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March 29th, 2009, 08:36 AM
There are many threads around on how to set up the microsoft mn-720 wireless card, but they are old and outdated.
Note: B43 does not work well with this particular card (to the best of my knowledge) and therefor you will have to use ndiswrapper.
1. Ndiswrapper
If you have wired internet:
You will need ndiswrapper, so run the following in terminal:
sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils
If you don't have wired internet:
Intrepid:
You need this (http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/n/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper-common_1.52-1ubuntu1_all.deb)
You also need one of these: Intel (http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/n/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper-utils-1.9_1.52-1ubuntu1_i386.deb) AMD (http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/n/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper-utils-1.9_1.52-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb)
Hardy:
You need This (http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/n/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper-common_1.50-1ubuntu1_all.deb)
You also need one of these: Intel (http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/n/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper-utils-1.9_1.50-1ubuntu1_i386.deb) AMD (http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/n/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper-utils-1.9_1.50-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb)
You should end up with two packages: ndiswrapper-common and ndiswrapper-utils. Put these in a folder named "ndiswrapper" on your desktop.
Now that you (hopefully) have the appropriate .deb files, you can install both of them at once with:
cd ~/Desktop/ndiswrapper
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
2. Drivers
Now that you have ndiswrapper installed, you need the drivers. The drivers are scattered obscurely throughout the internet, so for the sake of simplicity I have a link here (http://www.mediafire.com/?nnnykj2x4zo), and have also attached the zip file.
Extract the zip to a file called "mn720-ankh" on the desktop.
3. Installing
This is the easy part. Just run:
cd ~/Desktop/mn720-ankh
sudo ndiswrapper -i mn720-ankh.inf
Just reboot and that's it. Your old wireless card is now good to go.
Note: If you can't get the card to work after a reboot, try running:
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
Did this help you out? Did it not? Leave some feedback if you be so kind
Note: B43 does not work well with this particular card (to the best of my knowledge) and therefor you will have to use ndiswrapper.
1. Ndiswrapper
If you have wired internet:
You will need ndiswrapper, so run the following in terminal:
sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils
If you don't have wired internet:
Intrepid:
You need this (http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/n/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper-common_1.52-1ubuntu1_all.deb)
You also need one of these: Intel (http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/n/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper-utils-1.9_1.52-1ubuntu1_i386.deb) AMD (http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/n/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper-utils-1.9_1.52-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb)
Hardy:
You need This (http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/n/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper-common_1.50-1ubuntu1_all.deb)
You also need one of these: Intel (http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/n/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper-utils-1.9_1.50-1ubuntu1_i386.deb) AMD (http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/n/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper-utils-1.9_1.50-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb)
You should end up with two packages: ndiswrapper-common and ndiswrapper-utils. Put these in a folder named "ndiswrapper" on your desktop.
Now that you (hopefully) have the appropriate .deb files, you can install both of them at once with:
cd ~/Desktop/ndiswrapper
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
2. Drivers
Now that you have ndiswrapper installed, you need the drivers. The drivers are scattered obscurely throughout the internet, so for the sake of simplicity I have a link here (http://www.mediafire.com/?nnnykj2x4zo), and have also attached the zip file.
Extract the zip to a file called "mn720-ankh" on the desktop.
3. Installing
This is the easy part. Just run:
cd ~/Desktop/mn720-ankh
sudo ndiswrapper -i mn720-ankh.inf
Just reboot and that's it. Your old wireless card is now good to go.
Note: If you can't get the card to work after a reboot, try running:
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
Did this help you out? Did it not? Leave some feedback if you be so kind