Installing Ndiswrapper on Ubuntu 8.04

Posted on April 27th, 2008 | by Ankur Shrivastava |

I installed Ubuntu 8.04 today and faced this problem of WiFi again but ths time even installing ndiswrapper diddnt worked so had to find a way to make WiFi work on boot and here it is

For this First You need to install ndiswrapper, no need for net coz the packages are included in the CD / DVD of Ubuntu just go to System>>Administration>>software sources then uncheck all downloadable from internet, Third party and Update repo’s only select Installable from CD-ROM/DVD. Now open a Add/Remove from Applications>>Add/Remove.. there select all avaliable appliactions in show, now seach for ndis you will see Windows Wireless Drivers select it and click Apply changes it will ask you for the CD insert the CD and it will get installed, now you just have to install the drivers of your card for this open System>>Administration>>Windows Wireless Drivers and install the windows wireless drivers ( bcmwl5.inf for hp6515b bcm4312) now follow these steps, type
sudo -i now you must be as root then type
nano /etc/rc.local the file should read
rmmod ndiswrapper
rmmod ssb
modprobe ndiswrapper
exit 0

all done now just reboot and enjoy your Linux……..


  1. 9 Responses to “Installing Ndiswrapper on Ubuntu 8.04”

  2. By Soumen on Apr 29, 2008 | Reply

    the first
    rmmod ndiswrapper isn’t required since it isn’t loaded at the time when ssb is forceloaded by the kernel for the chip. we just need to unplug ssb and plug in ndiswrapper

  3. By sp on Apr 30, 2008 | Reply

    Thanks so much for this.

    I guess those of Linux adopters who don’t want (for lack of time or lack of interest :) to learn the basics, must be thankful to those who do.

    And to google, ofcourse :)

  4. By jkj on Jun 26, 2008 | Reply

    i install ndis and the drivers without problems, in Windows Wireless Drivers the hardware was present

    what i think i did wrong was
    ———————————————
    open the terminal

    type

    sudo -i

    (press enter)

    then i paste the 5 lines together

    nano /etc/rc.local
    rmmod ndiswrapper
    rmmod ssb
    modprobe ndiswrapper
    exit 0

    (press enter)
    ———————————————–
    every time i try to connect to my unsecure wireless network the computer freeze and the keyboard lights start flashing

    i try with windows 2000 and windows xp drivers

    thanks

  5. By Ankur Shrivastava on Jun 29, 2008 | Reply

    @jkj
    hey you dont have to paste all those lines at once
    first type nano /etc/rc.local
    then paste those three lines before exit 0 in that file

    rmmod ssb
    modprobe ndiswrapper

    then press ctrl + x and save the file with the same name

    it works with xp drivers without any trouble dunno about the 2000 drivers

    if you still face problem contact me

  6. By Ralph on Jul 4, 2008 | Reply

    I’ve just install Ubuntu 8.04 and cannot get my DYNEX USB wireless network adaptor to work. After getting the windows wireless driver tool installed I tried to install the ndiswdm.inf file that was on the DYNEX install CD. After selecting the .inf file and pressing install the program freezes. I’ve tried to type ndiswrapper -l in a terminal and I get no feedback and I have to press ctrl-c to quit. If I force quit and try to restart the Windows wireless driver tool it will not start. I’ve rebooted and tried this a couple of times with the same problem. Do you know how I might fix this?

    Thanks

  7. By Ankur Shrivastava on Jul 4, 2008 | Reply

    @ Ralph
    I have no about DYNEX,
    but all i know is that if you have Dynex DX-WGNBC card you have to install the Atheros Driver ( no ndiswrapper )
    but if you have Dynex DX-BGDTC then you will have to install bcmwl5.inf which is the broadcom driver (BCM 4318KFB)
    tell me which card you have???

  8. By Ralph on Jul 4, 2008 | Reply

    Here’s the product information it’s a wireless USB dongle.

    Product: Dynex Enhanced Wireless-G USB 2.0 Network Adapter

    Model Number: DX-EBUSB

  9. By Ankur Shrivastava on Jul 5, 2008 | Reply

    @ Ralph
    After searching all over i found your card has Broadcom chipset
    but according to this it should just work http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=539943
    although its not mentioned anywhere here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessCardsSupported
    perhaps you can try http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=3319452&postcount=28
    if it all fails use bcmwl5.inf for it instead of one you are provided with.
    Remove all the previous drivers that you might have

  10. By Ankur Shrivastava on Jul 5, 2008 | Reply

    @ Ralph
    hey can you give the output of the command with your router connected to the usb
    sudo /sbin/lsusb

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