Netgear WNDA 3100 v2 wireless adapter -- How to install?

[chili555]

ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 is definitely what you need. I am surprised it didn't install directly. The executable is actually in ndiswrapper-common but won't work if the user-space part is not there. You might try:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall libc6
sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils-1.9

[shabu]

Hello everyone, and thanks for a good thread.

I have managed to with the information provided here to get my new N600 to find the wireless networks available, since i'm using WPA2-PSK security on the network I can't connect, the animated wireless connection symbol will just act like it's trying to connect then after a while the "Enter password or passphrase for the wireless network" box will appear, if I then enter the password passphrase, the animated connection icon starts to blink again and again after a while the password box will appear.

Does anyone here know if it's possible to connect to a secure wireless network with the N600?
Or if it's possible to connect to the N600 hardware and change it's settings like you connect to a router?

Hi ,
I have the same issue after I upgraded to 12.04. Here is the dmesg I got:
dmesg |grep ndis
[ 15.917271] ndiswrapper version 1.57 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=no)
[ 16.634290] ndiswrapper: driver bcmn43xx64 (,08/26/2009, 5.10.79.30) loaded
[ 17.183545] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper
[ 67.698688] ndiswrapper (iw_set_freq:437): setting configuration failed (00010003)
[ 83.144693] ndiswrapper (iw_set_freq:437): setting configuration failed (00010003)

repeated many times. I appreciate any help.

[chili555]

[ 67.698688] ndiswrapper (iw_set_freq:437): setting configuration failed (00010003)
[ 83.144693] ndiswrapper (iw_set_freq:437): setting configuration failed (00010003)

May I see:

iwconfig

My suspicion: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawik...etgear_WNA3100

When I checked the values of WNA3100, I saw its Tx-Power is around 42 dBm and other parameters are correctly set.

[shabu]

May I see:

iwconfig

My suspicion: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawik...etgear_WNA3100

Thanks Chili555 for your help. Here it is:

iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"Jessica"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 74:31:70:A8:EE:FA
Bit Rate=144 Mb/s Tx-Power:32 dBm
RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B
Power Managementff
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

eth0 no wireless extensions.

[chili555]

Tx-Power:32 dBm

That seems a bit high. Let's try as the link suggests:

sudo iwconfig txpower 15

See if it sticks:

iwconfig

Now does it connect? If that helps, we can make it permanent.

The command in the link is not quite correct.

[shabu]

That seems a bit high. Let's try as the link suggests:

sudo iwconfig txpower 15

See if it sticks:

iwconfig

Now does it connect? If that helps, we can make it permanent.

The command in the link is not quite correct.

It tries to connect. For some reason it is not getting an IP from the server. Will have to check server then come back . Thanks for your help.
Which command?

I entered :>> iwconfig
.

[chili555]

Which command?

I entered :>> iwconfig
.

To see if the command sticks, run:

iwconfig

Then you ought to see, as you requested:

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"Jessica"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 74:31:70:A8:EE:FA
Bit Rate=144 Mb/s Tx-Power:15 dBm
RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B
Power Managementff
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

[chridal]

Thank you so much chili555 for you great assistance.

Everything working here as well now!!

Really appreciate it!

[JLundyC]

After Struggling for several days and trying various suggestions ....and no luck in getting the netgear wnda3100v2 installed on v12.10 ...I did manage to get the windows wrapper routine to import the driver...and it is actually linked to a device. But the network manager has no clue that the wireless connection is there. I am ready to start all over again but not sure where to start.

lsusb says:
.
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0846:9011 NetGear, Inc. WNDA3100v2 802.11abgn [Broadcom BCM4323]
.

iwconfig says:
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

lxcbr0 no wireless extensions.

ndiswrapper -l says:

bcmwlhigh5 : driver installed
device (0846:9011) present

I admit that I am a newbie with a capital N.... but where would be a good place to start in attempting to get the network adapter linked up with 12.10? Arrg.

[chili555]

ndiswrapper -l says:

bcmwlhigh5 : driver installed
device (0846:9011) present

I admit that I am a newbie with a capital N.... but where would be a good place to start in attempting to get the network adapter linked up with 12.10?

We all were new at one time; even ole Chili and even Linus! No worries. Are there any interesting messages here?

dmesg | grep ndis

The pipe symbol | is on the right side of my US keyboard on the same key with \. Thanks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds