64 bit Mint 14 and Netgear WNDA3100 USB NIC [SOLVED]
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 1:50 am
Hi,
Took me a bit to figure this all out, but since I did I thought I would post my solution for others. Steps to getting this to work with LinuxMint 14 are:
First get and install the windows drivers.
1. Download the ndiswrapper drivers (attached). Make sure you download the correct version (32 or 64 bit)
2. Enter unzip Broadcom_bcm43xx_USB_64bit_v2.zip
3. Enter cd Broadcom_bcm43xx_USB_64bit_v2
3. Enter sudo ndiswrapper -i bcmn43xx64.inf
4. Enter ndiswrapper -l to verify it worked. You should see something like:
bcmn43xx64 : driver installed
device (0846:9011) present
Now we have to get the kernel module working as the version in linux mint 14 does not have the kernel module and its source fails with I try to compile it.
5. First use synaptic and search on ndiswrapper. Make sure that ndiswrapper-dkms and ndiswrapper-source are NOT installed.
6. Download the latest version of ndiswrapper (attached)
7. Enter tar -zxvf ndiswrapper-1.58rc1.tar.gz
8. Enter cd ndiswrapper-1.58rc1
9. Enter make uninstall
10. Enter make
11. Enter sudo make install
12. Enter sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
Plug in the Netgear and enter iwconfig to see it.
cheers,
ski
Took me a bit to figure this all out, but since I did I thought I would post my solution for others. Steps to getting this to work with LinuxMint 14 are:
First get and install the windows drivers.
1. Download the ndiswrapper drivers (attached). Make sure you download the correct version (32 or 64 bit)
2. Enter unzip Broadcom_bcm43xx_USB_64bit_v2.zip
3. Enter cd Broadcom_bcm43xx_USB_64bit_v2
3. Enter sudo ndiswrapper -i bcmn43xx64.inf
4. Enter ndiswrapper -l to verify it worked. You should see something like:
bcmn43xx64 : driver installed
device (0846:9011) present
Now we have to get the kernel module working as the version in linux mint 14 does not have the kernel module and its source fails with I try to compile it.
5. First use synaptic and search on ndiswrapper. Make sure that ndiswrapper-dkms and ndiswrapper-source are NOT installed.
6. Download the latest version of ndiswrapper (attached)
7. Enter tar -zxvf ndiswrapper-1.58rc1.tar.gz
8. Enter cd ndiswrapper-1.58rc1
9. Enter make uninstall
10. Enter make
11. Enter sudo make install
12. Enter sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
Plug in the Netgear and enter iwconfig to see it.
cheers,
ski