Need help with Netgear N300 Wireless usb adapter?
I have Net Gear N300 Wireless Router. I just bought a Net Gear N300 Wireless USB adapter for my other computer to connect wireless. How do I get the other computer connected to the Internet with the N300 Wireless USB adapter? I'm new at this, and have absolutely no idea what to do or where to begin. You help is greatly appreciated.
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Can you give the output of:
sudo lshw -C network; lsusb; lsb_release -a
Thanks
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sudo lshw -C network; lsusb; lsb_release -a
rvam45@
[sudo] password for rvam45:
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: VT6102 [Rhine-II]
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 12
bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
logical name: eth0
version: 74
serial: 00:13:8f:be:5e:de
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:23 ioport:
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0461:4d0f Primax Electronics, Ltd
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0846:9020 NetGear, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:09a4 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam E 3500
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04
Codename: natty
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rvam45@
[sudo] password for rvam45:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for rvam45:
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*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: VT6102 [Rhine-II]
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 12
bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
logical name: eth0
version: 74
serial: 00:13:8f:be:5e:de
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:23 ioport:
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_
DISTRIB_
DISTRIB_
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333] [1106:3099]
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333 AGP] [1106:b099]
00:10.0 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 80)
00:10.1 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 80)
00:10.2 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 80)
00:10.3 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 [1106:3104] (rev 82)
00:11.0 ISA bridge [0601]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge [1106:3177]
00:11.1 IDE interface [0101]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller [1106:3059] (rev 50)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] [1106:3065] (rev 74)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] [10de:0322] (rev a1)
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0461:4d0f Primax Electronics, Ltd
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0846:9020 NetGear, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:09a4 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam E 3500
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
H/W path Device Class Description
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/0 bus K7VT2
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/4 processor AMD Athlon(tm)
/0/4/5 memory 128KiB L1 cache
/0/4/6 memory 256KiB L2 cache
/0/1 memory 496MiB System memory
/0/100 bridge VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333]
/0/100/1 bridge VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333 AGP]
/0/100/1/0 display NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]
/0/100/10 bus VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
/0/100/10.1 bus VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
/0/100/10.2 bus VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
/0/100/10.3 bus USB 2.0
/0/100/11 bridge VT8235 ISA Bridge
/0/100/11.1 scsi0 storage VT82C586A/
/0/100/11.1/0 /dev/sda disk 80GB ExcelStor Techno
/0/100/11.1/0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 73GiB EXT3 volume
/0/100/11.1/0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 1451MiB Extended partition
/0/100/11.1/0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 1451MiB Linux swap / Solaris partitio
/0/100/11.1/1 /dev/cdrom disk DVD A DH20A4P
/0/100/11.5 multimedia VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Control
/0/100/12 eth0 network VT6102 [Rhine-II]
Linux rvam45-K7VT2 2.6.38-10-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 28 15:05:41 UTC 2011 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
[ 0.005520] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 0.093527] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.093533] HEST: Table not found.
[ 0.108023] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.108052] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.108124] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.131553] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 13 devices
[ 0.170263] Switching to clocksource acpi_pm
[ 0.171836] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #0
[ 0.239927] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 0.477613] i2c-core: driver [adp5520] using legacy suspend method
[ 0.477618] i2c-core: driver [adp5520] using legacy resume method
[ 0.489104] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.489925] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.490462] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.490982] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.497659] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.2.0 loaded
[ 0.497666] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.503699] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 0.908104] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 0.964323] usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
[ 1.188317] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 1.456105] usb 2-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[ 1.891859] eth0: VIA Rhine II at 0xdffffe00, 00:13:8f:be:5e:de, IRQ 23.
[ 1.892636] eth0: MII PHY found at address 1, status 0x7869 advertising 05e1 Link 4de1.
[ 2.316901] input: USB Optical Mouse as /devices/
[ 2.317470] generic-usb 0003:0461:
[ 2.318004] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 2.318010] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[ 16.833698] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 17.886304] eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x4DE1
[ 19.478270] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device <unnamed> (046d:09a4)
[ 19.557224] input: UVC Camera (046d:09a4) as /devices/
[ 19.568191] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 22.108720] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: BMP BIOS found
[ 22.108739] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Found Display Configuration Block version 2.2
[ 22.556532] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48
[ 23.579452] usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio
[ 28.328055] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 96.884028] usb 1-6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
# which ath5k cannot recover. To prevent this condition, stop
blacklist ath_pci
blacklist eth1394
# replaced by p54pci
blacklist prism54
# replaced by b43 and ssb.
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist uart6850
blacklist twl4030_wdt
> hal.1: read hal dataprocess 1946: arguments to dbus_move_error() were incorrect, assertion "(dest) == NULL || !dbus_error_is_set ((dest))" failed in file dbus-errors.c line 280.
This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library.
libhal.c 3483 : Error unsubscribing to signals, error=The name org.freedesktop.Hal was not provided by any .service files
19: PCI 12.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
[Created at pci.318]
Unique ID: rBUF.aOLhvzTAQJ4
SysFS ID: /devices/
SysFS BusID: 0000:00:12.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "VIA VT6102 [Rhine-II]"
Vendor: pci 0x1106 "VIA Technologies, Inc."
Device: pci 0x3065 "VT6102 [Rhine-II]"
SubVendor: pci 0x1849 "ASRock Incorporation"
SubDevice: pci 0x3065 "K7VT6 motherboard"
Revision: 0x74
Driver: "via-rhine"
Driver Modules: "via_rhine"
Device File: eth0
I/O Ports: 0xdc00-0xdcff (rw)
Memory Range: 0xdffffe00-
IRQ: 23 (9414 events)
HW Address: 00:13:8f:be:5e:de
Link detected: yes
Module Alias: "pci:v00001106d
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: via-rhine is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe via-rhine"
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
[main]
NetworkingEnabl
WirelessEnabled
WWANEnabled=true
Module Size Used by
joydev 17322 0
snd_wavefront 34696 0
snd_via82xx 24685 2
snd_cs4236 29291 0
nouveau 621970 2
snd_ac97_codec 105614 1 snd_via82xx
snd_usb_audio 91410 1
snd_wss_lib 30006 2 snd_wavefront,
ac97_bus 12642 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_opl3_lib 18760 2 snd_wavefront,
snd_pcm 80042 5 snd_cs4236,
snd_mpu401 13800 0
snd_hwdep 13274 3 snd_wavefront,
snd_page_alloc 14073 3 snd_via82xx,
snd_mpu401_uart 13865 4 snd_wavefront,
snd_usbmidi_lib 24388 1 snd_usb_audio
ttm 65184 1 nouveau
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_rawmidi 25269 4 snd_wavefront,
drm_kms_helper 40745 1 nouveau
binfmt_misc 13213 1
ppdev 12849 0
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 51291 2 snd_seq_
drm 180037 4 nouveau,
uvcvideo 66851 0
i2c_viapro 12969 0
via_ircc 26953 0
snd_timer 28659 4 snd_wss_
snd_seq_device 14110 4 snd_opl3_
irda 185091 1 via_ircc
i2c_algo_bit 13184 1 nouveau
videodev 75143 1 uvcvideo
video 18951 1 nouveau
snd 55295 22 snd_wavefront,
shpchp 32345 0
parport_pc 32111 1
ns558 12618 0
gameport 15027 3 snd_via82xx,ns558
crc_ccitt 12595 1 irda
soundcore 12600 1 snd
lp 13349 0
parport 36746 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
usbhid 41704 0
hid 77084 1 usbhid
via_rhine 27131 0
pata_via 13368 2
floppy 60032 0
rvam45@
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#4 |
Seems to need ndisgtk + windows driver. You will need to .inf and .sys file from the windows driver
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sudo apt-get install ndisgtkrvam45@
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rvam45@
Found the .inf file, typed in sudo ndisgtk, program window popped out, and I got this message "Not a valid driver .inf file"
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Yes, it's part of a standard install. Get the 2 files and run:
gksudo ndisgtk
Add the driver
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typed that in gksudo ndisgtk and it says Driver is already installed.
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ok then run:
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
Does the wifi now work?
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No it's still not working.
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Okay I'm a bit confused on how to get the inf and .sys file. I thought I had got them but maybe I'm doing something wrong.
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I's in the windows driver. Download and extract it, you'll find the files in there
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The only thing I see is this file Setup.exe, an autorun.inf. I installed wine, when I click on the Setup.exe icon, it says the following "The NETGEAR Smart Wizard will install the wireless adapter software on your computer" click agree or disagree. Will the process work with Wine?
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you can extract those with cabextract or try:
unzip -a nameoffile.exe
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Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.