[ltp] T42 wireless (ndiswrapper)

[Jason]

Hi there,

	Did you check the output of dmesg after doing "modprobe ndiswrapper"?
That might give additional useful information.

	Are you sure that you are using the correct driver for the wireless
card in your laptop? I'm not sure what the T42 uses (it might even have
multiple options for the wireless card, when you order?)

	If it's the Intel Centrino wireless, you might also check out the
ipw2100 project, which is a native driver, removing the dependency on
additional Windows drivers.

Jason


On Sat, 2004-12-04 at 19:44 -0800, Josh Kuo wrote:
> Hi all:
> 
> I am trying to get wireless working on a T42 laptop. I have followed the
> instructions on http://www.stanford.edu/~sanjiv/thinkpad/ndis.html and
> http://web.bii.a-star.edu.sg/~kuobin/linux/wireless.html.
> 
> I am using Mandrake 10.0 Official, and I have downloaded the appropriate
> RPMs. I basically did this:
> 
> ndiswrapper -i w22n51.INF
> ndiswrapper -l (to make sure it is there)
> modprobe ndiswrapper
> 
> Now according to these articles, I should be able to do 'iwconfig' and
> see my wireless device, but it doesn't show up.
> 
> I have gone as far as creating a file named
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0, but still, it does not see
> it.