*really* saving my wireless config

[papaschtroumpf]

I have a Dell laptop. by default it detect the bcm43xx module, but it doesn't work with the Dell device. Instead i need to uninstall the bcm43xx module using modprobe -r bcm43xx, then I can use the networking wizard to use ndiswrapper with the Dell driver.

Even though when everything is set right I use the Save button, next time I start up the ysstem attempts to use bcm43xx before ndiswrapper so things don't work.

Is thre a way to really save it, or maybe somehow tell it not to load bcm43xx?

this is a USB key installation that I mostly use on that laptop (although not always) and the version is 2.15CE "Viz"

[gary101]

Hi

I think you will be able to use a small setup to resolve your problem if you are using wep encryption

Click on your home icon then on the up arrow (top left corner) Go to directory called etc, Go to directory called rc.d
Open file rc.local as text.
add these lines:

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modprobe -r bcm43xx
modprobe ndiswrapper
iwconfig wlan0 essid xxxxx channel xx
if [ -e /etc/dhcpc/*.pid ]; then
rm /etc/dhcpc/*.pid
fi
dhcpcd -t 5 -d wlan0

replace XXXXX with your info and save file

rc.local is run at boot up
If you set a wep encryption key on your wireless router add to the end of the second line
key xxxxxx