NDISwrapper and linux-headers

[Nathan Blackham]

On 10/30/05, jack jackson <jackson.linux at gmail.com> wrote:
> **I sent this a couple of times today but I never saw it post. Forgive me if
> it posts repeatedly.**
>
>  Hi,
>  I remember that with Hoary and my notebook which had an IPW2200, every time
> I updated the linux-headers I would clobber the new driver for the
>  ipw2200 and replace it with the oilder, malfuntioning one which shipped
> with Hoary.
>
>  Now I'm on a new machine, and ndiswrapper makes the Dell wireless card
> work. Will updating the linux-headers clobber that functionality and
>  make me re-run the ndiswrapper install or is ndiswrapper separate from the
> kernel headers/
>
>  Thanks,
>  JJ
>

The NDIS module is compiled and included with teh dernel modules.  The
only package needed to get this to run is the ndis-ultilities package
from the repositories.  This package worked for my card on an compaq
R3420.  I don't know if it will work with the Dell but it should. 
That way you won't have to compile so every time you updated the
kernel it will pull the new version of the module as well.

Hope that helps.

Nathan