> -----Original Message----- > From: WA9ALS - John [mailto:ham_reflectors@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 10:56 AM > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Driverloader > > > For the purist reasons you cited, I looked into ndiswrapper. > However, I'm a > newbie and couldn't understand how to do it, so opted to try > the FREE trial I'm not purist. I still use XP to play Games. (Once in a blue moon, since I;m not really into games) :) I just rather not pay USD20 for something which INTEL owes US. > of Driverloader. I'll keep looking at ndiswrapper, and some > day it will make sense to me. In the mantime, I prefer to be able to > move around my house with the laptop and not be tied to a wire. ;-) > > Hey, I'm open to anyone willing to lead me by the hand > through the use of ndiswrapper <Ripped from someone's posting to this list> [jdoe@house jdoe]$ mkdir cvs [jdoe@house jdoe]$ cd cvs [jdoe@house jdoe]$ export CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:/cvsroot/ndiswrapper [jdoe@house jdoe]$ cvs login [jdoe@house jdoe]$ cvs -z3 co ndiswrapper [jdoe@house jdoe]$ cd ndiswrapper [jdoe@house jdoe]$ ./install.sh <End of Ripped from someone's posting to this list> (note : The actual login sequence may be a bit different. I suggest you go to sourceforge and read up) Note : I'm using the ACER travelmate Drivers (go to ndiswrapper's sourceforge list to get the URL. I can't help you there. I'm not in front of my laptop and I have no I-net access) Once you get ndiswrapper downloaded and the acer drivers (they work for me) you get the w70n51.sys and w70n51.inf and copy them to /lib/windriver/ (make sure centrino-wifi is turned on in bios), do a ./install.sh and you will be guided through the steps. Once that ends, I guess you'll have a working ndiswrapper. (Be sure to unload & make sure it's unloaded Driverloader by doing a lsmod (and rmmod driverloader or whatever the driver is called) I hear that there might be some conflicts. I'm sure that install.sh really does everything but if it does not.. try insmod ndiswrapper lsmod | grep ndiswrapper should yield you ndiswrapper 0 [unused] then try loading up the device loadndiswrapper 8086 1043 /lib/windrivers/w70n51.sys /lib/windrivers/w70n51.inf iwconfig should list your wireless device. you should know the rest..
