new to linux and cant get on line with netgear wna1100 wireless usb

[kanesmith]

so my name is Kane and my cousin told me about Linux cause i had a bad copy of windows. well i installed it and now i cant get on-line without being plugged into an Ethernet cable i need major help.please someone walk me through what i need to do. thanks.

[jayd512]

Hi, Kane! Welcome to LinuxForums!

Take a look at this page: http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/wir...tml#post701169
Follow the instructions, and post back with your results.
Someone here should be able to help get you going.

*EDIT*

Actually, you may want to just use your results to start a thread in our Wireless section.
Better visibility that way.

[Rubberman]

A lot of wireless drivers and firmware are proprietary and are therefor not installed by default by many Linux distributions. So, do this.

1. Post the output of lsusb from a command-line when the wireless card is plugged in.
2. Then post the output of lsmod.

Finally, visit the Welcome - Linux Wireless web site. They have drivers, firmware, and installation instructions on just about every known wireless (WiFi) gear known.

[elija]

Hi Kane,

With a distro like Ubuntu or one of it's derivatives it may even be as simple as opening the "Hardware Drivers" or "Additional Drivers" application and enabling the driver there. It will be downloaded and installed so you would need the ethernet cable. With Xubuntu 11.10 "Additional Drivers" is under the Settings menu.

[kanesmith]

wont let me start thread in wireless section

ok so i ran the WirelessSetup.txt that waterhead wrote and this is what i got i dont know what to do




ours@smutmachine-desktop:~$ iwconfig >> ~/wireless_setup.txt
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

vboxnet0 no wireless extensions.

[jayd512]

If the script ran, then there should have been quite a bit more information.
If the script won't run, or if you're not quite sure how to properly run scripts in Linux, we can get that information one command at a time.
Open a terminal window. One at a time, run the following commands:

lspci -knn

lsusb

lsmod

dmesg | grep firmware

uname -r

ifconfig -a

Once you have all that, go to the Wireless section. Look for the yellow button for Post New Thread.

[elija]

vboxnet0 no wireless extensions.

If this is running on a virtualbox VM then it won't be wireless. As long as the host can access the Internet you can use one of the virtual network cards. Try setting the VM's IP to dhcp as they are on different ranges. Your problem doesn't sound like that but I'm not running Virtualbox at the moment and for the life of me I can't remember if you see vboxnet on the host.