WiFi problem on DELL D810 (again)

[kkrpst]

Hi all,

I have problem with WiFi on my laptop DELL D810

System is Backtarck 4

root@bt:~# uname -a
Linux bt 2.6.30.9 #1 SMP Tue Dec 1 21:51:08 EST 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
root@bt:~#

Wifi card is: Broadcom Corporation BCM4309

root@bt:~# lspci | grep BCM
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 01)
03:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4309 802.11a/b/g (rev 03)
root@bt:~#
root@bt:~# lspci -n | grep 03:03.0
03:03.0 0280: 14e4:4324 (rev 03)
root@bt:~#

I know that there are problems with BCM drivers but usual it could be solved using ndiswrapper. So I installed it and driver for my card was successfully registered:

root@bt:~# ndiswrapper -l
bcmwl5 : driver installed
        device (14E4:4324) present
root@bt:~#

So device is detected. Also kernel module is loaded:

root@bt:~# cat /proc/modules | grep ndis
ndiswrapper 182908 0 - Live 0xfb24c000
root@bt:~#

So if ndiswrapper module is loaded and driver is installed I should be able to see my new "wlan0" ... but it is not available:

root@bt:~# ifconfig -a
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
          inet addr:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx  Bcast:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:576  Metric:1
          RX packets:15403 errors:16 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:16
          TX packets:12522 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:6650697 (6.6 MB)  TX bytes:1642486 (1.6 MB)

root@bt:~# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

root@bt:~#

What am I doing wrong ?

[Barry]

Using an ndis wrapper. They suck. Get a supported usb adapter.

[kkrpst]

Thanks Barry
I totally agree that they suck ... but I was hoping for solution without spending more money.