following the suggestion of lwfinger’s latest sticky:
the command ‘/sbin/lspci’ returns
0b:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4310 USB Controller(rev 01)
‘/sbin/lspci -n’ returns
0b:00.0 0280: 14e4:4315 (rev 01)
i couldnt find my device after i ran the ‘dmesg | less’ command.
‘/usr/sbin/iwconfig’
lo no wireless extensions
eth0 no wireless extensions
‘sudo /usr/sbin/iwlist scan’
interface doesnt support scanning
where do i go from here, thx
quietthought wrote:
> following the suggestion of lwfinger’s latest sticky:
> the command ‘/sbin/lspci’ returns
>
> 0b:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4310 USB
> Controller(rev 01)
> ‘/sbin/lspci -n’ returns
>
> 0b:00.0 0280: 14e4:4315 (rev 01)
From that output, we can definitely state that b43 does not support that card
yet. We are in the process of performing the reverse engineering now. Your only
option is ndiswrapper.
Larry
As i was looking for instructions for ndiswrapper, I found a bit of talk about it causing problems, what should i be concerned about.
it may or *may not * cause crashing,due to the fact you are using windows code. Some people don’t have any problems.I used ndiswrapper for a few years with no problems,but, others have reported speed problems, certain security features not working,crashes occurring, YMMV. give it a try & see how it goes
Andy
How do i install and configure ndiswrapper, and one more question somewhat off topic but is there an equivalent of ctl-alt-delete(windows task manager) in linux to stop frozen programs and processes or whatever, thx
for ndiswrapper i found these:
Ndiswrapper - openSUSE
A Frustrated User’s Guide to Linux
Stuntmanandys openSUSE/SuSE forum • View topic - Ndiswrapper & wireless
& try ctrl+esc for the frozen programs/processes.
Andy
Im trying to use the: Ndiswrapper - openSUSE guide, im dual booting with windows so i tried to locate the .inf file for my driver on my windows partition cant find it, so i downloaded the driver from dell and still i cant find an .inf file any suggestions
you may have to run the file through cabextract to get the inf file,or if you have the driver cd,it could be there
Andy
Okay i just decided to download the driver from Dells website, i extracted it and moved it to my desktop in suse. I found a bcmwl6.inf file in a folder named DRIVER_ROW. When i try to get ndiswrapper to install it says command not found, the command im using is ‘ndiswrapper -i /path to to bcmwl.inf file’ im just copying and pasting the location to the file displayed in the location bar when i go to the file from my home directory, is that a correct method. specifically this is what my command looks like’ndiswrapper -i /media/sda7/j/Desktop/driver/DRIVER_ROW/bcmwl6.inf’ How am i screwing up now?
did you su to root before trying to install the .inf file ?
Andy
Yes i did, and i gave you incorrect info this is actually the command i entered ‘ndiswrapper -i/home/j/Desktop/driver/DRIVER_ROW/bcmwl6.inf’ and it returns bash: ndiswrapper: command not found
try putting it in a folder in your /home directory. sometimes it doesn’t work installing from your desktop. IMHO it is better to put things in your /home directory as it doesn’t clutter your desktop or slow it down when booting 
.
Andy
i moved it, still the same problem
checking your syntax, you need a space between -i and /home see if that sorts it
Andy
deltaflyer44 wrote:
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> checking your syntax, you need a space between -i and /home see if that
> sorts it
>
> Andy
>
>
the space is trivial and will work either way.
Are you running ‘ndiswrapper’ as ‘j’ or ‘root’ ?
needs to be executed as root, and is only in root’s path (per default).
I saw you’d been asked about ‘su’ to root… but unless you ‘su -’ to root,
you’ll have 'j’s path information, not root’s. (the dash is important)
su - root
{enter password}
ndiswrapper -i …
Loni
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L R Nix
lornix@lornix.com
The ‘su - root’ did in fact change the prompt or whatever it is to linux-… rather than j@linux-… but it still said -bash : ndiswrapper: command not found.
maybe it’s not found because it’s not there.
Go back to the top of:
Ndiswrapper - openSUSE
and make sure you have the 3 packages installed that it mentions.
Okay i got the driver installed, then i typed ‘modprobe ndiswrapper’ nothing happened just a new prompt i check network devices before and after a restart and the card is not present.
quietthought wrote:
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> Okay i got the driver installed, then i typed ‘modprobe ndiswrapper’
> nothing happened just a new prompt i check network devices before and
> after a restart and the card is not present.
>
>
{Smile} well, now you’ve got the ndiswrapper package installed on the
computer, you need to install the wireless driver into ndiswrapper using
the
ndiswrapper -i …
command from before.
(too many ‘installs’ there… confusing!)
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L R Nix
lornix@lornix.com
I thought i installed the driver already, the command ’ ndiswrapper -l’ returns bcmwl6 : driver installed
device(14E4 : 4315) present
[LEFT]Is there another driver i need to install or is that the wrong one[/LEFT]