Ry’s Blog

I will not deny that I am a total Linux fanatic. I use Fedora Core at work, and Ubuntu at home, so I’m around it all the time. It continually gives me the “wow, that’s cool” effect. My most recent “wow” moment was thanks to my wireless card. Not too long ago I moved into a new apartment. I pay for a decent cable connection so I can play video games and surf the net at decent speeds. However, I ran into a little problem. The bedroom did not have a usable cable outlet, and the only one I could tap into was out in the living room. No problem, I had a wireless network setup for my laptop, so all I had to do was go out and get a wireless card for my desktop. I went out and bought a wireless card for my PC, slapped it in, and was saddened to find that Ubuntu was unable to detect any drivers for it. Enter ndiswrapper. Ndisswapper basically lets you use your Windows drivers in a Linux environment. I did a few apt-get installs and literally had my card working with the Windows drivers in minutes. No hassle, no fuss. Excellent work ndiswrapper! You made my life considerably easier.

Resources:
Ubuntu Wiki guide for Ndiswrapper
A guide on how to set up Ndiswapper graphically