Trying to use Netgear wireless N300 usb adapter.

[DatSik]

Ok my dell's internal wifi card works fine, but i bought a usb adapter to obtain a stronger signal but i cant seem to get it to work and ditch my internal all togather, it has the proper drivers.

here is a little output if it helps
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0846:9020 NetGear, Inc. WNA3100(v1) Wireless-N 300 [Broadcom BCM43231]

[praseodym]

Hi,

which Ubuntu-version do you use? Unfortunately, there are no working native Linux drivers for Broadcom-USB-devices. Please show:

lsb_release -a

For Ubuntu 12.04 install the packages

• ndisgtk
• linux-headers-generic
• dkms
• build-essential
• ndiswrapper-dkms

via Software center. With Ubuntu 12.10 you need to compile "by hand". For this you need to install first:

linux-headers-generic
build-essential

, but only these!

[kurt18947]

Any chance of returning it? There are better choices that are plug 'n' play. As praseodym says, it can be made to work but may not be simple.

[haqking]

To the OP see here for Netgear WNA 3100 support http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1965989