Zonet ZEW1605A on Ubuntu Linux

 November 6th, 2009
linux, tech, wireless
I just got my new PCI wireless card set up on ubuntu. When I first put it in, ubuntu tried the rtl8180 driver, which froze the computer. I got it to work using ndiswrapper with the drivers from the CD. I've put these up:
Zonet ZEW1605A linux drivers
The ubuntu ndiswrapper tutorial was very helpful. I did need to blacklist the rtl8180 module.

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