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==Overview==
 
When no native linux driver is available for a wireless device, you can try using ndiswrapper and installing the windows drivers instead. The easiest way to do this is by using the ndisgtk utility.  
 
When no native linux driver is available for a wireless device, you can try using ndiswrapper and installing the windows drivers instead. The easiest way to do this is by using the ndisgtk utility.  
  
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First download and extract the windows driver for the card you are trying to use (hint: use google).
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==Procedure==
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Ndiswrapper and ndisgtk are both included with the default freekbox install. To install a windows driver go to System>Administration>Windows Wireless Drivers and find the drivers INF file. If you have the proper driver, ndisgtk will tell you the hardware was found.  
  
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Next install ndisgtk, either from Add/Remove or by command line:
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==Finding and using the driver==
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sudo apt-get install ndisgtk
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Search for the make and model of the device using google and download the windows drivers from the manufactures website. If it is a zip or other type of compressed file extract the files (right click>extract here). If the driver is only available as an .exe then install wine and hope that it will run. Usually when a driver comes as an exe it includes additional software which is not needed once the driver is installed in ndiswrapper. You can uninstall wine if you wish once the drvier is in use.
  
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Then look under system>administration>Windows Wireless Drivers or use the command line:
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==Ubuntu Documentation==
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sudo ndisgtk
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https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper
  
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In the window, select "install new driver" and browse to the location of the windows driver and select the file ending in .inf
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After this you should see an icon on the left hand side of the ndisgtk window, listing the name of the device and "Hardware present:Yes"
 
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If it does not see the hardware as present try an alternative version of the windows driver (ie the one for vista instead of xp).
 
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Once the driver is properly installed and detected it should work as normal using the ubuntu network manger.
 
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Latest revision as of 19:44, 6 November 2013

Overview

When no native linux driver is available for a wireless device, you can try using ndiswrapper and installing the windows drivers instead. The easiest way to do this is by using the ndisgtk utility.

Procedure

Ndiswrapper and ndisgtk are both included with the default freekbox install. To install a windows driver go to System>Administration>Windows Wireless Drivers and find the drivers INF file. If you have the proper driver, ndisgtk will tell you the hardware was found.

Finding and using the driver

Search for the make and model of the device using google and download the windows drivers from the manufactures website. If it is a zip or other type of compressed file extract the files (right click>extract here). If the driver is only available as an .exe then install wine and hope that it will run. Usually when a driver comes as an exe it includes additional software which is not needed once the driver is installed in ndiswrapper. You can uninstall wine if you wish once the drvier is in use.

Ubuntu Documentation

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper

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