[ubuntu-in] Need Help with Configuring WLAN

[Jayanth S]

On 10/15/07, Vishal Rao <vishalrao at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 10/15/07, Jayanth S <jayanth at amonks.in> wrote:
> > Hi Onkar in my previous emails i've mentioned that i've tried both the
> > methods mentioned for Atheros.. The MadWifi drivers didnt help.. And
> > Ndiswrapper with windows Drivers didnt help either.. And the output of
> the
> > lspci is quoted in this email.. :-) Thanks in Advance
>
> I also recently had problems with Broadcom wireless on openSUSE. I
> followed some online steps and the got the thing to detect but it
> would not connect. What I had to do differently is download latest
> Windows XP 32-bit drivers for my model (4321) to make sure it was
> included in the .INF file, previous file only had support upto model
> 4320. Only then it started working!
>
> What I mean to say is, dont blindly follow steps you read online
> because the model numbers might not match and might not be part of any
> downloaded files. You need to download and extract latest driver
> package and try.
>
> I blacklisted the bcm43xx driver, installed ndiswrapper and did
> "ndiswrapper -i blah.inf" followed by other steps, hope this may be
> relevant for Ubuntu and your wifi model.
>
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The drivers that i used with ndiswrapper were the ones provided with the
Laptop.. But i think i'll take your word for it and find the newer drivers
and then see if it works.. 4320 is a AMD x2 64-bit.. Thanks.. It would also
be nice if you posted the entire procedure..

-- 
Jay
"Impossible Is Nothing"
http://www.amonks.in
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