wlan0 8187b 64bit ?

[k1ll1nt1m3]

I have spent the last week getting my usb wifi working in ubuntu. I finally got it with net8187b.inf and ndiswrapper.

My problem is that my gentoo is 64bit and I can not get that 32bit driver to load. I did a quick search and did not find a 64bit driver for it. Does anyone know how to get this wifi working in 64bit...

from ubuntu...

[digital0001]

Hi!

What is the name of the card? Which chipset is it?

I searched around a little and it seems like most cards using the net8187b.inf driver are with
a Zydas chipset. And for these you have some options of native drivers in the kernel.
One guess is that the zd1211rw driver might work, and that one should be included in any
kernel newer than 2.6.18-rc1 with the right options set.

Might be worth a try if you don't find the 64-bit driver.

With some more info on the card/usb adapter it might be easier to help.

Cheers

[k1ll1nt1m3]

Its a trendnet TEW-424UB H/W3.0. Im not sure of the chipset though.

Thanks for the tips

[digital0001]

Hi again!

Googled a little... this might work:

Download: ftp://202.65.194.212/cn/wlan/RTL8187B_driver_only.zip
Unzip
Install the 64 bit driver in ndiswrapper as you did in ubuntu, probably safer to use the
X64 driver rather than the VistaX64 driver, but you can try and see if it makes a difference.

That should do it.

There is a native linux driver if you have problem with ndiswrapper or problems finding a
driver that runs okay. This requires you to enable the Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack
(Networking --> Wireless ) and the Zydas ZD1211/ZD1211B USB-wireless support
(Device Drivers --> Network Device Support --> Wireless Lan) in you kernel configuration. And
then install new kernel or modules, it is required to install firmware though, that can be found
here: http://zd1211.ath.cx/get-firmware

Hope it gets up and running...

Cheers