ndiswrapper no recognizing bcmwl5.inf for Broadcom wireless

[ronhawker]

Trying to install XP drivers under ndiswrapper but it does not recognize the .inf file but Linuxant load does. Ideas?

[shahrc]

Are you using acer notebooks? If yes, then it's actually the activation button for the wifi is not functioning. Don't ask me how to enable it cause I also is still searching the answer and I'm a newbie to linux.

There were a few links that may help you if you are an expert in Linux, but I couldn't understands it.

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?s=2b8034e9b807d537ef055f854fa7f95a&t=62532&page=2&pp=15

http://www.archernar.co.uk/acer_acpi/acer_acpi_main.html

Maybe oneday some one is kind enough to compile the sources in a way that is easier for a newbie like me...lol.

[chipyoung]

I have a belkin wireless card on my pc that uses that same windows driver (bcmwl5.inf). You need to make sure you have the bcmwl5.sys file also, then ndiswrapper will work. I am a newbie at this but I was able to get this wireless connection humming.

1) I put both bcmwl5 files in my home directory.
2) Then I issued the command "ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf" at a root prompt.
3) Then typed ndiswrapper -m
4) I then went to Kwifimanager and set up a config using my network name, my wep key under the Use encryption section, I then did a autodetect to see what my wireless setup was...mine was wlan0.
5) Then to get the dhcp working you have to enter the line in the script section "pump -i wlan0" or whatever your card setup is called.
6) After that I did an "Activate" on the same screen and wella my wireless connection came up.

Let me know if this works for you. I have a hard drive install of knoppix but this should not make any difference. If you can get this going I then can show you how to automatically connect at boot time. But first things first.