Comments on: HOWTO: WPA2 under Ubuntu 5.10 with a WPC54G v3 (Broadcom)

By: Prakhar Mishra

Prakhar Mishra — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:25:24 +0000

I am happy with linux &want to go deep into it.
please help me out how to install the driver.

By: djawk

djawk — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:32:38 +0000

giwrgos: Try the following:

sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils-1.8
sudo rm /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper
(OR back it up instead)
sudo ln -s /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper-1.8 /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper

and then try again.

By: giwrgos

giwrgos — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 14:15:10 +0000

I have a problem loading the module. It appears the below message when I write “sudo modprobe ndiswrapper”

FATAL: Error inserting ndiswrapper (/lib/modules/2.6.17-11-generic/kernel/drivers/net/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper.ko): Invalid argument

By: Metaljaz

Metaljaz — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 17:34:17 +0000

hope you don’t mind. i grabbed your instructions and posted it in the ubuntu site to help someone else out.

By: jon

jon — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 00:39:29 +0000

Hey Ruggero,

The instructions were for Breezy (5.10) not Dapper (6.06) so they probably won’t work without modification. Did you install the wpa_supplicant package? Since none of the files seem to exist this would seem to be the case.

You might want to check the Ubuntu forms and/or Wiki as there should be a guide specific to Dapper.

Good luck!

By: Ruggero

Ruggero — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:04:50 +0000

I have tried your instructions (Ubuntu 6.06) but I got stuck at the configuration of the wpasupplicant sw.

There is no file like /etc/default/wpasupplicant, where can I find a complete example to copy?

My wpa example conf file has an initial entry: ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
Shall I remove this or leave it? There is no such file as /var/run/wpa_supplicant

Also in my case, the wireless is listed as eth0, shall I kill those lines and use wlan0 or use eth0 instead?
Thank you if you can help me, I am not a Linux expert.

By: Derk

Derk — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 21:16:35 +0000

Hi I am new to linux and want to get rid of windows….soo i installed ubuntu breezy! Everything works except my wpc54g v3. i did what you said above with ndiswrapper! and when i type iwlist wlan0 scan I get my router in the list, but it doesn’t connect with it! I did this: sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid my network channel 11 mode Managed key mywebkey

then did: sudo ifup wlan0
he is trying to connect to the dhcp but doesn’t do that….I am sure i filled in the correct key etc! I had it worked on a wrt54g router but at home I use a dlink 624+ and for some reason under linux he finds it but can’t connect to it! in windows everything works great….

can somebody help me, if you know my problem please mail me to derkDOTdukkerATgmailDOTcom

By: jon

jon — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 14:28:38 +0000

I’m glad you both found it useful

By: François-Xavier Eon

François-Xavier Eon — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 14:25:35 +0000

Here’s the link:
http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?pid=197440#p197440

By: François-Xavier Eon

François-Xavier Eon — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 13:41:52 +0000

Same here,THX! I hope you don’t mind I translated it in french and adapted it in the french ubuntu forum (With a link to this page saying that I found this page very useful).