Ndiswrapper installed fine, but can't yet connect

[Jugmun]

Using Fedora 8 x86_64, installed Ndiswrapper and used the XP (64-bit) drivers for my Belkin USB Wireless N device. I ran iwconfig and the output was:

[root@localhost ~]# modprobe ndiswrapper

[root@localhost ~]# iwconfig

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"SPRINTNAVYWIFI-314-230"
  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: 22:18:F3:E6:8A:1B
   
          Bit Rate=24 Mb/s   Tx-Power:20 dBm   Sensitivity=0/3
  
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off

          Encryption key:off

          Power Management:off

          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0

          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0

          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

This is the network I wish to use. When I go into Network Configuration, however, I only see eth0 (my ethernet card, which I can't use because I don't have a wired connection at my current location). I don't see anything for eth1 or wlan0 or anything of that sort, and of course when I try to load a web browser, it says there's no connection. If anyone could advise I'd appreciate it. I'm fairly new to Linux if you can't tell.

Thanks

[stoat]

Originally Posted by Jugmun

When I go into Network Configuration, however, I only see eth0 (my ethernet card, which I can't use because I don't have a wired connection at my current location).

For that, try creating an alias for wlan0 in /etc/modprobe.conf (even if you have already run ndiswrapper -m which usually creates an alias in /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper)...

su -
echo "alias wlan0 ndiswrapper" >> /etc/modprobe.conf

P.S.: There is also NetworkManager which you can try for configuring a wireless connection.