wireless help for the ubuntu OS
 

just downloaded this to one of my old pc's. I need to figure out how to get this wifi working. I already have the ndiswrapper and the drivers for the card. I have been to the http://sourceforge.net/ and I still can not figure it out!!

Re: wireless help for the ubuntu OS
 

whats your wireless hardware? and can you hook it up with a lan cable so you can use apt-get?

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I am using Belkin wireless pre-n card. This is my only way to connect to the internet (special thanks to the neighbors) I guess I am just confused on what the hell to do with the ndiswrapper and the drivers ( how to make them jive)

Re: wireless help for the ubuntu OS
 

bad info, hold on was in the middle of a game and thought you wrote broadcom.

whats going on with the system right now?


https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...er/Ndiswrapper


should help, if you already haven't found it.

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dude, I have the ndiswrapper 1.39 and my drivers i know it sounds stupid but how in the ---- do i extract them? I gather it has something to do with the terminal so many codes... I went to the network connection it just says Modem connection " this interface is not configured"

Re: wireless help for the ubuntu OS
 

what you do with them depends on what kind of files they are.

if they're just the plain files on the website it should be something like

sudo dpkg -i /directory/ndiswrapper-utills-1.39*.deb when you move the files to your desktop, or home directory,. the "/directory" part will more than likely look like "/home/yourustername/ndiswrapper etc." It's all on that link.

the sudo command is to giver you temp super user powers so you have permission to edit system files

the dpkg is the debian package command, it installs and removes .deb files

the -i is telling it to install

the directory/file is telling it what to install and

the *deb is telling it to install it as a debian file.


The information is on that page, dont get to frustrated at it, its aggravating for about a week until you learn it, then you understand why it is like it is.

Re: wireless help for the ubuntu OS
 

i got the ndiswrapper installed I just need to figure out how to extract the drivers for the card

Re: wireless help for the ubuntu OS
 

are they an rpm or a tar ball or what?

Re: wireless help for the ubuntu OS
 

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Re: wireless help for the ubuntu OS
 

ok you got me i dont know what the ---- that is.... they are the drivers to my wireless card

Re: wireless help for the ubuntu OS
 

file types.

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it is an an auto.exe file when i run it it says "to run a command as an administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>". See "man sudo_root" for details.

Re: wireless help for the ubuntu OS
 

ok, llinux wont execute exe files

ndiswrapper -l

run that and tell me what it outputs.

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Installed drivers bcwl5 driver installed

Re: wireless help for the ubuntu OS
 

run that

when thats ran

run this
and if you get error messages post up, if you don't

run that don't forget to change the wireless network ssid. after this your internetshould work and you should be able to download the version of this with a graphical user interface so you can use it like windows.

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this is the error I got .... bash: tail/var/log/messages: No such file or directory

Re: wireless help for the ubuntu OS
 

there's a space in between tail and /var. You can copy and paste commands in terminal if you want, it's a little faster :)

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this is why i quit linux.

that and if i did get it running ii wouldnt know how to set up ICS like xp

Re: wireless help for the ubuntu OS
 

It's not that hard. 10 minutes in a google search would get you all of the needed information. l taught my 42 year old mother who's just gotten a computer for the first time this year how to use linux :)

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pm'ed

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hey thanks for your help....the problem with my old computer is that its pci slots are fried every time i stick the wifi card in it it makes a long beep so i kept testing the other slots and found one that did not beep that is the one i have been fornicating with all day. At first i thought it was the card but it turns out to be the pci slot itself Ill just get a new motherboard for it since this one was going on 5 years old.

My stinkpad has a three gig hd and even shittier ram i believe 128mb do you think i can run ubuntu on my laptop? currently i am running xp home on it.

Re: wireless help for the ubuntu OS
 

you run those yet?

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yepers it does not recognize my wireless card. Ill try it on my stinkpad