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linux-source-2.6.22 package

  1. Bug #130511
  2. Comment #48

Comment 48 for bug 130511

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Greg (rylar22) wrote :

I had this problem with bcm43xx after upgrading from 7.04 to 7.10 as well. I ran ndiswrapper on 7.04 so, after removing ndiswrapper, and reinstalling ndiswrapper from source with no success. I then spent many frustrating hours trying and failing to get the firmware cutter restricted driver to work until I came back to ndiswrapper and resolved to make it work again.

Directions for ndiswrapper found here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper

after this step:
depmod -a
modprobe ndiswrapper

tail /var/log/messages reveals the problem:
laptop kernel: [ 16.716000] ndiswrapper: changing interface name from 'wlan0' to 'eth1'
Oct 20 12:41:14 laptop kernel: [ 66.416000] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready

My fix was to edit /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules I changed ETH1 to WLAN0, saved the changes and rebooted. And now
the messages log says:
laptop kernel: [ 53.940000] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready

I am wireless again,
I Hope this helps.