[KLUG Members] Getting our Compaq laptop on wireless

[Bruce Smith]

> On another thread, Bruce Smith said he had used an "ndiswrapper" to get
> his laptop to work on wireless.  We have a Compaq 64 bit that won't work
> on wireless with either Suse 9.1 or 9.2.  Would this be a good thing for
> us to try to solve this problem?  We seem to have most other hardware
> issues resolved.
> This ndis thing was suggested as a fix from the Suselinux E list/serv
> when I posed the question out there.
> The wireless works on Windows, (dual boot) so we know it works.
> Bruce, is this a bear to install?

It was a real pain the first time I tried to install it.  (pre SuSE)
Since then it's gotten much easier, but still takes some manual work.

SuSE comes with the ndiswrapper software (RPM).  Install it.
You will also need some files from the Windows side.
(it is a "wrapper" around the Windows NDIS network driver, so
you will need those DLL files - see ndiswrapper instructions).

Next find the home page of ndiswrapper and follow the instructions.
See how far you get.  That the best I can remember off the top of
my head without actually reading the instructions again myself.

 - BS