Installing Windows Driver for WiFi Device in Ubuntu Using NDiswrapper
Whoa.. quite long title. Anyway, this trick is given by Rolly Maulana Awangga on ubuntu-id, so the credit goes to him. I'm just archiving it for usage in the future.
The point is:
1. Insert your WiFi driver installation CD.
2. Browse into the driver folder.
3. Find driver file (the one with .INF extension) and install it with ndiswrapper. E.g. in gnome-terminal:
Caveat, there are some driver that already exist in kernel but with broken implementation. One of them is Broadcom's bcm43xx. It should be blacklisted. How to blacklist a driver is to add it into /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
This trick is applicable for any distro out there. But, you might adjust the blacklist file because each distro has different flavour. But, hey, that's another story.
The point is:
1. Insert your WiFi driver installation CD.
2. Browse into the driver folder.
3. Find driver file (the one with .INF extension) and install it with ndiswrapper. E.g. in gnome-terminal:
# sudo ndiswrapper -i namadriver.inf Caveat, there are some driver that already exist in kernel but with broken implementation. One of them is Broadcom's bcm43xx. It should be blacklisted. How to blacklist a driver is to add it into /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
This trick is applicable for any distro out there. But, you might adjust the blacklist file because each distro has different flavour. But, hey, that's another story.
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