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Question #49674 on Ubuntu Eee changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu-eee/+question/49674

    Status: Open => Solved

delphipgmr confirmed that the question is solved:
ok i figured it out from all the google research, so i am posting the
solution here for when someone else is trying it.

 here is step by step what you have to do to get your eee pc running
ubuntu 8.04 to be able to connect to walkinghotspot or joikuspot (and
probably for any other adhoc wireless connection, like to a PC etc..)
it uses the ndis wrapper.


just do the following step by step from a terminal window


1) sudo modprobe -r ath_pci

2) edit the /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist file, and at the bottom add:
    blacklist ath_pci

3) sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils-1.9

4) sudo wget
'http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/EeePC/EeePC4G(701)/Wireless_XP_071011.zip'

5) sudo unzip Wireless_XP_071011.zip

6) cd Wireless/ndis5x   (note: this should be the directory that
contains the file net5211.inf )

7) sudo ndiswrapper -i net5211.inf

8) sudo ndiswrapper -m

9) sudo ndiswrapper -ma && sudo ndiswrapper -mi

10) reboot the EEE


 You should now be able to connect to any network, adhoc or infrastructure.

 --Karl

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