Another ndiswrapper question thread. I've got it CLOSE... little push in the right

[krazyshane]

Despite the many rpms and such, I decided to download the ndiswrapper source like I always have and compile it myself. First, I installed the appropriate kernel-develop libraries and gcc libraries.

I downloaded & compiled ndiswrapper, seemingly successful. I ran make install and it was installed to /usr/sbin. I then installed the driver, and edited my /etc/modprobe.conf file to look like this:

alias wlan0 ndiswrapper
alias eth0 b44
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
options snd-card-0 index=0
options snd-intel8x0 index=0
remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0

Here are the outputs of various other commands:

#ndiswrapper -l

Installed drivers:
bcmwl5 driver installed, hardware present

#iwconfig

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power:25 dBm
RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B
Encryption key:9364-4740-20 Security mode:restricted
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

#ifconfig

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:1F:27:E6:5B
inet addr:192.168.0.103 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20f:1fff:fe27:e65b/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1088 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:911 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:459871 (449.0 KiB) TX bytes:158050 (154.3 KiB)
Interrupt:11

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:2325 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2325 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:2582401 (2.4 MiB) TX bytes:2582401 (2.4 MiB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:90:96:A3:7D:6D
inet6 addr: fe80::290:96ff:fea3:7d6d/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:7 Memory:faff6000-faff8000

#ifup wlan0

/sbin/ifup: configuration for wlan0 not found.
Usage: ifup <device name>

That last command is a clue that it isnt working and I obviously cannot connect either... whats going on?

Shane