SuSE 10.0 I'm trying to set up an NDIS wrapper on a laptop. I've found several tutorials, most of which were very helpful. However, I'm having trouble locating the .sys and .inf files for the wireless card. This is a dual boot laptop so the Windows drivers should be available right there. I think I've found the location of the files I need but there are six of them and I only need two. (Right?) The fact that some of the files have file extensions and others don't just increases my confusion. Any assistance in locating the correct files will be sincerely appreciated. It's been a while since I've done any serious work on Windows so feel free to talk down to me. Here's the files I've found C:\SWSetup\WLAN\bcmwl15 (Setup Information) C:\SWSetup\WLAN\bcmwl15.PNF (Precompiled Setup Information) C:\SWSetup\WLAN\bcmwl15 (System file) C:\SWSetup\WLAN\bcmwl15a (Setup Information) C:\SWSetup\WLAN\bcmwl15a.PNF (Precompiled Setup Information) C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\BCMWL5 (System file) Donald D. Henson, Managing Director West El Paso Information Network The "Non-Initiation of Force Principle" Rules
On Friday 21 April 2006 12:56 pm, Donald D Henson wrote:
SuSE 10.0
I'm trying to set up an NDIS wrapper on a laptop. I've found several tutorials, most of which were very helpful. However, I'm having trouble locating the .sys and .inf files for the wireless card. This is a dual boot laptop so the Windows drivers should be available right there. I think I've found the location of the files I need but there are six of them and I only need two. (Right?) The fact that some of the files have file extensions and others don't just increases my confusion. Any assistance in locating the correct files will be sincerely appreciated. It's been a while since I've done any serious work on Windows so feel free to talk down to me. Here's the files I've found
C:\SWSetup\WLAN\bcmwl15 (Setup Information) C:\SWSetup\WLAN\bcmwl15.PNF (Precompiled Setup Information) C:\SWSetup\WLAN\bcmwl15 (System file) C:\SWSetup\WLAN\bcmwl15a (Setup Information) C:\SWSetup\WLAN\bcmwl15a.PNF (Precompiled Setup Information) C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\BCMWL5 (System file) Is it a 32-bit or 64-bit laptop. What model Broadcom card or chip. For HP/Compaq laptops ... http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/hpcpqnk/us/download/22737.html Download the appropriate SPnnnn.exe You can unpack it using the cabextract. You will find the 32-bit .sys and .inf files in there. If you need the 64-bit drivers the one below works. ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/notebook/ferrari_4000/driver/winxp64bit/80211g.zip
The installation process has been documented by several of us in this forum.
Look for the thread:
[SLE] ndiswrapper and 64-bit Broadcom wireless drivers
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Jerry Feldman
On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 13:24 -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote:
On Friday 21 April 2006 12:56 pm, Donald D Henson wrote:
SuSE 10.0
I'm trying to set up an NDIS wrapper on a laptop. I've found several tutorials, most of which were very helpful. However, I'm having trouble locating the .sys and .inf files for the wireless card. This is a dual boot laptop so the Windows drivers should be available right there. I think I've found the location of the files I need but there are six of them and I only need two. (Right?) The fact that some of the files have file extensions and others don't just increases my confusion. Any assistance in locating the correct files will be sincerely appreciated. It's been a while since I've done any serious work on Windows so feel free to talk down to me. Here's the files I've found
C:\SWSetup\WLAN\bcmwl15 (Setup Information) C:\SWSetup\WLAN\bcmwl15.PNF (Precompiled Setup Information) C:\SWSetup\WLAN\bcmwl15 (System file) C:\SWSetup\WLAN\bcmwl15a (Setup Information) C:\SWSetup\WLAN\bcmwl15a.PNF (Precompiled Setup Information) C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\BCMWL5 (System file)
Is it a 32-bit or 64-bit laptop.
It's an HP zd8000. Windows reports that the processor is an "Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz". Is that a 64-bit processor?
What model Broadcom card or chip.
All I can find is "Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN". That doesn't look like a model number but I don't know where else to look.
For HP/Compaq laptops ... http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/hpcpqnk/us/download/22737.html Download the appropriate SPnnnn.exe
So I shouldn't use the files already available in Windows? How do I determine which SPnnnn.exe is appropriate?
You can unpack it using the cabextract. You will find the 32-bit .sys and .inf files in there. If you need the 64-bit drivers the one below works. ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/notebook/ferrari_4000/driver/winxp64bit/80211g.zip
The installation process has been documented by several of us in this forum. Look for the thread: [SLE] ndiswrapper and 64-bit Broadcom wireless drivers
Ok. I'll have a look at the thread. For something that just works in Windows, this sure is complicated.. Is anyone working on a shell script to make this an automatic process?
-- Jerry Feldman
Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9
Donald D. Henson, Managing Director West El Paso Information Network The "Non-Initiation of Force Principle" Rules
On Sat, 2006-04-22 at 12:04 -0600, Donald D Henson wrote:
On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 13:24 -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote:
On Friday 21 April 2006 12:56 pm, Donald D Henson wrote:
SuSE 10.0
I'm trying to set up an NDIS wrapper on a laptop. I've found several tutorials, most of which were very helpful. However, I'm having trouble locating the .sys and .inf files for the wireless card. This is a dual boot laptop so the Windows drivers should be available right there. I think I've found the location of the files I need but there are six of them and I only need two. (Right?) The fact that some of the files have file extensions and others don't just increases my confusion. Any assistance in locating the correct files will be sincerely appreciated. It's been a while since I've done any serious work on Windows so feel free to talk down to me. Here's the files I've found
C:\SWSetup\WLAN\bcmwl15 (Setup Information) C:\SWSetup\WLAN\bcmwl15.PNF (Precompiled Setup Information) C:\SWSetup\WLAN\bcmwl15 (System file) C:\SWSetup\WLAN\bcmwl15a (Setup Information) C:\SWSetup\WLAN\bcmwl15a.PNF (Precompiled Setup Information) C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\BCMWL5 (System file)
Is it a 32-bit or 64-bit laptop.
It's an HP zd8000. Windows reports that the processor is an "Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz". Is that a 64-bit processor?
According to linux, "Architecture: x86_64"
What model Broadcom card or chip.
All I can find is "Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN". That doesn't look like a model number but I don't know where else to look.
I figured out where to look. (linux. duh!) According to Linux... "BCM4318 [Air Force One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller" Is that what we are looking for?
For HP/Compaq laptops ... http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/hpcpqnk/us/download/22737.html Download the appropriate SPnnnn.exe
So I shouldn't use the files already available in Windows? How do I determine which SPnnnn.exe is appropriate?
You can unpack it using the cabextract. You will find the 32-bit .sys and .inf files in there. If you need the 64-bit drivers the one below works. ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/notebook/ferrari_4000/driver/winxp64bit/80211g.zip
The installation process has been documented by several of us in this forum. Look for the thread: [SLE] ndiswrapper and 64-bit Broadcom wireless drivers
Ok. I'll have a look at the thread. For something that just works in Windows, this sure is complicated.. Is anyone working on a shell script to make this an automatic process?
-- Jerry Feldman
Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 Donald D. Henson, Managing Director West El Paso Information Network The "Non-Initiation of Force Principle" Rules
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