this way under SuSE.

I've tried doing that and after removing the driver and reinstalling it in
ndiswrapper it seemingly loaded in modprobe however when the driver is
installed I cannot go into the network card config in yast as it
compleately freezes up when trying to detect network cards... However when
the driver is not installed it reads just fine however it reads as if the
wireless card is an ethernet card. This IS a desktop btw didn't know if
that makes a difference.

> > > Hi, I'm running SuSE 10 on my desktop and I've got a wireless card.
> > I've
> > > tried using ndiswrapper to load the drivers and such
howeverwhenever i
> > > try to configure it in yast it (uast2) totaly freezes up when
trying
> to
> > > detect it. I've also tried to load the ndiswrapper module wih
modprobe
> > > however modprobe freezes up as well. The card itself isn't bad and
I
> > can
> > > run it under windows perfectly fine. What's going on here and how
do I
> > > fix it?
> >
> >
> > What is the model of your wireless card? Sometimes it is better to
try
> > and lookup an older driver based on the your model. This could end
up
> > being a driver from a compeletely different vendor. Like for me, i'm
> > using an Acer driver for my Dell Inspiron. But it works fine without
> any
> > problems. the key element is that they are both the same type of
> > wireless card.
> >
> > Make sure to install the driver ndiswrapper with -i then the .inf
file
> > and make sure that the .cat and .sys files are there also along with
> > the .inf file.
> > Once you are complete use the ndiswrapper with -l (small L not 1
this
> > should show if it is good and working. if it says something
> like "system
> > failed" then you need to remove it and try another driver. Use -e
on
> > ndiswrapper to remove it, ie. ndiswrapper -e bcnm15
> >
> > But once you get a system running and such after the -l argument.
Use
> > the -m to get it loaded into the modprobe.
> >
> > Then go into Yast and then goto Network Devices, then click add, and
> then
> > choose the wireless card option, then make sure to use ndiswrapper in
> the
> > device section not any sort of card type. everything else i left
alone
> > except the WIP key element I set it up as open and I use a wip key on
my
> > network. Then just keep clicking next at the lower right until it
goes
> to
> > rebuild.
> >
> > Once done you should probably reboot. I didn't see the change in the
k-
> > networking applet right off, i had to reboot to notice it had changed
> and
> > now could assign information for my wireless lan. I also use the
wifi
> > app as well to see the signal strength.
> >
> > I'm fairly new to linux, just trying to help. I was able to get my
Dell
> > Inspiron 5150 wireless going this way under SuSE.
>
> I've tried doing that and after removing the driver and reinstalling it
in
> ndiswrapper it seemingly loaded in modprobe however when the driver is
> installed I cannot go into the network card config in yast as it
> compleately freezes up when trying to detect network cards... However
when
> the driver is not installed it reads just fine however it reads as if
the
> wireless card is an ethernet card. This IS a desktop btw didn't know if
> that makes a difference.

I personally would try finding a similar wireless card Driver from
another vender. All of these wireless cards generally are the same card
more or less because they are using similar chipsets. Thus this makes
the "model" of the card, ie. BCM1350 etc. Just do a google search for
that model number and try and find another driver, try to find one that
is a year or two old, vise one that is fairly new. I think it may have
something to do with the newest updated drivers for windows xp sp2 may
have some wierd application that is causing you to freeze up, IF it is
fairly new. Don't worry about using older drivers, in Linux its a whole
different story than that of windows. As long as it works, that is the
key thing.

But anyway, sometimes other venders might make better drivers that will
do the same thing as your factory drivers.

Other than that, you could try and uninstall your network applications
under Yast, then reinstall them, then retry to install your drivers. You
may have had a flook install, it is rare but does happen.

I would keep plugging at it, once you get it up and running you probably
won't have to worry with it until you upgrade your kernel

> > > > Hi, I'm running SuSE 10 on my desktop and I've got a wireless
card.
> > > I've
> > > > tried using ndiswrapper to load the drivers and such
> howeverwhenever i
> > > > try to configure it in yast it (uast2) totaly freezes up when
> trying
> > to
> > > > detect it. I've also tried to load the ndiswrapper module wih
> modprobe
> > > > however modprobe freezes up as well. The card itself isn't bad
and
> I
> > > can
> > > > run it under windows perfectly fine. What's going on here and how
> do I
> > > > fix it?
> > >
> > >
> > > What is the model of your wireless card? Sometimes it is better to
> try
> > > and lookup an older driver based on the your model. This could end
> up
> > > being a driver from a compeletely different vendor. Like for me,
i'm
> > > using an Acer driver for my Dell Inspiron. But it works fine
without
> > any
> > > problems. the key element is that they are both the same type of
> > > wireless card.
> > >
> > > Make sure to install the driver ndiswrapper with -i then the .inf
> file
> > > and make sure that the .cat and .sys files are there also along
with
> > > the .inf file.
> > > Once you are complete use the ndiswrapper with -l (small L not 1
> this
> > > should show if it is good and working. if it says something
> > like "system
> > > failed" then you need to remove it and try another driver. Use -e
> on
> > > ndiswrapper to remove it, ie. ndiswrapper -e bcnm15
> > >
> > > But once you get a system running and such after the -l argument.
> Use
> > > the -m to get it loaded into the modprobe.
> > >
> > > Then go into Yast and then goto Network Devices, then click add,
and
> > then
> > > choose the wireless card option, then make sure to use ndiswrapper
in
> > the
> > > device section not any sort of card type. everything else i left
> alone
> > > except the WIP key element I set it up as open and I use a wip key
on
> my
> > > network. Then just keep clicking next at the lower right until it
> goes
> > to
> > > rebuild.
> > >
> > > Once done you should probably reboot. I didn't see the change in
the
> k-
> > > networking applet right off, i had to reboot to notice it had
changed
> > and
> > > now could assign information for my wireless lan. I also use the
> wifi
> > > app as well to see the signal strength.
> > >
> > > I'm fairly new to linux, just trying to help. I was able to get my
> Dell
> > > Inspiron 5150 wireless going this way under SuSE.
> >
> > I've tried doing that and after removing the driver and reinstalling
it
> in
> > ndiswrapper it seemingly loaded in modprobe however when the driver
is
> > installed I cannot go into the network card config in yast as it
> > compleately freezes up when trying to detect network cards... However
> when
> > the driver is not installed it reads just fine however it reads as if
> the
> > wireless card is an ethernet card. This IS a desktop btw didn't know
if
> > that makes a difference.
>
> I personally would try finding a similar wireless card Driver from
> another vender. All of these wireless cards generally are the same
card
> more or less because they are using similar chipsets. Thus this makes
> the "model" of the card, ie. BCM1350 etc. Just do a google search for
> that model number and try and find another driver, try to find one that
> is a year or two old, vise one that is fairly new. I think it may have
> something to do with the newest updated drivers for windows xp sp2 may
> have some wierd application that is causing you to freeze up, IF it is
> fairly new. Don't worry about using older drivers, in Linux its a
whole
> different story than that of windows. As long as it works, that is the
> key thing.
>
> But anyway, sometimes other venders might make better drivers that will
> do the same thing as your factory drivers.
>
> Other than that, you could try and uninstall your network applications
> under Yast, then reinstall them, then retry to install your drivers.
You
> may have had a flook install, it is rare but does happen.
>
> I would keep plugging at it, once you get it up and running you
probably
> won't have to worry with it until you upgrade your kernel
>


I've tried using the vendor drivers off the CD for all windows versions
and they didn't work. I'll try finding another driver from someone else.
Thanks for at least trying to help.