Can't get WNDA3100v2 to work

[ardisiac]

I can't have a wired connection in this house. My only option is wireless, so I have this USB adapter. The Netgear WNDA3100v2. I am unsure how to go about getting it to work on Mint 13. I've googled a lot and tried various methods, but at some point, my results always differed from the poster's. According to the Windows Wireless Drivers thing, the USB is present and the driver is working, but the system makes no attempt to connect. It only sees a wired connection (which is disconnected).

If any more information is needed, I can try and provide it. I'm really eager to get this working, because otherwise, I won't be able to have internet on that boot.

Thanks for taking the time to read!

[remoulder]

If any more information is needed

Yes, see http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=1085

[ardisiac]

Aah, I apologize.

This is what I got:

* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
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* II. querying ndiswrapper...
bcmwlhigh5 : driver installed
device (0846:9011) present
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* III. querying iwconfig...
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

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* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:17:31:d5:99:78
inet6 addr: fe80::217:31ff:fed5:9978/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:17

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:60 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:60 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:4352 (4.3 KB) TX bytes:4352 (4.3 KB)

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* V. querying DHCP...
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* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached

[kurok]

I think that is the wrong driver I have a wna3100 that uses that version. MIne isnt a dual band and is version 1 IIRC. There was a post on the UBUNTU froums that had several attachments with the drivers for the wna3100 series and the wnda as well unfortunatly i dont have the link handy any more so a search there might get results. IDK but good luck in your journey. This thread might help http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php? ... WNDA3100v2

[ardisiac]

I already went through that thread, sadly.

And I tried bcmwlhigh6, but got the same results. Others who use the same adapter I do all seemed to have success with that driver, so that's what I used... Tried to use, anyway.

[remoulder]

@ardisiac which version of mint have you installed the 32 or 64bit, and is the driver you are using the same?

Also have a look at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1950844

[ardisiac]

32bit, and I'm 90% sure the driver matches that. I got it from some forum thread I found on a google search.

I saw that thread already as well. It's a bit different from my problem. They're having issues with the password and connecting. Mine doesn't make an attempt to connect at all. It whines that there's no wired connection and doesn't even acknowledge that there's wireless.

[remoulder]

It whines that there's no wired connection and doesn't even acknowledge that there's wireless

How did you install the driver? Also can you provide the outputs of lsmod and dmesg | grep -e error -e eth -e wlan

[ardisiac]

Sorry for the late reply.

The driver I installed using the "windows wireless drivers" thing, according to a few forum threads I read.

As for those two things...

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Module                  Size  Used by
nls_utf8               12493  1 
isofs                  39553  1 
parport_pc             32114  0 
ppdev                  12849  0 
rfcomm                 38139  0 
bnep                   17830  2 
bluetooth             158438  10 rfcomm,bnep
joydev                 17393  0 
binfmt_misc            17292  1 
nouveau               708198  2 
ttm                    65344  1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper         45466  1 nouveau
drm                   197692  4 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit           13199  1 nouveau
mxm_wmi                12859  1 nouveau
k8temp                 12905  0 
wmi                    18744  1 mxm_wmi
video                  19068  1 nouveau
snd_wavefront          34737  0 
snd_cs4236             29294  0 
snd_wss_lib            30063  2 snd_wavefront,snd_cs4236
snd_opl3_lib           18863  2 snd_wavefront,snd_cs4236
snd_intel8x0           33455  2 
snd_ac97_codec        106082  1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus               12642  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_usb_audio         101566  2 
snd_hwdep              13276  3 snd_wavefront,snd_opl3_lib,snd_usb_audio
snd_usbmidi_lib        24603  1 snd_usb_audio
hid_uclogic            12712  0 
snd_pcm                80845  5 snd_cs4236,snd_wss_lib,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_usb_audio
snd_seq_midi           13132  0 
snd_mpu401             13847  0 
snd_mpu401_uart        13865  3 snd_wavefront,snd_cs4236,snd_mpu401
snd_rawmidi            25424  4 snd_wavefront,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_seq_midi,snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_midi_event     14475  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                51567  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              28931  4 snd_wss_lib,snd_opl3_lib,snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device         14172  4 snd_opl3_lib,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd                    62064  24 snd_wavefront,snd_cs4236,snd_wss_lib,snd_opl3_lib,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_usb_audio,snd_hwdep,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_pcm,snd_mpu401,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
i2c_nforce2            12906  0 
asus_atk0110           17742  0 
mac_hid                13077  0 
soundcore              14635  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         14115  3 snd_wss_lib,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
lp                     17455  0 
parport                40930  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
firewire_ohci          40180  0 
firewire_core          56906  1 firewire_ohci
usbhid                 41906  0 
hid                    77367  2 hid_uclogic,usbhid
skge                   44767  0 
crc_itu_t              12627  1 firewire_core
pata_amd               13750  4 
sata_nv                23360  0 
floppy                 60310  0 

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[    0.202710] i2c-core: driver [aat2870] using legacy suspend method
[    0.202712] i2c-core: driver [aat2870] using legacy resume method
[    1.044988] skge 0000:05:0c.0: eth0: addr 00:17:31:d5:99:78
[   24.106447] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[   24.415945] EXT4-fs (sdb1): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro
[   24.550463] VGA switcheroo: detected Optimus DSM method \ handle
[   25.574873] skge 0000:05:0c.0: eth0: enabling interface

[remoulder]

You do not appear to be loading ndiswrapper module at boot which is needed to utilise the Windows driver. Try unplugging the adapter, issuing a sudo modprobe ndiswrapper command then re-plugging the adapter and see if this has any effect? If it now works, edit the file /etc/modules as administrator and add ndiswrapper to the end on a new line.