how do I install netgear wna1100 on ubuntu 10.04

sudo modprobe ath5k

You may need to blacklist ath5k_pci

that doesnt help me im afraid.
It doesnt mean anything to me. I pasted it into terminal to no avail

This problem was never solved. I was able to download the NetGear Software onto an MS-Windows Vista 32 bit computer. and then I picked out the driver file and installed that onto my Ubuntu HP Laptop. The computer test shows the device to be installed.
However as far as a wireless hook-up it has not worked.

That sounds very baaad.
we`ve managed to get the driver from netgear but it`s obviously just for windows. Thanks for getting back to me

I suggest you read ytouEULA jackass.

Can you give the output of:

sudo lshw -C network

What windows does or doesn't do is of no consequence, it is a seperate OS with seperate support. Netgear also do NOT make wireless chips, they buy them in and make adapters so telling usits a "netgear" means next to nothing.

NETGEAR WNA1100-100ENS - Wireless-N 150 USB Aadpter

kevin@HP-Laptop-Ubuntu:~$ sudo lshw -C network
[sudo] password for kevin:
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: MCP77 Ethernet
       vendor: nVidia Corporation
       physical id: a
       bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: a2
       serial: 00:1f:16:6e:2f:73
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: pm msi ht bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=forcedeth driverversion=0.64 duplex=full ip=192.168.1.103 latency=0 link=yes maxlatency=20 mingnt=1 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:26 memory:c0009000-c0009fff ioport:30f8(size=8) memory:c0007c00-c0007cff memory:c0007800-c000780f
  *-network UNCLAIMED
       description: Ethernet controller
       product: AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:07:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:c2000000-c200ffff
kevin@HP-Laptop-Ubuntu:~$

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Atheros