[PLUG] ndiswrapper WPA success: Re: meeting followup: ndiswrapper working with 2.6 Kernel

[edmond rodriguez <erodrig_97@yahoo.com>]

I got ndiswrapper and WPA2 to work as I used to have it working quite a
while back with significantly older versions of the kernel and
ndiswrapper.

Well, I could not get the broadcom Linux driver patches to work, I think there are subtle differences between version releases.  I don't think I was using the patch wrong, since it successfully gave me errors and generated a .rej file.   Thanks for the ideas.  


******* ndiswrapper and wpa_supplicant success: ******

Using this url I tried the configuration again:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-ndiswrapper-wpa_supplicant-howto/
I just kill and run my own dhcpcd's instead of using net up or net down scripts.

I think the main difference amongst the many things I tried is the -D option   I would use -Dndiswrapper, though this doc says -Dwext (with I was not able to get to work earlier).   There are also one or two lines in the config file that may have made a difference.  I recall having trouble using wext in the past, and I'm not totally sure what wext.



My router is set to WPA2-Personal with "TKIP or AES".

This is the configuration file for wpa_supplicant.

----------- /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf-----------

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
eapol_version=1
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1

network={
        ssid="ssidname"
        proto=WPA
        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
        pairwise=TKIP
        group=TKIP
        psk="passphrasepassphrase"
}




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From: edmond rodriguez <erodrig_97@yahoo.com>
To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2008 5:50:50 PM
Subject: Re: [PLUG] meeting followup: ndiswrapper working  with 2.6 Kernel

Thanks, this caused be to look myself more, as I needed a patch for v11.  

Here is a site with all kinds of patches, though I've not looked at it much yet:

http://gentoo-overlays.zugaina.org/sabayon/net-wireless.html.fr


The card number for the broadcom drivers do not quite match mine, but as I always see the b43xx, I guess they are all similar.  Guess I might find out!




----- Original Message ----
> From: Brian Vagnoni <bvagnoni@v-system.net>
> To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
> Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2008 3:54:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] meeting followup: ndiswrapper working  with 2.6 Kernel
> 
> He's a link to the patch you need for the Broadcom Linux driver for the 2.6.27 
> kernel. I'm sure there one for the 2.6.24 kernel.
> 
> http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=201366
> 
> Make sure you have source and symbols installed on your system.
> 
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