Netgear wpn111 wireless setup? Ubuntu 9.04?
i have 2 computers at home, one has windows Vista and its plug in to the router , the other one has Ubuntu 9.04, i bought a Netgear USB2.0 adapter WPN111 so i can go to the internet, i called Netgear and they say it only support for Windows.
when i go on Ubuntu on the top Right next where the clock is, it says “No network Connection” i clicked on it and it says VPN connections,i click on it and it says Configure VPN, and it shows a bunch of tabs”wired,wireless,mobile broadband,vpn,dls” i click on “wireless” and its asking me to type: SSID, Mode:(it gives me the option to chose “infrastructure or ad-hoc”),BSSID and Mac Adress.the mac adress of the router is..IC:4054A-08200083 and it suppose to be for example like this:11:22:33:44:55
can anybody please help me how to set up the USB adapter to get internet access using UBUNTU?
Thanks for your Help
Here is the Official Ubuntu Wireless Documentation
Cards Supported
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessCardsSupported
Troubleshooting/Howto/General
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WiFiHowTo
In the event of your Wifi card being unsupported you can use Ndiswrapper Here is the Official Ubuntu Ndiswrapper Documentation
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper
LUg.
Kim Green-Kerr, Sprint Nextel, Telecommunications
