Netgear wnda3100v2

**trevis2** · December 19th, 2014

I am fairly tech-savvy normally, but I am stumped here. I have a netgear wnda3100v2 usb wireless adapter, and have installed the windows 7 driver for it using ndiswrapper. I go to ifconfig and no wlan0 shows up. I am unsure of how to proceed next, as all of the tutorials I have read about this pretty much say to ask here if their procedure doesn't work. I am coming from a windows 7 environment. I know you will ask, so here's some info:

PC:~$ lspci -nn | grep 0280

PC:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8008 Intel Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 1a2c:0023 China Resource Semico Co., Ltd
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 19ff:0238 Dynex
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0846:9011 NetGear, Inc. WNDA3100v2 802.11abgn [Broadcom BCM4323]
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

PC:~$ rfkill list all

I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. Let me know if there is other info you need.

**jeremy31** · December 19th, 2014

I thought XP drivers were needed when using ndiswrapper?

**trevis2** · December 19th, 2014

I do not know. Are they? How would I remove the windows 7 driver?

**jeremy31** · December 19th, 2014

To unload a driver you could find the driver name in terminal history with

Code:

history | grep ndiswrapper

and find the one that says ndiswrapper -i with the .inf file and copy that but replace -i with -r to remove
Another thread says this http://media.cdn.ubuntu-de.org/forum...4bit_v3.tar.gz should work

**trevis2** · December 19th, 2014

Well, that got the wireless adapter recognized, thank you so much for that. Unfortunately, it keeps asking for the network password over and over again, even though I am entering the right one. So, now I need to figure that one out.

**jeremy31** · December 19th, 2014

Originally Posted by trevis2

Well, that got the wireless adapter recognized, thank you so much for that. Unfortunately, it keeps asking for the network password over and over again, even though I am entering the right one. So, now I need to figure that one out.

That might be a sign that the router is not using WPA2-AES only, using WEP or TKIP usually results in problems with some routers. You could run the wireless script from the sticky post "before posting in networking and wireless" and look at the wireless-info.txt file to see for yourself what the available routers are using, or you could look at the results of

Code:

iwlist scan

You don't want to see this

Code:

IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK

You want to see CCMP instead of TKIP

**trevis2** · December 19th, 2014

Result of iwlist scan (sorry, don't know how to do the "Code:" window)

Code:
PC:~$ iwlist scan
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: B0:05:94:19:C5:C5
ESSID:"PS4-B35612527C8C"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.442 GHz (Channel 7)
Quality:89/100 Signal level:-39 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
IE: Unknown: 00105053342D423335363132353237433843
IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C121824
IE: Unknown: 030107
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 2D1A2C1103FFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000 000000
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : CCMP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
IE: Unknown: 3D1607080000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F 00
Cell 02 - Address: E4:F4:C6:11:8C:4B
ESSID:"Mine"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.442 GHz (Channel 7)
Quality:82/100 Signal level:-43 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
IE: Unknown: 00044D696E65
IE: Unknown: 010882840B162430486C
IE: Unknown: 030107
IE: Unknown: 2A0104
IE: Unknown: 2F0104
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : CCMP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
IE: Unknown: 0B0509001A0000
IE: Unknown: 2D1AAD1917FFFFFF0001000000000000000000000000000000 000000
IE: Unknown: 3D1607080400000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: 4A0E14000A002C01C800140005001900
IE: Unknown: 7F080500080000000040
IE: Unknown: DD7A0050F204104A0001101044000102103B00010310470010 DF31C9E3E0E6BAD4B38376E662CBF7DE1021000D4E45544745 41522C20496E632E1023000552373030301024000552373030 301042000233321054000800060050F2040001101100055237 303030100800022008103C0001031049000600372A000120
IE: Unknown: DD090010180209001C0000
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101840003A4000027A400004243BC00623266 00
IE: Unknown: 46057200010000
IE: Unknown: DD1E00904C0408BF0CB259820FEAFF0000EAFF0000C0050007 000000C3020002
Cell 03 - Address: 28:C6:8E:C5:77:EA
ESSID:"MOMSCOMPUTER-PC_Network"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.417 GHz (Channel 2)
Quality:29/100 Signal level:-77 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
IE: Unknown: 00174D4F4D53434F4D50555445522D50435F4E6574776F726B
IE: Unknown: 010882848B968C129824
IE: Unknown: 030102
IE: Unknown: 0706555320010B1B
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : CCMP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 3204B048606C
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101820003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F 00
IE: Unknown: DD1E00904C334E111BFF000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000
IE: Unknown: 2D1A4E111BFF00000000000000000000000000000000000000 000000
IE: Unknown: DD1A00904C34020D0A00000000000000000000000000000000 000000
IE: Unknown: 3D16020D0A00000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: DD0900037F01010000FF7F
IE: Unknown: DD0A00037F04010002004000
IE: Unknown: DD8E0050F204104A0001101044000102103B00010310470010 0000000000001000000028C68EC577EA1021000D4E65746765 61722C20496E632E10230009574E5231303030763210240004 56324831104200046E6F6E651054000800060050F204000110 11001E574E523130303076322D564328576972656C65737320 41502D322E344729100800020086103C000103

Cell 2 is the one I am trying to connect to. The router is definitely on WPA2, and the password is definitely correct. I am unsure of where to go from here as most of the troubleshooting I have seen in the forums hasn't seemed to work for me. I have some decent training in networking, just not linux (seems ironic, doesn't it). Could it be a driver issue? Is there any other USB sticks out there that might be a better match for linux? Especially ones that are 802.11ac? My router died about a week ago and I used the opportunity to get an upgrade. BTW this ubuntu box is going to be used as a media server (found windows to be too unstable for that use for my tastes). Thanks a lot for all of your help. Once I get internet, things should be better.

**jeremy31** · December 19th, 2014

Some here like to have the routers fixed on channel 1, 6, or 11
Is the AC enabled on the router, if it is disable it to do some testing to see if you can connect then. I have seen this https://www.thinkpenguin.com/catalog...rking-gnulinux recommended before but I haven't bought from them. Most of my laptops have intel wifi cards in them and one has an Atheros. If you can get an Intel wifi card for that computer it should be supported under Linux

Code tags, in front of what you want tags around it is code inside of [] and at the end you use /code inside of the brackets, in the advanced reply window, there is a '#' symbol you can click to have the tags placed for you and then you just paste

**trevis2** · December 19th, 2014

Yeah, 7 is the best, most open channel in my area. In my experience, the difference is negligible. I have disabled AC until I have something running AC. Do you know of anything else that might prevent me from logging in now (or anything I can try)? I have been trying to get the network going all day, and I am ready to just call it quits.

**jeremy31** · December 20th, 2014

Originally Posted by trevis2

Yeah, 7 is the best, most open channel in my area. In my experience, the difference is negligible. I have disabled AC until I have something running AC. Do you know of anything else that might prevent me from logging in now (or anything I can try)? I have been trying to get the network going all day, and I am ready to just call it quits.

In my opinion, ndiswrapper is a bandaid on a broken leg and it has been called worse, any option that doesn't involve it is a better option. I did play around with a netgear WNA3100 USB wifi that I had and wasn't impressed with the results and there wasn't any solution in sight and the only option was ndiswrapper

Did you use the correct inf file based on your installed Ubuntu version, if you use 64 bit Ubuntu, you need to use the 64 bit inf file