
Originally Posted by
WindowsIsBad
Hey, Seems like you went through lots of hoops to get to this point. I could not tell if you actually got it to work at the end.
I have the TEW-644UB wireless N adapter as well and having a hard time getting it to work.
I installed the windows wirless drivers package and chose the .INF file for the windowsXP version. It says the hardware is present, but I dont see it at the tray on the top...
If you got it to work, your solution would be great!
To this day I'm still having issues with it. I've installed all the drivers I can. I can check out what drivers are currently loaded or "live" by using this command:
If I check that out on my pc I'll see other drivers on there that are wifi related. I have two adapters. Thankfully one of them worked right off. THANK YOU UBUNTU DEVELOPERS! As for the this new better adapter. I'm guessing this one is still back on the drawing board. But anyways, back with my discovery. The modules listed by the above command are what's loaded. To exit the list press q to quit.
You can blacklist or prevent them from even loading to begin with. By using this command.
Code:
sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
Here is an example of what I got on the bottom of mine.
Code:
# Custom blacklist by the Smyth~
blacklist snd_hda_intel
blacklist rt2870sta
The snd_hda_intel is blacklisted because I've had issues with sound and I didn't want to mess with pulseaudio anymore. You talk about hoops that's like it's own circus there man. The other one is the driver that I installed earlier. It doesn't seem to work to well. I can find networks with this. But I can not login.
I've installed the other driver for windows xp 64 as well. By first installing ndiswrapper like so:
Code:
sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils-1.9
Then once installed what you do is you take your drivers off the cd that came with it. I placed mine here:
Code:
/home/smyth/Documents/Backup/WinXP64
Then what you do is you install the driver using the inf file you got. Keep in mind you need all three files in that folder. If your using a 32 bit os don't use the 64bit drivers. When your ready to install point ndiswrapper to the driver package:
Code:
sudo ndiswrapper -i /home/smith/Documents/Backup/WinXP64/rt2870.inf
To verify that you have the driver loaded. Try:
You should see this:
Code:
smyth@ubuntu:~$ ndiswrapper -l
rt2870 : driver installed
device (148F:2770) present (alternate driver: rt2800usb)
smyth@ubuntu:~$
Hope this helps. Let me know.
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