NdisWrapper implements Windows kernel API and NDIS (Network Driver Interface Specification) API within Linux kernel.

A Windows driver for wireless network card is then linked to this implementation so that the driver runs natively, as though it is in Windows, without binary emulation.

Requirements:

- You need a recent kernel at least 2.6.6 or 2.4.26 with source. Under Red Hat or Mandrake, the sources can be installed using the package kernel-source< kernel-version >.rpm. Make sure there is a link to the kernel source from the modules directory. /lib/modules/VERSION/build should be a link to the kernel source, where VERSION is the version of the kernel you are running. If there is no link, you'll get an error at the make install step. To create a link, assuming the kernel sources are present, use the command

ln -s /usr/src/linux-< kernel-version > /lib/modules/VERSION/build

- Make sure you have started compiling the kernel sources, so needed header files are present. Some vendors ship ndiswrapper in their distributions. Either use it or make sure you remove it before installing ndiswrapper by yourself. Make sure you have the Wireless Tools installed. Again, there is a package that comes along with Red Hat and Mandrake distributions. If you are using Debian you can install the wireless-tools package from the mirror.

Installation:

Go to source-directory and do

make distclean

As root run

make

and then

make install

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Fixed buffer overflows with nickname
· Compilation issues with 2.6.27 and 2.6.28 fixed