I'd also like to attach the following - these are messages from dmesg and the syslog, connected to ndiswrapper - maybe they'll help a little.
from dmesg: [ 77.527646] ndiswrapper version 1.57 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=no) [ 77.580941] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper [ 80.714323] ndiswrapper: driver net5523 (,02/23/2006,1.5.0.110) loaded [ 80.714900] ndiswrapper (ZwQueryValueKey:2336): not fully implemented (yet) [ 81.765560] wlan0: ethernet device 00:01:e3:5b:df:ec using NDIS driver: net5523, version: 0x10005, NDIS version: 0x501, vendor: 'NDIS Network Adapter', 129B:160C.F.conf [ 81.824509] wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP; TKIP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2-PSK; AES/CCMP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2-PSK [ 81.919149] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready [ 94.335905] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready and from syslog: (note, these lines don't necessarily mention ndiswrapper, but have material from actions associated with the network connection) 09/04/2012 22:47:10 Hunter96-Watchman90 NetworkManager[586] <info> (wlan0): DHCPv4 state changed preinit -> reboot 09/04/2012 22:47:10 Hunter96-Watchman90 NetworkManager[586] <info> address 192.168.2.7 09/04/2012 22:47:10 Hunter96-Watchman90 NetworkManager[586] <info> prefix 24 (255.255.255.0) 09/04/2012 22:47:10 Hunter96-Watchman90 NetworkManager[586] <info> gateway 192.168.2.1 09/04/2012 22:47:10 Hunter96-Watchman90 NetworkManager[586] <info> nameserver '192.168.2.1' 09/04/2012 22:47:10 Hunter96-Watchman90 NetworkManager[586] <info> domain name 'vmipublic.sciatlanta' 09/04/2012 22:47:10 Hunter96-Watchman90 NetworkManager[586] <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 5 of 5 (IPv4 Configure Commit) scheduled... 09/04/2012 22:47:10 Hunter96-Watchman90 NetworkManager[586] <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 5 of 5 (IPv4 Commit) started... 09/04/2012 22:47:10 Hunter96-Watchman90 avahi-daemon[584] Joining mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 192.168.2.7. 09/04/2012 22:47:10 Hunter96-Watchman90 avahi-daemon[584] New relevant interface wlan0.IPv4 for mDNS. 09/04/2012 22:47:10 Hunter96-Watchman90 avahi-daemon[584] Registering new address record for 192.168.2.7 on wlan0.IPv4. 09/04/2012 22:47:11 Hunter96-Watchman90 NetworkManager[586] <warn> (wlan0): failed to change interface MTU 09/04/2012 22:47:11 Hunter96-Watchman90 NetworkManager[586] <info> (wlan0): writing resolv.conf to /sbin/resolvconf 09/04/2012 22:47:11 Hunter96-Watchman90 NetworkManager[586] <info> (wlan0): device state change: ip-config -> activated (reason 'none') [70 100 0] 09/04/2012 22:47:12 Hunter96-Watchman90 NetworkManager[586] <info> Policy set 'VMIPublic14' (wlan0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS. 09/04/2012 22:47:12 Hunter96-Watchman90 NetworkManager[586] <info> Activation (wlan0) successful, device activated. 09/04/2012 22:47:12 Hunter96-Watchman90 NetworkManager[586] <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 5 of 5 (IPv4 Commit) complete. Whether the above has any relevance, I don't know, but it may help in the short term anyway. If not, let me know :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/975322 Title: ndiswrapper does not detect wlan0 on startup, even when configured To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ndiswrapper/+bug/975322/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs