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Wireless Driver not enabled? Vodaphone K3805-Z

Asked by Tom

Hi :) I am struggling to get a wireless-internet usb-stick to connect to the internet. It works easily in Windows Xp. I posted a few days ago
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+question/153889
but accidentally marked the problem solved. I'm on a boat with limited electricity so i can only have the computer on briefly and synaptic is not generating download scripts properly for Windows so i have to download packages by hand atm and then copy them across to Ubuntu :(

My latest attempt was to use the correct MadWifi tarball but i got errors doing "make". The default driver had been recognised but it was listed as "disabled" in outputs from something like lshw or something.

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

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Best Name Withheld (4815162342-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

K so this is what you need to do, get ndisgtk and you may need ndiswrapper you can download these or if you still have your ubuntu disk you can get them in [diskdrive]\pool\main\n (if you can't get them by directly installing them from the disk then refer to this post:https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ndisgtk/+question/147461 )

once you have that installed you can open it and put in the .inf file for your router, this can usually be found on your installation disk that came with your router, and if there is more than one of them of course see which one works, but try the Windows XP first.

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Name Withheld (4815162342-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#2

*edit, instead of router, I meant USB Wireless disk thingy

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#3

Hi :)
This looks good. I might try it later. I was hoping for a native linux driver getting enabled. The linux driver is recognised but just set to disabled for some unknown reason and i don't know how to set it to "enabled". It could be something really simple and obvious?
Many thanks and regards from
Tom :)

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#4

Hi :)
Rebooted into Ubuntu, got download script (that doesn't work in Windows of course). Now using script as a list of things to download. If i install ndisgtk do i need to re-do that each time a new wireless dongle is used or does it allow me to use the inf file from any dongle or even multiple dongles (to allow me to switch between different dongles)? Should i install Wine at the same time?

Sorry if this is a bizarre question but it looks as tho the ndiswrapper might solve more than just the original problem which would be great :)
Regards from
Tom :)

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#5

Hi :)

I have heard that the newer releases of Ubuntu, the 10.10 and soon the 11.04 both have the relevant drivers and everything all built into the kernel.

The ndis-wrapper approach looked interesting but i couldn't find the .inf & .bin files. Windows people will keep hiding stuff or using bad naming conventions to block linux users ot just through incompetence. The guide given in the link suggested locations and possible names and ways of looking up names so i was able to have a good look around but found nothing useful in the Windows folders. When i go back to the boat and install 11.04 i think i will install ndisgtk to make it easier for next time the dongle changes. I wish it was installed by default as (imo) it would remove one of the blockers for Ubuntu uptake.

Many thanks and regards from
Tom :)

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#6

Thanks Connor Sinclair, that solved my question.

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#7

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1669429&page=10

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Name Withheld (4815162342-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#8

Yea 11.4 solves alot of hardware problems

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alexroby (alexroby) said : 		#9

Certainly, here's a shorter version of the steps to get your wireless USB stick working on Ubuntu:

Identify your USB stick and its chipset.
Check for native drivers using lsusb.
Install the appropriate driver (e.g., MadWifi for Atheros).
Enable the wireless interface with sudo ifconfig.
Connect to a network via Network Manager.
Check system logs for errors if it doesn't work.
Make sure to do this when you have access to electricity
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