Usb Wireless Receiver for K-Ubuntu (example with Netgear WNA1000M)
I wanted to use an old PC for my lab but I didnt have any wireless card.
What I did was to buy the USB Wireless Receiver Netgear WNA1000M
On the linux website it is written this usb receiver is compatible and you just have to plug and reboot your machine. However, I found many people complaining about the stabilitity of the connection.
What I did to fix this bad service was:
1. To take the cd provided in the box and install the executable on a virtual machine.
2. Look for the inf file dir *WNA1000M*.inf /s in c:\
3. locate the inf file (mine was at C:\Windows\inf\WNA1000M\WinXP\x86 )
4. Copy the inf file to a USB drive
5. Insert the USB drive into the Kubuntu machine
6. On the kubuntu shell type lshw -C network
7. There should be an information for the network to which the USB receiver belongs stating:
bus info: usb**
That is the information related to the USB receiver. Copy the value of "driver=" (mine was rtl8192cu). If you dont find any value similar to "bus info: usb**" then you can go to the step 8
Run in the shell sudo kate /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf and add the line
blacklist rtl8192cu
(change rtl8192cu if necessary)
8. Now install ndisgtk as reported at http://thelinuxnewbie.blogspot.co.uk/2006/08/installing-wifi-wireless-c_115515845577896146.html
9. run "windows wireless drivers"
10. Locate the inf file stored in the USB drive you copied from the Windows virtual machine
11. You should now insert the USB receiver and you will see that the system recognize it. If not please reboot your kubuntu machine.
12. if you run lshw -C network u'll see the new changes took effect (other useful commands at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=571188)
Make the installation permanent
After you reboot the machine, you will find out that the USB wireless receiver has to be installed again. To avoid this and thus to make the installation permanent, do as follow:
1. ndiswrapper -i Documents/DriverUSBreceiver/WNA1000M.inf
2. modprobe ndiswrapper
3. sudo -s
4. echo -e "\nndiswrapper" >> /etc/modules
For this last part I got help reading http://www.ubuntugeek.com/howto-install-linksys-wusb54gc-wireless-in-ubuntukubuntu-704710.html and opening the bash file located at http://www.ubuntugeek.com/howto-install-linksys-wusb54gc-wireless-in-ubuntukubuntu-704710.html
For this last part I got help reading http://www.ubuntugeek.com/howto-install-linksys-wusb54gc-wireless-in-ubuntukubuntu-704710.html and opening the bash file located at http://www.ubuntugeek.com/howto-install-linksys-wusb54gc-wireless-in-ubuntukubuntu-704710.html