From this post in Ubuntu forums:

cd /cdrom/driver/winxp_2k (browse to the location of the driver file)
sudo ndiswrapper -i mrv8335.inf (your INF file name may vary)
sudo ndiswrapper -l (shows if the driver installed successfully, this should show “mrv8335 - driver installed, hardware present)
sudo ndiswrapper -m (write the configuration to modprobe)
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
sudo modprobe -r ndiswrapper
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

“> ndiswrapper -m” didn’t work and
“> modprobe ndiswrapper” results in “FATAL : Module ndiswrapper not found”

That means ndiswrapper module is not installed.

Usnig instructions from this post:

  1. Install kernel headers: > apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`
  2. Install ndiswrapper source: > apt-get install ndiswrapper-source # will be installed to /usr/src/ndiswrapper-source.tar.bz2
  3. Build ndiswrapper module: > module-assistant prepare; module-assistant build ndiswrapper
  4. Extracting the package tarball, /usr/src/ndiswrapper-source.tar.bz2, please wait…
    Done with /usr/src/ndiswrapper-modules-2.6.18-5-686_1.28-1+2.6.18.dfsg.1-17_i386.deb .

  5. Install the built ndiswrapper module: > gdebi /usr/src/ndiswrapper-modules-2.6.18-5-686_1.28-1+2.6.18.dfsg.1-17_i386.deb
  6. > depmod -a
  7. > modprobe ndiswrapper
  8. > ifconfig wlan0 up
  9. > iwconfig wlan0 key open 1234abcd56
  10. > iwconfig wlan0 essid my_essid_name
  11. > dhclient wlan0

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