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#1 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 06:45 PM

Hi all:
I own an HP ze5470us notebook with the dreaded broadcom wireless card.
Broadcom does not support this card under Linux. So I got the Linux driver
(ndiswrapper) installed and attached to wlan0 on my notebook. As far as I
can tell the install was successful. I just don't know how to get the
wireless started. Also, on the installation instructions they mention
something along these lines: "Now setup the network parameters for the
interface wlan0, this varies from distribution to distribution". This is the
last step on the install and I don't know how to do that. Please advise.

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#2 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 06:45 PM

These handy tools will give you lots of helpful info on how your network connections are working (or not):

ifconfig (should be part of your standard install)
iwconfig (in Debian, it's part of the wireless-tools package)

I get the impression that ndiswrapper only provides the compatibility layer upon which you can use the Windows drivers; have you also installed said Windows drivers?

Good luck; With my last brand-new notebook, it took me a few days to get a mostly satisfactory Linux install going, and more like a year to get all of the little odds 'n ends sorted out. Would've gone faster, but I got lazy and just used it as-is for months.

On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 23:31:54 -0400
"Sonoman" <nospam@microsoft.com> wrote:

> Hi all:
> I own an HP ze5470us notebook with the dreaded broadcom wireless card.
> Broadcom does not support this card under Linux. So I got the Linux driver
> (ndiswrapper) installed and attached to wlan0 on my notebook. As far as I
> can tell the install was successful. I just don't know how to get the
> wireless started. Also, on the installation instructions they mention
> something along these lines: "Now setup the network parameters for the
> interface wlan0, this varies from distribution to distribution". This is the
> last step on the install and I don't know how to do that. Please advise.
>
>
> ---
> Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
> Version: 6.0.656 / Virus Database: 421 - Release Date: 4/9/2004
>
>

#3 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 06:45 PM

"Jeff S" <four_season_photo@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:20040411223539.67dd5570.four_season_photo@yah oo.com...
> These handy tools will give you lots of helpful info on how your network
connections are working (or not):
>
> ifconfig (should be part of your standard install)
> iwconfig (in Debian, it's part of the wireless-tools package)
>
> I get the impression that ndiswrapper only provides the compatibility
layer upon which you can use the Windows drivers; have you also installed
said Windows drivers?
>
> Good luck; With my last brand-new notebook, it took me a few days to get a
mostly satisfactory Linux install going, and more like a year to get all of
the little odds 'n ends sorted out. Would've gone faster, but I got lazy and
just used it as-is for months.
>
> On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 23:31:54 -0400
> "Sonoman" <nospam@microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi all:
> > I own an HP ze5470us notebook with the dreaded broadcom wireless card.
> > Broadcom does not support this card under Linux. So I got the Linux
driver
> > (ndiswrapper) installed and attached to wlan0 on my notebook. As far as
I
> > can tell the install was successful. I just don't know how to get the
> > wireless started. Also, on the installation instructions they mention
> > something along these lines: "Now setup the network parameters for the
> > interface wlan0, this varies from distribution to distribution". This is
the
> > last step on the install and I don't know how to do that. Please advise.
> >
> >
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> > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
> > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
> > Version: 6.0.656 / Virus Database: 421 - Release Date: 4/9/2004
> >

I forgot to mention that I am running Fedora Core (2.6.5). When I type
ifconfig the output is the following:

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:823 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:823 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:628728 (613.9 Kb) TX bytes:628728 (613.9 Kb)

I do not see my wlan0, which is the one I would like to have working. Please
advise.

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