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DidĀ  you runĀ  ndiswrapper -l file.inf (insert the name of the file you found)?If so did you follow up with iwconfig and then iwlist wlan0 scan.

i did ndiswrapper -l and it shows the driver. i must note that in the windows driver folder i copied it from it was a .sys file. is that ok? now it shows as hardware not present?
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No, you really need to locate the inf file. I have not heard of being able to do it with a sytem file. Can you not find the installation file? What was the name of the file you found?

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Then let's do a search in windows for the inf file. Using the command line:

$ su(password)# updatedb# slocate RT2500

Let's see what it has to say on what files are available.

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i believe i found it in a driverinstallation backup folder or something lemme give it a whirl

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Ok. Slocate is a wonderful Linux tool for locating files. It always helps to update the database first thus the command updatedb.

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when installing the rt2500.inf it said couldnt locate rt2500.sys so i uninstalled and had the .sys in the home folder too. installed ok. iwlist wlan0 scan : device does not support scanning. none of the things in the iwconfig support scanningedit:but it does show hardware is present now

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What happens when you run

ndiswrapper -l

Does that list a driver and hardware present?

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Hardware present but no drivers?Then I want you to look for all RA2500 files: bin, sys, and inf and make a single folder in home that holds them. We will then do the ndiswrapper -i RA2500.inf file again. The site that gives install instructions directly from ndiswrapper recommends that when the simple command does not work.

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wait. rt2500 - hardware present doesnt mean that the drivers are there? ill try what u said gimme a few

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No it should say ____ driver present, hardware present.Looks like you are still missing the driver.

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That's ok. As long as they are both (sys and inf) in the same place and you are in that directory when you run your command. B)

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ok so i have .cat .pnf .sys and .inf all in one folder. wnen i go to install what do i install the .inf right

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That's right. You will use the inf file but it will take what it needs from both files as long as they are in the same place. It will then crete the config files for your card in /etc/ndiswrapper.

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ndiswrappr -l

installed drivers rt2500 hardware presentexactly what i see. now what?

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That is not good. Would you please go to /etc/ndiswrapper and then run ls (list) and tell me what files it shows there.

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IvanFeel free to jump in here if you have any ideas.....

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That's a folder. CD to that folder and see what is in it. (cd rt2500) and then ls again.

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1814:0201:1737:0032.conf 1814:0201.conf@ rt2500.inf* rt2500.sys

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That means it did run even if it does not show up. Now what happens when you run modprobe ndiswrapper?

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Yikes. Let's try one last reboot and then give it a rest for today if we don't make any progress.

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well i must say that a while back i did ndiswrapper -m. i believe that does something to the config and that could be messing something up?edit:maybe the module isnt loading on startup and maybe i have to change something to make it start?

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That should not do anything other than activtate it. That tells it to load ndiswrapper automatically when it is used. One last thing you could try is to go to the /etd/ndiswrapper and deleting all the files and then try your ndiswrapper -i ra2500.inf command again.

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You can give that a try if you like. Check to see what version of ndiswrapper you have installed. If you have something like .4 then go that route. I personally did not end up with that old of a version. I have 1.0 and they are testing 1.1.

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well i have .9 now i have tried 1.0 but i get a kernel error

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