Re: DWL-650+

On Thursday 26 January 2006 11:19, jgribbin@alaska.net wrote:
> I never thought I'd find myself saying this to a Debian user, but maybe
> you're too far out there in unstable. I'm using ndiswrapper 1.1

Don't forget, Debian unstable also cleans your bathroom, washes the car,
does your laundry, and finds new girl friends for you.

> In their "stable" releases, even Gentoo is only up to 1.2. They do have
> 1.7 and 1.8 in testing.
>
> Here's some info on people using ndiswrapper 1.5 on Suse 10, Debian
> sid, etc. with 64bit laptops and Broadcom wireless.
> http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/List#B
>
> One person did seem to have problems with the wpa stuff without going
> to ndiswrapper 1.6, but everyone else seemed to be getting it OK at
> 1.5.
>
> Jim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Fielder George Dowding <fgdowding@iceworm-enterprises.net>
> Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 11:45 pm
> Subject: Re: DWL-650+
>
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> > Well, I'll give it a try. I looked all over for a suitable driver,
> > but I
> > have not been able to get any working with ndiswrapper. Incidentely,
> > ndiswrapper just was upgraded from 1.7 to 1.8 (Debian Sid
> > Unstable), so
> > when I get around to compiling it, I will give it a try.
> >
> > Thanks, fgd.
> >
> > Jim Gribbin wrote:
> > > Fielder,
> > >
> > > Other people seem to have it working on your laptop, or a very
> >
> > similar> one (HP Pavillion ZV 6000).
> >
> > > http://gentoo-
> >
> > wiki.com/HARDWARE_Gentoo_Linux_64bit_on_HP_Pavilion_zv6000_series_not
> >ebook#Broadcom_Corporation_BCM4306_802.11b.2Fg_Wireless_card>
> >
> > > Get 64bit Broadcom driver here:
> > > http://www.runithard.com/HOWTO-BCOM64WIRELESS/64-
> >
> > bit_Broadcom_54g_Drivers.zip>
> >
> > > Other than that, it should be the same process.
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
> > > On Wed, 2006-01-25 at 22:59 -0900, Fielder George Dowding wrote:
> > >
> > > Hey! Good on yer! Damien, did you hear that? Way back when we
> >
> > got the
> >
> > > special combination laptop and wireless broadband router, there
> >
> > was no
> >
> > > ndiswrapper. I am surprises D-Link has a zip file with the
> >
> > drivers. I
> >
> > > cannot say the same for the Broadcom chip in my new HP AMD64
> >
> > laptop. So,
> >
> > > if you have no use for it, perhaps I will try it (I do have
> > > ndiswrapper). fgd.
> > >
> > > Jim Gribbin wrote:
> > >>Fielder,
> > >>
> > >>D-Link DWL-650+ seems to work just fine using ndiswrapper.
> > >>
> > >>get latest Windows driver from:
> > >>ftp://ftp.dlink.com/Wireless/DWL650+/Driver/dwl650+_drivers_307.zip
> > >>
> > >>unzip it - someplace convenient
> > >>
> > >>ndiswrapper -i ~/[someplace convenient]/Drivers/WinXP/AIRPLUS.INF
> > >>
> > >>The driver will be installed. You can verify that it installed
> > >>correctly and if the hardware has been detected by running the
> >
> > command:>
> >
> > >>ndiswrapper -l
> > >>
> > >>This will display the drivers installed and indicated if the
> >
> > hardware>>has been found or not. If there is a problem with the
> > driver and you
> >
> > >>would like to remove it, just use the command:
> > >>
> > >>ndiswrapper -e <drivername>
> > >>
> > >>Once you have the driver installed you will need to load
> >
> > ndiswrapper as
> >
> > >>a kernel module:
> > >>
> > >>modprobe ndiswrapper
> > >>
> > >>Use whatever tool it is you use to set-up your network card. In
> >
> > my case
> >
> > >>yast.
> > >>
> > >>-- Jim Gribbin
> > >>
> > >>
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