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> sent these posts to 'linux hardware' and thought i'd post here as well -
> thanks.

> i've returned my hp compaq nx6125 laptop 4x because of endless
>  > problems with this wireless chipset. the most recent laptop worked
>  > with winxp, sort of, it can't seem to do better than 100 KB/s. after
>  > using ndiswrapper with the same driver (hp site driver), i got a force
>  > message and now the wireless doesn't work on either linux or win xp?

>  > on my first hp laptop, i had found a bcmwl5a.inf which worked fine. i
>  > can't seem to find that driver anymore - got it from the web
>  > somewhere. i'm trying 2 different versions of the bcmwl5.inf from hp
>  > that don't work. any help would be appreciated.

> sorry for the lack of info. right now i'm running zenwalk 2.6 - 32 bit
> (slack based) with a 2.6.16 kernel. when i install the wireless driver i
> get a force message. 'ndiswrapper -l' says the hardware is detected and
> driver is loaded. 'iwconfig wlan0' shows the card. after configuring the
> wlan0 with iwconfig, essid, mode, and key the card doesn't show up in
> ifconfig after running dhcp. iwconfig still shows essid=any instead of
> the network name i gave it with 'iwconfig wlan0 essid mynetwork'? syslog
> shows a timeout error from dhcp when trying to connect.

> apparently a driver for this chipset will be available in kernel version
> 2.6.17 but in the meantime i'd like to find a winxp driver called
> 'bcmwl5a.inf' which worked previously without force messages after
> running 'ndiswrapper -i'. and, yes, i am running 'modprobe ndiswrapper'

>> sent these posts to 'linux hardware' and thought i'd post here as well
>> - thanks.

>> i've returned my hp compaq nx6125 laptop 4x because of endless
>>  > problems with this wireless chipset. the most recent laptop worked
>>  > with winxp, sort of, it can't seem to do better than 100 KB/s. after
>>  > using ndiswrapper with the same driver (hp site driver), i got a force
>>  > message and now the wireless doesn't work on either linux or win xp?

>>  > on my first hp laptop, i had found a bcmwl5a.inf which worked fine. i
>>  > can't seem to find that driver anymore - got it from the web
>>  > somewhere. i'm trying 2 different versions of the bcmwl5.inf from hp
>>  > that don't work. any help would be appreciated.

>> sorry for the lack of info. right now i'm running zenwalk 2.6 - 32 bit
>> (slack based) with a 2.6.16 kernel. when i install the wireless driver
>> i get a force message. 'ndiswrapper -l' says the hardware is detected
>> and driver is loaded. 'iwconfig wlan0' shows the card. after
>> configuring the wlan0 with iwconfig, essid, mode, and key the card
>> doesn't show up in ifconfig after running dhcp. iwconfig still shows
>> essid=any instead of the network name i gave it with 'iwconfig wlan0
>> essid mynetwork'? syslog shows a timeout error from dhcp when trying
>> to connect.

>> apparently a driver for this chipset will be available in kernel
>> version 2.6.17 but in the meantime i'd like to find a winxp driver
>> called 'bcmwl5a.inf' which worked previously without force messages
>> after running 'ndiswrapper -i'. and, yes, i am running 'modprobe
>> ndiswrapper'
> This site

> http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page

> gives instructions on downloading and installing ndiswrapper and also
> how to determine which windows driver you need as well as where to get
> it. I have just ( yesterday ) put a card with this chipset in my PC and
> have got it working - well sort of.
> I'm posting my own request for help with the next stage.