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Mint Live CD - Wireless not recognized
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 4:09 pm
by seanlinux
Several times before this has come up. It's not convenient for me to have to solve this in a virtual machine-I am experimenting with the Live CD of Mint 14 XFCE-64bit. I find it hard to copy and paste between OS so I am just asking for instructions in simple terms to figure out how and if I can get the Netgear WNA3100 USB adapter running in Live CD mode. I can't afford to install it on my HDD unless I know for sure it'll work.
Re: Mint Live CD - Wireless not recognized
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 4:13 pm
by overthetop
Re: Mint Live CD - Wireless not recognized
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 4:38 pm
by seanlinux
The download link shown in the link above is invalid. Just thought I'd clear that up.
Re: Mint Live CD - Wireless not recognized
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 6:11 pm
by overthetop
seanlinux wrote:The download link shown in the link above is invalid. Just thought I'd clear that up.
Ouch, my bad!
You can now get the driver from
here.
Make sure that neccesary kernel module is installed:
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sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-dkms
Open a terminal in the directory that contains the downloaded package and run the following:
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tar xzvf 2612284-Broadcom_bcm43xx_USB_32_64bit_v2.tar.gz
cd Broadcom_bcm43xx_USB_32_64bit_v2
Install the driver:
Note: if you are using 64-bit system substitute bcmn43xx32.inf with bcmn43xx64.inf in the command below.
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sudo ndiswrapper -i bcmn43xx32.inf
Add the module to the kernel:
Post back your results.
For more information on using ndiswrapper see:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=885847
Re: Mint Live CD - Wireless not recognized
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 7:28 pm
by seanlinux
I want to thumbs up the above. I followed the instructions and it solved my initial problem. But now I have to keep entering my security code since it won't take my code. I know what my secure WiFi code is, but the OS just won't use it.
Re: Mint Live CD - Wireless not recognized
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 11:02 am
by overthetop
seanlinux wrote:I followed the instructions and it solved my initial problem. But now I have to keep entering my security code since it won't take my code. I know what my secure WiFi code is, but the OS just won't use it.
So you can't connect to your wireless network?
Post the results of each of these:
Also see if your wlan is up:
If it is working, you can get ndiswrapper to start automatically with a
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sudo echo ndiswrapper >> /etc/modules
Re: Mint Live CD - Wireless not recognized
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 7:45 pm
by seanlinux
Thanks, I'll do so. I think I'll need to re-do everything since before, since it was a Live session.