Wi-Fi Pringles Can Yagi Antenna. How to install your Netgear wg111v2 wireless dongle on Edgy. Do not immediately insert the wg111v2. Avoid the gui configuration tools. Disable wep/wpa on your router. The wg111v2 is "supported out of the box" using the r*818* driver, meaning it does not require the ndiswrapper. Ignore that. Devices beginning with serial numbers like 1AC* (wg111v2) use the ndiswrapper. NOTES: The light on my wg111v2 dongle blinks at lengthy intervals. DEVICES: 0846:4240 - You may have success with version 1 driver (Note kvonb's experience above) 0846:6a00 - You may have success with version 2 driver .1. Code: sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils-1.8 2. Sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist Copy and paste the following to the bottom of the file. #wg111v2 conflicting drivers blacklist islsm_pci blacklist islsm blacklist islsm_usb blacklist prism2_usb blacklist rtl8187 blacklist r8187b NOTE: I have used both versions of the wg111. 3. Select version 1.3. 4. 5.
Sudo gedit /etc/modules Copy and paste the following to the bottom of the file. The Prism54 Project. Linux wireless LAN support. WifiDocs/WirelessCardsSupported. If you are buying a new computer, it is best to select one with a wireless component that is designed for free software like Linux.
A card designed for free software gives you improved support. Free software compatible devices also work out of the box. ThinkPenguin.com currently offers a 802.11N USB card with the AR9170 chipset that guarantees free software compatibility. Also available are MiniPCI wifi cards for laptop computers and USB Bluetooth adapters to connect Bluetooth wireless devices. Passys sells a PCI card that is Linux compatible (although not free software compatible) for desktop computers. Even if your wireless card does not have a driver designed for Ubuntu, you may be able to get it to work using NDISWrapper and a Microsoft Windows driver.
Other Ubuntu wiki pages on Wireless Networking: To determine what wireless card/chipset you have, first determine whether it is a separate device plugged into the computer or not. Lsusb lspci -v and read the last section. By Manufacturer. NetworkManager - Linux Networking made Easy. NetworkManager is a set of co-operative tools that make networking simple and straightforward.
Whether WiFi, wired, bond, bridge, 3G, or Bluetooth, NetworkManager allows you to quickly move from one network to another: once a network has been configured and joined, it can be detected and re-joined automatically the next time its available. Pain-Free Networking Networking on Linux can be painful, especially in comparison to other operating systems. You should never need to use the command line or configuration files to manage your network (unless you want to!) ; everything should "Just Work" as automatically as possible and never stop you from doing what you want to do. Flexible, Extendable, Open The most important pieces of NetworkManager are user-interface and distribution agnostic, functioning just as well in Gnome, KDE, Xfce, embedded devices, etc., and across distributions like Fedora Core, Ubuntu, SuSE, Debian, Gentoo, and others. Application Integration News Getting in Touch See Also.