Wireless Internet in Ubuntu Hardy

People think getting wireless connectivity in LINUX is a difficult task. That is not right always It takes some times to configure. Because there is a one button click environment is not available nowadays. So we need some more steps to get it working. Also I am preparing a Script to do this automatically.

Scenario
To get wireless internet through DLINK access point in the ubuntu 8.04

Infrastructure

Machine : Acer Aspire 4715Z NWXMI-Pentium dual core-T2310
OS : Ubuntu 8.04
Wireless card : Atheros

1.First of all check your BIT version of OS

getconf LONG_BIT


2.Check the Manufacture of your wireless car

lspci | grep wireless

3.Lets install the Drivers for Atheros Card . Download the ndiswrapper source code and AR5007EG Windows drivers

http://wifix.sourceforge.net/software.php?title=ndiswrapper

4.Download the AR5007EG Windows XP drivers,If you're using a 32-bit version of Linux, use this command

wget http://blakecmartin.googlepages.com/ar5007eg-32-0.2.tar.gz

5.Extract the archieves

tar xvf ar5007eg-*.tar.gz
tar xvf ndiswrapper-newest.tar.gz

6.Ensure you have your kernel headers and the build essential package.

aptitude update && sudo aptitude install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential

7.Blacklist the ath_pci kernel module (it doesn't support our chipset).

echo "blacklist ath_pci" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

8.Compile Ndiswrapper

pushd ndiswrapper-*/
sudo make uninstall
make
sudo make install
popd

9.Install the Windows drivers (using ndiswrapper).

pushd */ar5007eg/
sudo ndiswrapper -i net5211.inf
popd

10.Make sure Ndiswrapper up and running everytime OS starts

sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
echo "ndiswrapper" | sudo tee -a /etc/modules

11.Just Reboot the Laptop
/sbin/shutdown -r now

You will get a NETWORK icon in the right top panel. Click on the ICON and search for available access point.
EnjoY WirelesS InterneT.