Install WiFi key on Ubuntu
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Hello,
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There you go, I can’t install my wifi key It works N300 on my PC running Ubuntu 9.10. I had 9.04 before and I did an upgrade just because my key wasn’t detected. With 9.10 it’s detected and it says “device not ready.” And now it’s my wifi card that won’t work either: it turns on but doesn’t pick up any network, I don’t understand why it does this to me as well.
To return to my wifi key, it is Linux-compatible but I can’t install it. It must be said that their Linux user manual is incomprehensible and in English plus, whereas for Windows they put 30 pages in all languages.
Can someone please help me.
Thank you
Configuration: Linux / Firefox 3.5
There you go, I can’t install my wifi key It works N300 on my PC running Ubuntu 9.10. I had 9.04 before and I did an upgrade just because my key wasn’t detected. With 9.10 it’s detected and it says “device not ready.” And now it’s my wifi card that won’t work either: it turns on but doesn’t pick up any network, I don’t understand why it does this to me as well.
To return to my wifi key, it is Linux-compatible but I can’t install it. It must be said that their Linux user manual is incomprehensible and in English plus, whereas for Windows they put 30 pages in all languages.
Can someone please help me.
Thank you
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Can you report the exact model of the wifi card for us?
(I think it's a Belkin n300, to be verified).
There are three possibilities (from most preferable to least preferable):
- either the driver is available in the module assistant,
http://www.mistra.fr/tutoriel-debian-module-assistant.html
- or the driver is provided by the manufacturer and the installation procedure is given on the site,
- or it is necessary to convert the driver because a Linux driver does not exist and you have to convert the Windows driver to Linux using ndiswrapper.
http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/ndiswrapper
From what is said here, it will be with ndiswrapper:
http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/wifi_liste_carte#b
In principle you need to retrieve the ".inf" file from the driver. It is either directly visible, or inside the Windows installation executable (to be unpacked with cabextract or unzip). It is this ".inf" file that you pass to ndiswrapper:
(report their result to me if you’re stuck, below is an illustrated example) :
https://lea-linux.org/documentations/Trucs:Livebox_wifi_(Inventel)_et_Mandriva_LE2005
Good luck
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(I think it's a Belkin n300, to be verified).
There are three possibilities (from most preferable to least preferable):
- either the driver is available in the module assistant,
http://www.mistra.fr/tutoriel-debian-module-assistant.html
- or the driver is provided by the manufacturer and the installation procedure is given on the site,
- or it is necessary to convert the driver because a Linux driver does not exist and you have to convert the Windows driver to Linux using ndiswrapper.
http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/ndiswrapper
From what is said here, it will be with ndiswrapper:
http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/wifi_liste_carte#b
In principle you need to retrieve the ".inf" file from the driver. It is either directly visible, or inside the Windows installation executable (to be unpacked with cabextract or unzip). It is this ".inf" file that you pass to ndiswrapper:
sudo ndiswrapper -i /path/to/file.inf sudo ndiswrapper -l sudo ndiswrapper -m sudo modprobe ndiswrapper /sbin/iwconfig
(report their result to me if you’re stuck, below is an illustrated example) :
https://lea-linux.org/documentations/Trucs:Livebox_wifi_(Inventel)_et_Mandriva_LE2005
Good luck
Finally, by digging through the Windows folder on the installation CD of the wireless key, I found an .inf file in each Windows version folder, and with ndiswrapper I installed one and it worked
Thanks for your help
Thanks for your help
