Install Windows XP Wireless NIC Driver in linux

Install the Windows XP Wireless NIC Driver in linux-Linux Enterprise Application-Linux server application information. For more information, see the following. Probably useful to UBS

1. installation and configuration steps:
(1) extract:
Tar-zxvf ndiswrapper-1.52.tar.gz
(2) into the ndiswrapper-1.52:
Cd ndiswrapper-1.52
(3) Compile: make
// Before this operation, you must set up the compiling environment, that is, install the development environment.
(4) install: make install
// If the default installation path is not used, you can use. configure -- prefix = "/etc/local" to specify the installation directory (this directory is self-built ).
(5) Check the installed version of ndiswrapper? V. If the installation is successful, version: 1.51 is displayed.
(6) obtain the Windows XP driver of the wireless network card
**. INF file
(7) enter the folder where the file **. INF is located.
(8) install the wireless NIC Driver: ndiswrapper-I **. INF
(9) check whether the driver is installed: ndiswrapper-l // For example, **. INF (driver name): driver installed
(10) write the configuration file:
Ndiswrapper? M
// Write an alias for wlan0 and write it to the kernel module
Ndiswrapper? Ma
// Write aliases for all other wlan **
Ndiswrapper? Mi
// Install the driver of Windows XP, that is, the. INF file
(11) automatically loaded modules after startup: modprobe ndiswrapper

Ii. View and configure the file (skip this step)
(1) configure the wpa_supplicant.conf file:
Vi/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
Ctrl_inte *** ce =/var/run/wpa_supplicant
Ctrl_inte *** ce_group = wheelnetwork = {
Ssid = "any"
Key_mgmt = NONE}
(2) configure the wpa_supplicant file:

Vi/etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant
# Wlan0 and wifi0
# INTE **** CES = "-iwlan0-iwifi0"
INTE *** CES = "-iwlan0"
# Ndiswrapper and prism
# DRIVERS = "-Dndiswrapper-Dprism"
DRIVERS = "-Dndiswrapper"

The following steps must be performed:

(3) scan AP: iwlist scanning // to check whether wlan0 in the wireless network is found.
(4) Click "System? Administration? Services (or? Server Settings? Services) "in the GUI, select NetworkManager and Start it. Later, you can see the icon in the upper right corner.
(5) Click this icon to list all APs and select them for connection. You can also enter the encryption password of the AP during the connection process.

Iii. Appendix: Other commands that may be used:
Restart the network: service network restart
Tested, it can also be used for NIC Driver Installation, not only for wireless Nic installation, the method is similar.