[Haifux] NdisWrapper, anyone?

[Ivan Vanney]

Tell me what kind of card are you trying to use, generally using ndiswrapper
should be the last resource.
Salud


On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Eli Billauer <eli at billauer.co.il> wrote:

> Hello,
>
>
> For some reason, which is beyond me, I decided to try my wireless card
> under FC9. It took me a couple of hours to realize that it's most likely
> a Linux driver issue (reading the sources of netplugd turned out helpful).
>
>
> But that's not the issue. While trying to solve the problem, it occurred
> to me, that there is a utility named ndiswrapper, which allows Linux to
> use the Windows driver. I suppose it's a bit like mplayer using Windows'
> codec DLLs (give or take userspace vs. kernelspace?)
>
>
> In other words: There is no such thing as "no driver for Linux". At
> least not for wireless cards (or any network card?)
>
>
> See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NdisWrapper
>
>
> Question: Does anyone have any experience with this utility? Even
> better, can anyone give a step-by-step hands-on lecture on how to get
> the #%^$%@# card working?
>
>
> Don't tell me to do it. I'm well over my quota of Haifux lectures.
>
>
>    Eli
>
>
>
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