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#Internet drivers for ubuntu install
You should now be able to tick these items and save the Package Manager, which will then install the three programs.Again search for ndiswrapper-utils, ndiswrapper-common and ndisgtk.Now in Synaptic Package Manager click on “Source” (This means the Ubuntu Source CD I think!?).In administration ‘Manage Sources’ and add your cd/dvd You will now need to add the CD to your ‘Souces’.If nothing is found then Insert your Ubuntu CD.Search there for: ndiswrapper-utils, ndiswrapper-common and ndisgtk.Go to: System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager.One is a program which I think controls and ‘helps’ wireless networking run and the second is a graphical user interface which converses with the first program without the user having to use the command line. You will need to get a few programs running to get your adater working. It might not work for everybody but could be a good place to start before you get your handy dirty in the Terminal window.
#Internet drivers for ubuntu how to
Of course everything I tried threw errors and exceptions and to this day I have no idea of how to login as ‘root’.īut having looked a little further I found out the solution was fairly simple, so I thought I would write a post on it in the hope it will save somebody a lot of time. In a flustered state I managed to get our other computer online and tried to look up how to get ubuntu to work with a wireless usb and found a wealth of articles, and forum posts, most of which seemed to involve going to the command line and writing an essay in code. Unfortunately Ubuntu simply did not see my wireless adapter, and there appeared to be no way of actually installing it. My wife and I both have a deep seated hate of wires and that combined with a quirky house means that wireless is the only way to go for us. It is just fabulous the way that Ubuntu automatically detects all hardware and everything just works automatically – that is – everything except my wireless USB and thus my connection to the internet.
#Internet drivers for ubuntu drivers
– Your windows drivers/hardware drivers cd Well I have to say that once I got the installation complete I was most pleased with myself, and very happy with my zippy new computer. Since the majority of use of this home computer will be browser based (and since soon I believe a great deal of applications will be browser based) I figured that there was nothing to stop me giving it a go.
Belkin and Dynamode wireless adaptersīackground: Since I can neither afford the luxury of an Apple OS or stand any longer the bloated and slow Windows I thought it was about time to try out Linux on a computer at home. Q: Which adapter support latest Linux kernel?Ī: For now, the Linux kernel version we support as below.Ephemera Problem: Wireless USB adapter doesn’t work on Ubuntu. To avoid it, please use “chmod 777 /etc/Wireless” to authorize first. Q: Why do I get the error“mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/’: No such file or directory ” when I execute command of “sudo bash load.sh”?Ī: Normally it is because that you failed to create the folder “RT2870STA” in “etc/Wireless/”.
Q: What can I do if I get an error “permission denied” when I execute the command?Ī: Please use sudo or root account to execute the command. Please follow the installation guide to install it. How do I install the adapter on my Linux?Ī: TP-Link has provided an Installation Guide in the driver files.