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Wireless drivers for a Gateway 7426?

post #1 of 7
4/11/06 at 6:42pm
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Does anyone know where I can get wireless drivers for a Gateway 7426?
I can't even find what driver it is I need, I think it is a broadcom chip but I don't know for sure.
I'll keep looking and thanks in advance to anyone who helps.
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post #2 of 7
4/11/06 at 6:44pm
go with ndiswrapper. probably the most pain-free solution if you have broadcom.

if you have atheros then madwifi is what you're looking for.
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post #3 of 7
4/11/06 at 6:54pm
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Thanks for the quick reply.
Ya I'm am doing th ndiswrapper but I don't have the windows driver.
I realised I was being irrational and realised the computerwould tell me.
YaST says it is a "Broadcom BCM4306"
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post #4 of 7
4/11/06 at 7:50pm
lspci -vv will list your wireless
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post #5 of 7
4/11/06 at 7:56pm
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I know what chip it is, I just need the windows driver. All I can find are .exe's
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post #6 of 7
4/11/06 at 8:16pm
download the windows driver for your card
create a dir so you dont get lost

mkdir wlan
unzip windriver.exe -d /home/user/wlan
ndisrwapper -i filename.inf
modprobe ndiswrapper
echo ndiswrapper >> /etc/modules-2.6.XXXXX
update-modules
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post #7 of 7
4/18/06 at 2:25pm
Also, it is on the restore disc if you still have that. It is in the drivers folder under wireless if I am not mistaken. I'm sorry I forgot to tell you that you will need the .sys and the .inf, not the .exe
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