ndiswrapper problem

[Rick Stevens]

On Fri, 2005-11-11 at 12:16 -0800, Harold Hallikainen wrote:
> THANKS to this list, it looks like I've pretty much got ndiswrapper
> working with the built in wireless on my new HP Pavilion zv6000 with
> FC4-64. I can do /sbin/modprobe ndiswrapper and get the driver installed
> 
> I can then run /sbin/wlan0 scan and see networks that are running.
> 
> I can also run Applications/Internet/kWifiManager and scan for networks.
> 
> With my old D-Link card, I used Desktop/SystemSettings/Network to enable
> the card and have it do a dhcp query on startup. The D-Link card was
> assigned an eth number. The internal card (with ndiswrapper) is getting a
> wlan nunber, which does not show up in Desktop/SystemSettings/Network. So,
> what do I do to get the internal card to start working on bootup (getting
> an IP address, etc.)?

Make sure you have

	alias wlan0 ndiswrapper

in your /etc/modprobe.conf file.  That'll cause ndiswrapper to start
at boot.

> Also, can the system be configured to use whatever network it finds,
> including my WEP encrypted network at home or any other non-encrypted
> network without my having to tell it which to use?

Well, not really.  You can set up a couple of network profiles and
select one to run at any given time.  For example, you could create one
that specifies wlan0 using an unencrypted wireless connection and DHCP,
another one that has wlan0 using WEP-enabled wireless, yet another that
uses eth0 instead and so on.  You'd activate one of the profiles by
using "Main Menu => System Tools => Network Device Control" or by using
the command line:

	system-config-network-cmd --profile <profilename> --activate

Note that the system ALWAYS brings up the profile in "common" at boot
time, so put your most commonly used profile in there.  See the help
menu when you run "Main Menu => System Tools => Network Device Control"
for more information.

As to getting a new DHCP if the network goes away, take a look at
netplugd.
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