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eltone:
Hi,

Win32 WLAN driver is non-functional:



--- Code: ---
root@box:/# ndiswrapper -i /home/tc/ndiswrsp/*.inf
couldn't open /home/tc/ndiswrsp/*.inf: No such file or directory at /usr/local/sbin/ndiswrapper line 219.
root@box:/#



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Lee:
Just at a glance, and w/o any experience with ndis wrapper, I wonder is that a typo in "/home/tc/ndiswrsp/*.inf"?

eltone:

--- Quote from: Lee on January 10, 2014, 03:53:59 PM ---Just at a glance, and w/o any experience with ndis wrapper, I wonder is that a typo in "/home/tc/ndiswrsp/*.inf"?

--- End quote ---

Lee,

Correction:


--- Code: ---root@box:~# ndiswrapper -i /home/tc/ndiswrap/bcmwl5.inf
installing bcmwl5 ...
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2
root@box:~# ndiswrapper -m
modprobe: invalid option -- 'c'
BusyBox v1.20.2 (2012-08-07 01:31:01 UTC) multi-call binary.

Usage: modprobe [-alrqvsDb] MODULE [symbol=value]...

        -a      Load multiple MODULEs
        -l      List (MODULE is a pattern)
        -r      Remove MODULE (stacks) or do autoclean
        -q      Quiet
        -v      Verbose
        -s      Log to syslog
        -D      Show dependencies
        -b      Apply blacklist to module names too

adding "alias wlan0 ndiswrapper" to /etc/modprobe.conf ...
root@box:~# modprobe ndiswrapper

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--- Code: ---root@box:~# ndiswrapper -l
modprobe: invalid option -- 'c'
BusyBox v1.20.2 (2012-08-07 01:31:01 UTC) multi-call binary.

Usage: modprobe [-alrqvsDb] MODULE [symbol=value]...

        -a      Load multiple MODULEs
        -l      List (MODULE is a pattern)
        -r      Remove MODULE (stacks) or do autoclean
        -q      Quiet
        -v      Verbose
        -s      Log to syslog
        -D      Show dependencies
        -b      Apply blacklist to module names too

bcmwl5 : driver installed
        device (14E4:4318) present
root@box:~#

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wifi.tcz remains unable to scan for cells.

eltone

PS. Need a WLAN Guru, to resolve.

http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/ndiswrapper/index.php?title=Broadcom_BCM4318

coreplayer2:

--- Quote ---b43-phy0 warning: No "pcm5.fw" firmware file found. Hardware accelerated cryptography is disabled.
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pcm5.fw is not listed as available in any firmware extension available for tc-5.x, except possibly firmware-broadcom_bcm43xx.tcz which may be worth trying if there is confusion over the actual chip ID, though looks like only recent devices are supported.

Realistically one solution is use the b43-fwcutter to extract the firmware then create an extension, I'm not sure of the legality to provide (bundle) this fw in any distro.   

 Another solution, acquire a better supported adapter (it's always an option)



--- Quote ---'wl-modules-3.8.13-tinycore.tcz' is non-functional, therefore, please confirm accuracy:
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according to   http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 the wl-modules-3.8.13-tinycore.tcz driver might not support your specific hardware though with Broadcom it always seems worth trying.  wl is also not provided in-tree so is not required to be blacklisted.  wl is provided in extension wl-modules-3.8.13-tinycore.tcz, since it might not support your specific hardware should ideally be either uninstalled or be removed from onboot.lst


AFAIK for ndiswrapper to function properly, you might need to blacklist bcm,ssb and b43 modules with this boot code

blacklist=bcma,ssb,b43

Juanito:
b43-fwcutter updated to the latest version.

To cut your own firmware:
--- Code: ---$ wget -c http://www.lwfinger.com/b43-firmware/broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2
$ tar xf broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2
$ sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/firmware
$ sudo b43-fwcutter -w /usr/local/lib/firmware broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/wl_apsta.o
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