It’s time to get quit ndiswrapper to use something little more open. I decided to test the latest Broadcom bcm43xx driver on my Debian system. This seems to work fine, and is really simple to install (unlike ndiswrapper)
So, first build your kernel > 2.6.17) (I used a 2.6.19) with support for the bcm43xx enabled. “Device [...]
admin February 21st, 2007
I was looking for a atheros mini-pci for a while. I want to remove the broadcom from my laptop. You can find some mini-pci wireless card in special shop, but they’re a little pricey.
A week ago, a friend give me a WG311 (FS version I think). After 1 min, I decide to remove the metal [...]
admin November 5th, 2006
Have you see how many time, it takes to ndiswrapper to deliver the scan result ? It’s about 3,25 sec on my builtin wireless card. This is too much no ? Specialy if you want to write a application to scan for AP level.
The quick and dirty way to fix that (it works fine for [...]
admin February 23rd, 2005
I have been a long time what a "tsunami" is. After recent news, I guess everybody know what this evil is about.
Do you think Cisco will still use "tsunami" as default for ESSID for their wireless products ? I haven’t a aironet card on my desk right now, but believe me, the default ESSID for [...]
admin December 29th, 2004
To use a atheros wireless card and NetBSD, as a wireless AP simply do:
ifconfig ath0 ssid YouSSID mode 11g mediaopt hostap
ifconfig ath0 192.168.2.1 #ip of the AP
# allow forwarding
sysctl -w net.inet.ip.forwarding=1
This is pretty simple no ? In fact, it take me a while to find the mediaopt option.
admin November 6th, 2004
Well, somebody ask me if i will try yet another wifi card. So the answer is yes :). Today i will look at the Netgear WG311.
I decided to sell this fucking Linksys WMP54G because, i’m sick of ndiswrapping, and because my Netgear WG511 works very well. So i decided to buy another netgear. "Et [...]
admin March 17th, 2004
After a lot of trouble w/ my PCI linksys card WMP54G, I need to install a pcmcia netgear WG511 on my notebook. I usually use a Cisco Aironet but the new one is a 54g so.
It only takes 10 minutes to figure that this kind of cards are well supported in Linux.
To install:
download the latest [...]
admin December 20th, 2003
On post on slashdot i just discover that the ndiswrapper is released under GPL. and seems to support my cards :)
Pretty fine since, it’s time for me to purchase the driver from LinuxAnt.
Ok I will give it a try soon …
( important note : it should support intel centrino too :)
You can off course use [...]
admin November 19th, 2003
Hi,
Since you have obtained a trial license for DriverLoader, we are happy to inform you that permanent licenses for end-users are now available from our web store.
https://www.linuxant.com/store.
You can take a look at the press release for all the details.
http://www.linuxant.com/company/press_dldrstore.php
Also note that DriverLoader 1.36 is now available from the download section of our [...]
admin November 10th, 2003
After talk on slashdot, i just discover that driver released by linuxant seems to have a open source version at http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/
This should be a nice try ?
admin November 4th, 2003