how to get wireless support

Wed May 2 16:30:27 BST 2007

Here are a few things I found.. worth a shot.

According to ndiswrapper website your chipset may work with this driver:
ftp://ftp.work.acer-euro.com/notebook/travelmate_2310/driver/802bg.zip
and a build of ndiswrapper 1.41.  You might check what version you're
running and if you need help compiling a later version let me know.

(drivers are *very* particular. I've often tried 5-6 before finding the
perfect match).

At least while you're trying to get it to work I would disable your WPA.
It's just another layer of potential troubleshooting.  Once you get it
working you can try adding the WPA, but lets not make things more
difficult than we need to :)

Good luck.

(quick recap)
you'll want to:
sudo ndiswrapper -e <current driver>
sudo modprobe -r ndiswrapper
sudo ndiswrapper -i new-driver
sudo ndiswrapper -l (fingers crossed)
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

...I've got more of an overview here for wireless on my macbook.  Just
change to your driver:
http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/03/18/how-to-configure-wireless-on-a-macbook-using-ndiswrapper/ 

On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 08:51:07AM -0600, Ian van Natter wrote:
>    ian at castle-greyskull:~$ lspci
>    00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge (rev 10)
>    00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
>    00:04.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
>    00:05.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 5a37
>    00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
>    (rev 80)
>    00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
>    (rev 80)
>    00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host
>    Controller (rev 80)
>    00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 83)
>    00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE
>    Controller ATI (rev 80)
>    00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SB450 HDA Audio (rev 01)
>    00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge (rev 80)
>    00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge (rev 80)
>    00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
>    HyperTransport Technology Configuration
>    00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
>    Address Map
>    00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
>    DRAM Controller
>    00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
>    Miscellaneous Control
>    01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS482 [Radeon
>    Xpress 200M]
>    06:01.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
>    RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
>    06:02.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5005G
>    802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
>    06:04.0 CardBus bridge: ENE Technology Inc CB-712/4 Cardbus Controller
>    (rev 10)
>    06:04.1 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc ENE PCI Memory Stick Card Reader
>    Controller (rev 01)
>    06:04.2 Generic system peripheral [0805]: ENE Technology Inc ENE PCI
>    Secure Digital Card Reader Controller (rev 01)
>    06:04.3 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc:
>    (rev 01)
>    06:04.4 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc Unknown device 0551 (rev 01)
> 
>    ian at castle-greyskull:~$ lspci-n
>    bash: lspci-n: command not found
>    ian at castle-greyskull:~$ lspci -n
>    00:00.0 0600: 1002:5950 (rev 10)
>    00:01.0 0604: 1002:5a3f
>    00:04.0 0604: 1002:5a36
>    00:05.0 0604: 1002:5a37
>    00:13.0 0c03: 1002:4374 (rev 80)
>    00:13.1 0c03: 1002:4375 (rev 80)
>    00:13.2 0c03: 1002:4373 (rev 80)
>    00:14.0 0c05: 1002:4372 (rev 83)
>    00:14.1 0101: 1002:4376 (rev 80)
>    00:14.2 0403: 1002:437b (rev 01)
>    00: 14.3 0601: 1002:4377 (rev 80)
>    00:14.4 0604: 1002:4371 (rev 80)
>    00:18.0 0600: 1022:1100
>    00:18.1 0600: 1022:1101
>    00:18.2 0600: 1022:1102
>    00:18.3 0600: 1022:1103
>    01:05.0 0300: 1002:5975
>    06:01.0 0200: 10ec:8139 (rev 10)
>    06:02.0 0200: 168c:001a (rev 01)
>    06:04.0 0607: 1524:1412 (rev 10)
>    06:04.1 0501: 1524:0530 (rev 01)
>    06:04.2 0805: 1524:0550 (rev 01)
>    06:04.3 0501: 1524:0520 (rev 01)
>    06:04.4 0501: 1524:0551 (rev 01)
> 
>    Sorry it took so long.  I just reloaded Kubuntu...I can connect just fine
>    with my ethernet.  Hopefully I can figure out the wireless!  I am going to
>    try again with madwifi when I get home.
> 
>    Since I use WPA-TKIP on my router, will this present a problem?
> 
>    On 4/28/07, Christer Edwards <[1]christer.edwards at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> 
>      On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 12:26:12PM -0600, Ian van Natter wrote:
>      > Hey guys,
>      > I still have no luck with my wireless.  Posted on the forums and no
>      one
>      > was able to help.  I have an Atheros AR5005G wireless adapter in my
>      Acer
>      > Aspire 5100.  I tried using NDISwrapper and got no where.  It works in
>      > SimplyMepis so I am going to use that for the time being.
>      > Is there anything I can do to get my wireless chipset supported in
>      > future releases?  I know wireless is a pain in linux, and looking at
>      the
>      > forums it seems like most are having issues, but I would like to do
>      what
>      > I can to help.
>      >
>      > Thanks,
>      > Ian
>      can you do an 'lspci' and post the output to the list or myself
>      directly, also an output
>      of 'lspci -n' (I assume this is on-board wireless?)  Also, what version
>      of ndiswrapper
>      were you using and what driver?
>      >
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