ALFA usb wireless adapter
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ALFA usb wireless adapter
I bought this adapter because every forum i posted in suggested it for use with linux. The problem is that because i'm such a noob to linux i have no idea how to install the drivers for it. i tried following the text with the drivers with 0 success i'm wondering if some one would be able to give me a walk through on how to install these drivers.
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Re: ALFA usb wireless adapter
I tries using the Windows wireless drivers app with out success. maybe because there are so many different .inf files i could be using the wrong one. The drivers disk that came with the ALFA Wireless adapter has a Linux driver on it. Would it not be better to use this driver then a wrapped windows driver?
if you specify which .inf file you used that would help. if that doesn't work i will just have to try to find out how to install the linux driver.
if you specify which .inf file you used that would help. if that doesn't work i will just have to try to find out how to install the linux driver.
Re: ALFA usb wireless adapter
http://forum.aircrack-ng.org/index.php? ... pic=5278.0
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=787818
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=787818
- Yeah, it's got more than one driver for it, and uses a realtek chipset. Check the aircrack-ng website for drivers. According to their faq, it's a highly recommended card for use with Linux and aircrack-ng.
- Aircrack's only real purpose is to crack wireless passwords
Re: ALFA usb wireless adapter
I bought the ALFA because of the threads i read on in about it being the most compatible with linux, but i'm such a noob when it comes to linux that i don't know how to install the drivers i know that it has to be compiled for the kernal i'm running. The problem i'm having is i don't have the slightest clue on how to do that. The threads i have read on it have all yielded the same results which was no such directory was found.. i think i'm missing a step or few that these other threads expect i allrdy know.. If i could get someone to explain to me step for step on how to take the linux driver i have and compile it and install it that would a great help.
Re: ALFA usb wireless adapter
Install build-essential and try your compile againAff1690 wrote:I bought the ALFA because of the threads i read on in about it being the most compatible with linux, but i'm such a noob when it comes to linux that i don't know how to install the drivers i know that it has to be compiled for the kernal i'm running.
- apt search build-essential
i A build-essential - Informational list of build-essential pack
sudo apt-get install build-essential
--to install that package
http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/softinstall.html
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/216
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenChrome
an example only, adjust for your situation..
Re: ALFA usb wireless adapter
Thanks this post was helpfull http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/softinstall.html , but when i get to the ./configure stage it says ./configure no such file or directory.
any ideas what i might be doing wrong?
any ideas what i might be doing wrong?
Re: ALFA usb wireless adapter
http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/softinstall.html
# cd package
# ./configure
First CD (Change Directory (folder)) to the location where you unpacked (extracted the tar file to, then
./configure to match your kernel, after you have already installed the build-essential file set..
# cd package
# ./configure
First CD (Change Directory (folder)) to the location where you unpacked (extracted the tar file to, then
./configure to match your kernel, after you have already installed the build-essential file set..
Re: ALFA usb wireless adapter
this is what happens.
mint ~ # cd '/home/rtl8187L_linux_26.1038.0626.2009.release/rtl8187'
mint rtl8187 # ./configure
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
mint rtl8187 #
mint ~ # cd '/home/rtl8187L_linux_26.1038.0626.2009.release/rtl8187'
mint rtl8187 # ./configure
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
mint rtl8187 #
Re: ALFA usb wireless adapter
- Between those two steps..
mint rtl8187 # ./configure
pwd
--where are you in the /home directory tree
ls -l
--are the extracted files there ?
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
compiling problems..
http://rtl-wifi.sourceforge.net/wiki/Main_Page
newer versions of realtek drivers..
Install sequencing..
- --one line at a time..
http://sourceforge.net/projects/rtl-wif ... rum/652149
- --forum support for problems with install, etc..
Re: ALFA usb wireless adapter
Hope this is what you where looking for couldn't figure out the Is -i but yes the files are extracted in the same directory.
mint rtl-wifi # ./config
bash: ./config: No such file or directory
mint rtl-wifi # pwd
/home/anthony/dls/rtl-wifi
mint rtl-wifi #
rtl-wifi i downloaded another driver for it thinking maybe the file i had was missing a file but same results with the new driver.
Steps from start to error
mint ~ # cd /home/anthony/dls
mint dls # cd rtl-wifi
mint rtl-wifi # ./configure
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
mint rtl-wifi #
mint rtl-wifi # ./config
bash: ./config: No such file or directory
mint rtl-wifi # pwd
/home/anthony/dls/rtl-wifi
mint rtl-wifi #
rtl-wifi i downloaded another driver for it thinking maybe the file i had was missing a file but same results with the new driver.
Steps from start to error
mint ~ # cd /home/anthony/dls
mint dls # cd rtl-wifi
mint rtl-wifi # ./configure
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
mint rtl-wifi #
Last edited by Aff1690 on Sun Nov 08, 2009 7:51 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: ALFA usb wireless adapter
I think the problem i am having is that there is no .conf file in the tar.gz ball could that be the problem if so how can i fix?