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Setting up Ubuntu 10.10 for wireless using Zonet zew2502

Asked by Nathan Jones

I am trying to set up Ubuntu on my kids computer since it is less taxing on this older machine. I have a Zonet zew2502 usb wireless adapter and I started by looking into web searches to solve this problem. I seen that first I had to download the ndiswrapper from the ubuntu software center. After that I tried various commands in the terminal that I seen on the web although they were different versions of ubuntu. When I try
sudo ndiswrapper -i netMw225.inf
it tells me that there is no such file or directory at /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper -1.9 line 219. I think this is where my problem is. So far i am super impressed with ubuntu and if I can get this working I can see myself using this alot in the future. I am a novice computer user at best so I may need well explained solution. I have tried other commands such as

sudu modprobe ndiswrapper
iwconfig
sudo ndiswrapper -m
sudo su
echo ndiswrapper >> /etc/modules
exit

To me honest I am not sure what this commands really do although I am trying to understand. Thanks for any help you could give me.

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David Jones (dj) said : 		#1

 hope theses commands help if not simply google commands Ubuntu and find what you need

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Nathan Jones (njharlem) said : 		#2

I am not sure what commands you are talking about. I am probably missing something on my end but I only see the one line you sent me which is "hope these commands help if not simply google commands Ubuntu and find what you need". I will do this, but did I miss part of the message because I am not seeing any commands?

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Federico Tello Gentile (federicotg) said : 		#3

I can tell you what I did to get my wireless router installed last friday.
1) Plug ethernet cable from cablemodem to WAN slot in router (check quick install guide)
2) Plug any computer to a ethernet slot in the router
3) Power on cablemodem
4) Power on router
5) In the wired PC's Firefox go to http://192.168.1.1/ (as router manual sais)
6) Set up DHCP in router and wifi
7) Set router's name
8) Apply changes (it restarts the router)
9) Start notebook and check wireless

This is all explained in the router's manual. If you can't read the CD, download it form manufacturer's webpage.

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Federico Tello Gentile (federicotg) said : 		#4

Ignore my previous answer.
You need to install ndiswarpper. Get online with a wired connection and go to ubuntu software centre in the applications menu and search for "ndis"

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Nathan Jones (njharlem) said : 		#5

I did do this, but I am still unable to get any further. I did find the file named "netMw255.inf" but I am unable to do anything usefull with it. I copied that file to my download folder and then used the command
sudo ndiswrapper -i netMw255.inf

the command line comes back with "cannot find file line 219"

So am unable to get Ubuntu to recognize that the USB adapter is there or get the driver to install and when I do I will need to set it up in my network. More ideas will be appreciated. Thank you.

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Ubfan (ubfan1) said : 		#6

There is a ndisgtk which may be easier to use than the command line (no personal experience with it). The manual for ndiswrapper is installed with the package, so:
man ndiswrapper
will give you some good info on running the command line ndiswrapper -- for instance, the full path to your .inf file was left out of your command above, Also, these windows driver files come in pairs don't they? An .inf file and a .sys file, both should be in the same directory when running ndiswrapper (dimly recalled from a long time ago).

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Nathan Jones (njharlem) said : 		#7

Thank you, that was much easier. Once I used ndisgtk I was able to simply select the driver I wanted to use. Now that is working I will have to do some adjusting to get it to work a little smoother. You were also right about the sys file that should accompany the inf file. I had the file with it but I did not mention it. I appreciate your time. I am having some password problems, but I am going to investigate and if I still have a problem then I will know where to go. Thanks again, Ubuntu is very impressive.