I installed the ndiswrapper and the Windows driver for my networkcard chipset bcm4318 and If I try “iwconfig” I get the error message:
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
pan0 no wireless extensions.
why??
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Madwifi or Ndiswrapper Wireless Network Drivers - Suse/openSUSE 10, 11 - LAN & Internet access
Forget ndiswrapper and use the native driver.
Search the forum, this chipset/card has been discussed dozens of times (firmware installation ist the only thing you have to do).
I used the following link for my setup.
How To Install Your Broadcom BCM4318 Using Ndiswrapper - FedoraNEWS.ORG
These are the steps I followed to make it work (must also do after every kernel update)
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ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
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ndiswrapper -l
should show:
bcmwl5 : driver installed
device (14E4:4318) present
if “(alternate driver: ssb)” is after “present” then need to remove ssb.
(Note: 14E4:4318 and ssb may be different for you.) To remove ssb in my case, I did following:
2a. add “blacklist ssb” without quotes at the end of the file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
2b. modprobe -l ssb
This will show you the location of the ssb.ko file. Go to that directory and do step 2c.
2c. mv ssb.ko ssb.ko.blacklist
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depmod -a
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modprobe -l ssb
it should return nothing. -
ndiswrapper -l
it should not show the alternate driver -
ndiswrapper -m
hope it works for you. Now, I have to make Network Manager to work.