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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.

Also it would be very useful to know which distro you're using and
perhaps some 'real' error messages rather than vague descriptions.

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'

thanks again.

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Quote:> 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.

Quote:> 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'

via:
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/List

HTH

i had a lot of bad luck with the laptop. acpi seems to be running better
with the 2.6.16 kernel, the wireless is pretty flaky so far - it's
running again on xp. overall it looks better than the acers on paper for
the same price.

the ndiswrapper wiki actually only has 1 reference to 4319 rev2 and
that's for 64 bit. lots of 4318's though.

I'm still debating whether to go for this one or wait for an equivalent
Intel Core laptop. I particularly need the high-res screen and at that
price point there isn't much choice :-( The Acer Travelmate 4672LMI is
about the only other one.