i have just installed ubuntu on my computer but i don't know how to get my usb wireless adapter to work. i have a trendnet TEW 429. i have never used ubuntu or any other linux before so i need very specific directions. My version of ubuntu is 6.06. Please Help!
2007-11-08 08:17:16 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
If it doesn't work out of the box, you may need to use ndiswrapper to use a windows driver:
The windows driver is below:
http://www.trendnet.com/asp/download_manager/list_subcategory.asp?SUBTYPE_ID=799&SUBMIT=Go
Once you have the windows driver, the steps for setting up ndiswrapper is below:
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Dapper#How_to_install_Windows_Wireless_Drivers_.28Ndiswrapper.29
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2007-11-08 08:25:29 · answer #1 · answered by Scyon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
USB devices are generic in general, I encountered two chipsets in the devices I ever used, one is RT73 (regular 802.11g) another is Broadcom (proprietary enhanced) the regular as a driver rt73 the Broadcom needs NDISwrapper to adapt a Windows driver. Not sure the exact cmd for this.
But next part is using iwconfig, that easy
iwconfig interface essid Name
with another optional switch for the WEP encryption.
2007-11-08 17:22:32 · answer #2 · answered by Andy T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋