How do i get ndiswrapper to work?

Question

I have an acer aspire 3680 with ubuntu 8.04 on it, but i cant seem to get the wireless internet to work so i downloaded ndiswrapper but when i go to the terminal i cant figure out what to do so can someone please give me step by step directions on how to download it and get the drivers for it.

Thank You

Answer 1

Here is a really good guide with all the details.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDo...

and although its pushing a book on Ubuntu the guide here is very good as well

http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answ...

One of those should get you working. I just followed the Ubuntu one and had working wifi in about 10 minutes.

I also found out that just using a card that is Linux friendly (prisim, broadcom, etc) I didn't need the ndiswrapper!