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mazen
mazen
Member since:
16-Nov-2008

why when i install the wireless driver dosn't work?

Category: Question about Toshiba A210 TL64 (2.2 GHz / 1 GB / 160 GB / 15.4 in) Laptop
Posted by: 16-Nov-2008

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Keith Summers
Keith Summers
Hi Mazen, It is not the easiest task to install Wireless set ups on laptops and the A210 is a bit more tricky than some. You need to have Ubuntu installed and here is something which I picked up from another forum: Hope it helps:
I got wireless set up on my laptop after a weekend of trying, when I first started, but haven't gotten to posting it until now.



The first thing I found when looking up the hardware for my wireless card was that it was not listed on the PCI bus, but I discovered it on my USB bus instead.


# lsusb...Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:8197 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. ...This is an internal card, also internal camera is on the USB bus, which makes sense for simplifying hardware design when both internal and external versions are being produced.

I found a success story on the ubuntu forums, also with a note that it will not work in 64bit mode due to lack of compatible drivers.
The most useful hint I found for my wireless card was from the ndiswrapper site:

ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/joomla/index.php?/component/option,com_openwiki/Itemid,33/id,list_o-z/

- Card: RTL8187B integrated in the laptop Gateway ML6720

Chipset: RTL8187B
USB Bus ID: 0BDA:8189
Driver: Win98
from: ftp://202.65.194.212/cn/wlan/RTL8187B_driver_only.zip
Other: Using ndiswrapper driver version 1.49, SUSE10.3 with kernel 2.6.22-9
Other: XP driver does not work - just see access points, no connect
so after installing ndiswrapper (version 1.52), I installed the driver.

cd RTL8187B/Win98/ndiswrapper -i net8187b.infand aliased it to my card

ndiswrapper -a 0bda:8197 net8187b

Product info is available at www.myshopping.com.au/SP--255504_Toshiba_Satellite_Pro_A210_TL64_2_2_GHz_1_GB_160_GB_15_4_Laptop

Posted by: 16-Nov-2008

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