Issues with setting up Netgear WNA3100

[andygmb]

Hey guys,

I've decided to make the switch to linux mint after struggling with various python packages, database issues, etc on windows. I've ran into an issue that's stopping me from using linux mint - my Netgear WNA3100 USB wifi dongle isn't working.

It will show up when I run

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lsusb

but it isn't available as a network device.

I've seen tutorials that make the assumption that you have a wired connection to use

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sudo-apt get

to install packages, but I do not have the ability to access my router (it's 3 stories down, no available ethernet cables long enough.)


Could someone who has experience in linux help walk me through setting it up **without** an internet connection? I can still transfer .tars over from my windows partition, but I cannot use sudo-apt get or anything that requires a network connection.


Thanks to anyone who responds.

[PatH57]

Hi,

so let's see your

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lsusb

highlight it, right click to copy the output and paste it to a txt file onto a usb key. then copy it back here.

do the same for this command:

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iwconfig

[andygmb]

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~ $ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 1b1c:1b02 Corsair 
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 13fe:4100 Kingston Technology Company Inc. 
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0846:9020 NetGear, Inc. WNA3100(v1) Wireless-N 300 [Broadcom BCM43231]
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

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~ $ iwconfig
eth0      no wireless extensions.

lo        no wireless extensions.

[PatH57]

no not this one it needs windows xp drivers to work (no open source drivers) and no driver from Broadcom either http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
couple of minutes with internet access on the unit and a lot of work without...

[andygmb]

Is it not worth trying to get it working? Or does it simply not work at all?


If it's not worth trying, are there any (cheap) wireless adapters available that work well with linux mint?

[PatH57]

here are the packages that we need
ndisgtk, ndiswrapper-dkms, dkms, linux-headers-generic, build-essential (off course the right version of them) so we have to manually check each one.

the the windows inf from here http://media.cdn.ubuntu-de.org/forum...4bit_v2.tar.gz

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Chipset- ... 83646.html

that's the cheapest I have and it works really well (didn't have to install anything just tweak a bit the settings) the external antenna is a little plus as you can buy a better one later on if you need a bit more juice.

[andygmb]

here are the packages that we need
ndisgtk, ndiswrapper-dkms, dkms, linux-headers-generic, build-essential (off course the right version of them) so we have to manually check each one.

the the windows inf from here http://media.cdn.ubuntu-de.org/forum...4bit_v2.tar.gz

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Chipset- ... 83646.html

that's the cheapest I have and it works really well (didn't have to install anything just tweak a bit the settings) the external antenna is a little plus as you can buy a better one later on if you need a bit more juice.

I think i'll just buy a different wifi dongle if my current one is too hard to get working.

Do you know if that wifi dongle is available on Amazon? I can't find it there - or if you have any other recommendations (that are on amazon)?

[PatH57]

exactly the same I have
http://www.amazon.com/802-11b-WIRELESS- ... rds=rt3072

also a bit more expensive. But that's amazon.
google

rt3072 buy