Installing a Netgear WG111v3 USB or other similar wireless

[stooshbunutu]

AS OF VERSION 9.10 THE ADAPTER WORKS ON A 'PLUG AND PLAY' BASIS.

NOW WORKING FOR 9.04

I have done this successfully on numerous installations on numerous machines. So here is how it works:

Step 1 - Gathering the Drivers

This code will gather and unzip the required files into your /home/your_user_name/ directory.

wget http://wireless.kernel.org/download/compat-wireless-2.6/compat-wireless-2.6.tar.bz2
tar -xvjf compat-wireless-2.6.tar.bz2

Step 2 - Installing the drivers

sudo apt-get -y install build-essential debian-keyring g++-multilib g++-4.3-multilib gcc-4.3-doc libstdc++6-4.3-dbg libstdc++6-4.3-doc diff-doc lib64stdc++6-4.3-dbg lib64mudflap0
cd compat-wireless-yyyy-mm-dd
make
sudo make install
sudo make unload
sudo modprobe rtl8187

Replace with todays date in the same format
Enter Your Password on prompt after a blue line

Step 3 - Add the rtl8187 module to /etc/modules

gksudo gedit /etc/modules

Add rtl8187 at the end of the list

Step 4 - Setup the connection

Click on the network icon in the system tray to show the connections. Click on "Connect to Hidden Wireless Network..." and simply:

1. Find your notes from when you had the router installed
2. In the top box type in what you named your router (case sensitive)
3. Then select from the drop down box what type of encryption your router has
4. Now enter your router password (again case sensitive)

Click on connect and you should be away

Step 5 - Using your connection

It may be necessary for some to repeat Step 4.

When you use your USB adapter,
for best connection have your wireless adapter inserted before switching on your computer.
Always connect to your router with the connect to hidden wireless network option and avoid using the Auto version as this is more likely to drop-out.

To test your connection at any time:

Type the following into terminal

ping -c1 google.com

If the output is unknown host: google.com then you have no connection. If the output shows an amount of time taken to connect with google.com then you have a connection.

For additional Ubuntu Support see my new help site - helpbuntu.mstrutt.co.uk - Happy surfing!

[oduartix]

Cheers,

This tutorial is working great, and looks foolproof even for a Linux noob like me, but I hit a wall at step 4.

The instruction
"Double-Click on the network icon in the system tray to bring up the Network Manager." is puzzling me.

The Network Manager (which I believe is that network icon that neighbours the master volume, and that hints "Wired network connection" when I hover it) does nothing on double-click!

Left clicking it shows 2 options:
Wired Network (select by default)
Manual Configuration

Right clicking it shows 1 check:
Enable Networking
and 2 info icons:
Connection Information
About

Am I missing something?
Thanks for all the help.

[stooshbunutu]

Left clicking it shows 2 options:
Wired Network (select by default)
Manual Configuration

Manual Configuration is what it will be. It seems to change between the two on my system as to whether to double click or left click, manual configuration.

Sorry to confuse you

[oduartix]

Manual Configuration is what it will be. It seems to change between the two on my system as to whether to double click or left click, manual configuration.
Sorry to confuse you

No problem.
I've just realized that my problem is that on the connections tab, I shlud be seeing:
Wireless connection
Wired connection
Modem connection
but I just see:
Wired connection
Modem connection
I followed your steps (repeating step 2 and all) without the slightest error message, so I can't figure out why I can't get wireless on that list.
BTW, a friend has told me you can install ndiswrapper through Synaptic, and that would more than halve Step 1 & 2, besides being less error prone and much more friendly...
Have you tried that?

Damn! I just realized I didn't boot with the pen inserted.
Off to try that!
Will let you know.
Thanks a million so far!

[oduartix]

Well, sadly it's a no go...
I was about to post apicture of the connections window but I got excited installing other stuff and my Ubuntu won't boot due to lack of disk space.
Will get back to this as soon as i solve the disk space issue...

[oduartix]

This is what I get when I click on Network Connections:



Any guess why wireless isn't there?

Thanks.

[stooshbunutu]

Reboot with the wireless in, repeat step 2, and then go to system >> administration >> network tools, and see if wireless interface is on the drop down.

What usb device are you using? is it the WG111v3?

did you install ndiswrapper via the way I shown or via synaptic?

[oduartix]

Reboot with the wireless in, repeat step 2, and then go to system >> administration >> network tools, and see if wireless interface is on the drop down.

It's not.

What usb device are you using? is it the WG111v3?

Yes.

did you install ndiswrapper via the way I shown or via synaptic?

Well, both actually. I tried following your instructions and when I couldn't go further a friend advised me to install ndiswrapper via synaptic.

Perhaps it's time for me to either quit or take the pen back, because even though I can get it to connect to my wireless router on Windows, I can't get Internet through it either...

[nick.ncs]

Thanks a lot.... That helped me a lot...

[stooshbunutu]

Thanks a lot.... That helped me a lot...

your welcome