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Still, there are many other wireless cards for which no driver exists at all. An Open Source project, [[http:// | Still, there are many other wireless cards for which no driver exists at all. An Open Source project, [[http:// | ||
- | Also, ndiswrapper-driven cards tend to crash the kernel in high-load situations and even though you should run a Linux kernel with at least 8K stack size (which is the default in Slackware), some NDIS drivers seem to need stack sizes as high as 32K to properly function. | + | Also, ndiswrapper-driven cards tend to crash the kernel in high-load situations and even though you should run a Linux kernel with at least 8K stack size (which is the default in Slackware), some NDIS drivers seem to need stack sizes as high as 32K to properly function.\\ |
+ | The 32K stack size is not something you can configure in an unpatched kernel, and since I have only read about these large kernel stack sizes in non-Slackware mailing lists, I'd say: stick to the default stack size of 8K you find in Slackware kernel, unless you experience strange kernel crashes that you can trace back to the ndiswrapper module... | ||
For now, rest assured that you probably will not need to change anything to your running kernel to get ndiswrapper support for your wireless card. The rest of the page will concern itself with detailing how to obtain the ndiswrapper source code, how to build and install the software, how to install a Windows driver, and how to configure your card. WPA encryption is discussed in the final paragraph. | For now, rest assured that you probably will not need to change anything to your running kernel to get ndiswrapper support for your wireless card. The rest of the page will concern itself with detailing how to obtain the ndiswrapper source code, how to build and install the software, how to install a Windows driver, and how to configure your card. WPA encryption is discussed in the final paragraph. | ||
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If you want to have the network interface be known as //wlan0// then you can either run < | If you want to have the network interface be known as //wlan0// then you can either run < | ||
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===== Network configuration ===== | ===== Network configuration ===== | ||
- | Your card will be loaded with the name **wlan0**. Detailed information about how to configure your wlan0 interface can be found in my [[: | + | Using ndiswrapper as the driver, your wireless network interface |
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===== WPA encryption for your wireless network ===== | ===== WPA encryption for your wireless network ===== | ||
- | For more information about how to configure WPA using [[http:// | + | For more information about how to configure WPA using [[http:// |
- | // | + | < |
+ | WLAN_WPADRIVER[1]=" |