30Sep Ndiswrapper and SMC USB Wireless Adapters
Today I had the roughest Ubuntu installation ever. The problem was the lack of documentation to get ndiswrapper and SMC adapters working. After some reading and trying, I’ve figured out the solution:
Edit /etc/modprob.d/blacklist and add:
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist islsm
blacklist prism54usb
Edit /etc/modules and add:
ndiswrapper
After this, download the Windows driver, extract it to a folder and do the following:
sudo ndiswrapper -i (driver name).inf
sudo ndiswrapper -m
sudo depmod -a
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
Reboot and you’re ready to go! It will probably work for any wireless usb adapter that needs ndiswrapper.
September 30th, 2007 at 1:58 pm
I use a smc usb adapter, like you, but with PCLinuxOS. The process is more simple. Just followed the ndiswrapper assistant in the pclos control center…Nothing to do manually