Linksys WMP11 Wireless card install

[Buzzstpoint]

Just installed Kubuntu and found the Wireless card not working or installed on the system.

Can someone help me get this installed?
I dont know what to do from here.

The card is a Linksys WMP11

[vinnywright]

Re: Linksys WMP11 Wireless card install

can you post the output of the folowing comands.

lspci

and

ifconfig -a

and

iwconfig

VINNY

[Buzzstpoint]

Re: Linksys WMP11 Wireless card install

lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP]
00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 22)
00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 10)
00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 10)
00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 10)
00:07.4 SMBus: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 30)
00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: Rockwell International Device 4310
00:0d.1 Communication controller: Rockwell International Riptide HSF 56k PCI Modem
00:0d.2 Input device controller: Rockwell International Device 4312
00:0f.0 Ethernet controller: Linksys, A Division of Cisco Systems WMP11v4 802.11b PCI card
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP8x] (rev a4)

ifconfig -a

eth0   Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:e0:18:0c:8b:67
     inet addr:10.15.19.136 Bcast:10.15.19.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
     inet6 addr: fe80::2e0:18ff:fe0c:8b67/64 Scope:Link
     UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
     RX packets:1229 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
     TX packets:814 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
     collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
     RX bytes:739079 (739.0 KB) TX bytes:202447 (202.4 KB)
     Interrupt:9 Base address:0x1400

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:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
     TX packets:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
     collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
     RX bytes:1800 (1.8 KB) TX bytes:1800 (1.8 KB)

pan0   Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 92:47:c2:31:7b:b9
     BROADCAST 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:0
     RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0

iwconfig

lo    no wireless extensions.

eth0   no wireless extensions.

pan0   no wireless extensions.

[vinnywright]

Re: Linksys WMP11 Wireless card install

it dosent look like it's being seen at all dose it ?

mabey someone knows of a kernell modual or driver for ya to try!!!

BUT if you want to try ndiswrapper I'll try to talk ya thrugh it.

first youll nead the xp drivers for it.........looks like this one.

http://downloads.linksysbycisco.com/....7.2003_dr.zip

or you may want to try wicd some have beter luck with it

if you want to go ndiswrapper let me know when you have the windows drivers and have ndiswrapper instaled .........thares 2 packages as I remember it.

VINNY

[GreyGeek]

Re: Linksys WMP11 Wireless card install

The LInksys WMP11 contains a BCM4301 chip.

I see you are using an ETH connection. You need to install b43-fwcutter from the repository.

sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter

or use KpackageKit or Synaptic. Synaptic is my favorite.

It will pull the firmware out of your wireless chip and configure it. Run wicd or knetworkmanager. It should show all wirelesses in your area. Click on yours and enter your password. To make the connection automatic right mouse on the system tray icon and chose "manage connections", or something similar. When you configure your wireless check the box marked "automatic connection".

[Buzzstpoint]

Re: Linksys WMP11 Wireless card install

The LInksys WMP11 contains a BCM4301 chip.

I see you are using an ETH connection. You need to install b43-fwcutter from the repository.

sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter

or use KpackageKit or Synaptic. Synaptic is my favorite.

It will pull the firmware out of your wireless chip and configure it. Run wicd or knetworkmanager. It should show all wirelesses in your area. Click on yours and enter your password. To make the connection automatic right mouse on the system tray icon and chose "manage connections", or something similar. When you configure your wireless check the box marked "automatic connection".

I installed b430fwcutter,
then Installed wicd via synaptic

When I start the Wicd manager I get:

No Wireless network found.

[GreyGeek]

Re: Linksys WMP11 Wireless card install

When it installed did you see a message roll by stating that it was pulling the firmware out of the chip?

[Buzzstpoint]

Re: Linksys WMP11 Wireless card install

I believe so.

The screen turned blue and asked yes or no..



Edit,,
Loaded up the synaptic and did a complete removal of the b43-fwcutter,
Then reinstalled. A box asked me to fetch the firmware, I selected the box and continued

[GreyGeek]

Re: Linksys WMP11 Wireless card install

Yup, that's what it should have done.

But, even after installing b43-fwcutter your wireless isn't recognized? Have you rebooted since you've installed b43-fwcutter?

[Buzzstpoint]

Re: Linksys WMP11 Wireless card install

Yes,

Multiple times.

[GreyGeek]

Re: Linksys WMP11 Wireless card install

Then I would follow Vinny's advice and unzip the file he linked to into a subdirectory under your home account. Then install ndiswrapper (ndiswrapper-common and one other one, the name of which I've forgotten. I may be on the "recommends" option of the common file)

Are you familiar with how to use ndiswrapper?

[vinnywright]

Re: Linksys WMP11 Wireless card install

ndiswrapper-utils is the other one and you nead both.............

when you have them both instaled and have unziped the file from the post or have gotten the xp drivers off your cd that came with the card open a terminal in the diectory war you have the drivers if the file I linked you to it will look like this

vinny@desktop:~/testing/linksysdriver$ ls
AutoRun lsbcmnds.cat LSIPNDS.inf SETUP.EXE WMP11NDS.inf
AUTORUN.INF lsbcmnds.inf LSIPNDS.sys Utility WMP11NDS.sys
bcmwl5.sys LSIPNDS.cat LSIPNDSX.sys WMP11NDS.cat WMP11-v4_V3.1.7.2003_dr.zip
vinny@desktop:~/testing/linksysdriver$

then in the terminal do

sudo ndiswrapper -i WMP11NDS.inf

then

sudo ndiswrapper m

then

sudo ndiswrapper ma

then

sudo ndiswrapper mi

then

modprobe ndiswrapper

and now you should be good.............but if not give it a reboot befor shoting it.

VINNY

[Buzzstpoint]

Re: Linksys WMP11 Wireless card install

I got it partiall,,

Did what vinny posted.

Wicd manager sees my wireless router. But doesn't connect to it.. Stalls at "obtaining IP address"

I entered the Advanced settings, selected WEP(hex) entered my 128 bit key and saved it.. Still stuck.

My router, is set up to only allow MAC filtering, and WEP keys.
I have the MAC address into the Filter.

Just to test,
I turned off the MAC filter and still no connection.
I turned off WEP and the computer will connect just fine.

How can I get it to work with WEP



Edit...

DOH!!

So I decided to try and reboot...
Now WICD doesn't see any wireless connection.
Any suggestions till tomorrow?

[GreyGeek]

Re: Linksys WMP11 Wireless card install

I usually entered a string password in the wireless setup (for my Linksys WRT54G router) and then copied the 10 HEX character password that resulted and used it.

[Guest]

Re: Linksys WMP11 Wireless card install

So I've persuaded my wife to try Kubuntu instead of upgrading to Windows 7. I can't get the wireless link to work, though. I've installed b43-fwcutter and configured it. I've also installed wicd. However, I can't get a connection. It stalls out on obtaining an IP address, for our home network, and for other unsecured networks that show up.

My geek creds are on the line here. I'd hate to have to throw in the towel and put Windows 7 on the laptop.

Thoughts?

John