Centrino WLAN: ndiswrapper

Installation of ndiswrapper is very easy due to the nice installer script:

• Got to the ndiswrapper website
• Download the latest ndiswrapper
• Download the WinXP driver
• Extract the .sys and .inf driver files to /lib/windrivers/
• Run the installer script from ndiswrapper (pre-0.5 only)
• Read the ndiswrapper docs to configure your card

The configuration of the card w/o WEP is straightforward:

• Bring down the "wired" NIC
  

  ifconfig eth0 down

• Load ndiswrapper
  

  modprobe ndiswrapper

• A new NIC called "wlan0" should now be detected
  

  iwconfig

• If you have DHCP at home run
  

  dhclient wlan0

• Without DHCP have fun reading the iwconfig manpage :)

WEP and ESSID work as of version 0.6.
Noise and Link Quality are not shown since Win drivers do not support this
function. Under Windows this is done using userspace software.

Click here for a walk-through on how to disable / enable WLAN by pressing the
blue WLAN hotkey on your keyboard.

PLEASE NOTE: The WindowsXP driver is IP from Intel and Copyright Intel