Ndiswrapper Wireless Setup for Compaq Presario X1005EA CVS version of ndiswrapper Chipset : Intel Pro Wireless - Centrino 802.11b
1 -	References
Windows drivers http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/supported_chipsets.html Ndiswrapper website http://sourceforge.net/projects/ndiswrapper
2 -	Installation of wireless-tools
emerge wireless-tools
3 -	Ensuring card is correctly detected
lspci
4 -	Download CVS copy of ndiswrapper
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ndiswrapper login cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ndiswrapper co ndiswrapper (just press enter when it asks you for a password)
5 -	Compilation and Installation
cd ndiswrapper make && make install
6 -	Download Windows Drivers of the corresponding chipset and Installation
Download - see References mkdir /lib/windrivers/ Copy all dll, inf, sys files in the previously created directory
7 -	Setting up the chipset
Load the ndiswrapper module modprobe ndiswrapper Configure the module /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper -i /lib/windrivers/w70n51.inf Load the good driver in the module /sbin/loadndisdriver w70n51
8 -	Configure startup
cp /etc/init.d/net.eth0 /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 Modify /etc/conf.d/net according to you network configuration echo "ndiswrapper" >> /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 rc-update add net.wlan0 default
9 -	Informations
This version of ndiswrapper works differently than the official way. At the first use, it writes a config file to the /etc/ndiswrapper directory according to the driver you have. This makes startup configuration easier.