Scripting
alias wlan0 ndiswrapper
blacklist bcm43xx
Wireless Setup Fedora
For ndiswrapper and a WPC54Gv1 Card, the broadcom bcm43xx driver does not seem to work so we need to change the modprobe.conf to disable it.
Add to /etc/modprobe.conf
alias wlan0 ndiswrapper
blacklist bcm43xx
Download the driver
# cd <driver folder>
# rmmod ndiswrapper
# ndiswrapper -i <driver inf file name>
# modprobe ndiswrapper
# rmmod ndiswrapper
# ndiswrapper -i <driver inf file name>
# modprobe ndiswrapper
If kernel does not lock up at this point, you should see from dmesg :
ndiswrapper version 1.37 loaded (preempt=no,smp=yes)
ndiswrapper: driver lsbcmnds (The Linksys Group, Inc.,02/14/2005, 3.90.36.0) loaded
ndiswrapper: driver lsbcmnds (The Linksys Group, Inc.,02/14/2005, 3.90.36.0) loaded
Set up /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0
# Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller
DEVICE=wlan0
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
HWADDR=00:0c:41:2c:bc:fb
TYPE=Wireless
ESSID='essid name'
CHANNEL=any
MODE=Managed
#NETMASK=
#DHCP_HOSTNAME=
#IPADDR=
#DOMAIN=
#HWADDR=
#RATE=
DEVICE=wlan0
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
HWADDR=00:0c:41:2c:bc:fb
TYPE=Wireless
ESSID='essid name'
CHANNEL=any
MODE=Managed
#NETMASK=
#DHCP_HOSTNAME=
#IPADDR=
#DOMAIN=
#HWADDR=
#RATE=
Set up /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/keys-wlan0
KEY=MyASCIIFORMATTEDKEY
Get formatted key from here :
http://www.andrewscompanies.com/tools/wep.asp
WPA setup under wpa-supplicant to come....