Hi, I have done this so many times, I will ad my take on it. If you haven't already done it, you will need to break open the .exe file to get the .inf file. This can be done on a windows machine, using winrar (free download), although there may be other ways. Extract both the .inf and .sys files and copy them to your ubuntu machine. Place them on the desktop.
(If there is more than one .sys file, then head over to the ndiswrapper website (i think you can get access to it via sourceforge) and find your card in the list for instructions on which .sys file or files are needed).
Now open up a terminal window and type:
now type:
Code:
sudo ndiswrapper -i net8185.inf
Then check that everything has gone OK by typing:
If that gives you no error, then type:
And when that has done type:
Code:
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
Then in order to get the thing to start every time you boot, type:
Code:
sudo ndiswrapper -m
Now you want to make sure it kicks off after reboot, type:
Code:
gksudo gedit /etc/modules
This will open up the text editor
add:
as the last line of the file and save.
Now if you type :
you should see your wireless interface as wlan0 or wlan1.
At this point I always right click the network icon in the sys tray in the top right hand side of the screen, and see if it lists available wireless networks.
If it does then you are done, well almost anyways....
I always blacklist the broadcom driver for good measure, thus:
(I am not certain it is strictly necessary, but it will do no harm).
Code:
gksudo gedit /etc/modprob.d/blacklist
and add the lines
Code:
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist b43
anywhere in the file.
Hope this helps, report back if you have any further problems.
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Originally Posted by Modern Mogul
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