Comments on iheartubuntu: Netgear WNDA3100 USB in Ubuntu

Hmmm. Have you rebooted and gone back into windows...

2011-11-21T19:35:21.824-08:00

Hmmm. Have you rebooted and gone back into windows wireless drivers? What about plugging in the USB wifi and then rebooting, then going back into the windows wireless drivers to see if one of the drivers is activated. *

You might check "additional drivers" to see if there are any updates with the USB wifi plugged in.

* Ive noticed on some older computers that Ubuntu wont boot up, or boot up very slow with a USB wifi plugged in, so you might have to have it unplugged during boot. Try it plugged in though.

Anyhow, Im not an expert. Your best bet would be to post to the forum link above, or ask your question on AskUbuntu.com - lots of helpful people there! From my angle I see only one reason for invalid drivers on both... #1) some sort of conflict with 11.10 as this works fine on 10.04 and 10.10. I have no idea how to overcome this, so you could either ask questions on the forums or install an earlier version of Ubuntu. to get it working. Id suggest asking for help first.

I could walk you through testing a liveCD of Ubuntu 10.10 and see if those drivers work without installing 10.10. If they do you might consider just going back to 10.10. I have no idea if this will work on 11.04. You would need a copy of 10.10, need to locate & download the 3 needed files, and have those two drivers available to try on a livecd.

yeah I stumbled through it. I am typically a wind...

2011-11-21T19:17:11.684-08:00

yeah I stumbled through it. I am typically a windows guy. Bought a Mac and now trying to hook up ubuntu for the kids since windows doesn't place nice with kids. I did install the Synpatic Package Manager and installed the three files. Put the inf's on the desktop. Then went to Windows wireless drivers and installed the drivers. It only says invalid drivers not a reason why. Thanks for the amazingly quick response.

How far did you get through the instructions? Did ...

2011-11-21T19:09:08.213-08:00

How far did you get through the instructions? Did you install the 3 items? How did that go? All are installed? Please let me know, thanks.

I am new to unbuntu and bought a wnda3100 ver 2 be...

2011-11-21T19:05:58.198-08:00

I am new to unbuntu and bought a wnda3100 ver 2 because I thought it would work with 11.10. I guess that is not the case. I have followed the above instructions and it tells me invalid driver any idea what I need to do to make this work.

Gotta Quad Proc system (Nvidia Mobo). Tells me dri...

2011-09-14T07:32:58.973-07:00

Gotta Quad Proc system (Nvidia Mobo). Tells me driver is bcmwlhigh6.inf and acknowledges device present. Still doesn't work.

Worked fine for me on 11.04x86-32, but since upgra...

2011-09-10T04:14:42.543-07:00

Worked fine for me on 11.04x86-32, but since upgrade to 64-bit, I get "invalid driver" with the first driver, and "no hardware"&hang with the second?
Any pointers?
Thanks guys!

I am so glad this has been working out for everyon...

2011-03-06T19:36:34.356-08:00

I am so glad this has been working out for everyone!

- iheartubuntu

Yes, thank you. after 3 hours of work I came to th...

2011-03-06T18:34:18.037-08:00

Yes, thank you. after 3 hours of work I came to this page and competed the task in 5 mins.

Excellent, thank you. Works like a charm. The Ubun...

2011-02-20T09:28:28.006-08:00

Excellent, thank you. Works like a charm. The Ubuntu community is wonderful!

A very brief and effective solution. Of all the n...

2011-02-05T12:14:00.052-08:00

A very brief and effective solution. Of all the ndiswrapper jargon to wade through, this article has what you need. Thank you!

Try changing the security settings to wpa instead ...

2011-02-04T18:14:22.177-08:00

Try changing the security settings to wpa instead of wpa2.

Worked for me. However, no wireless N with wpa2. A...

2011-01-28T11:06:13.875-08:00

Worked for me. However, no wireless N with wpa2. Any ideas?

worked for me.... after reboot

2011-01-12T07:11:59.634-08:00

worked for me.... after reboot

I encountered "invalid driver" if only c...

2011-01-09T21:49:35.144-08:00

I encountered "invalid driver" if only copying ".inf" file. After adding ".sys" to the same directory of ".inf" file, I was able to make it work. Thanks.

Works for me on xubuntu 10.10 - the only differenc...

2011-01-01T06:26:57.607-08:00

Works for me on xubuntu 10.10 - the only difference from this is instead of using Synaptic I had to go to Ubuntu Software Center and install "Windows wireless drivers", I believe this is just one step less to follow. ;-) I had an old laptop without wifi (TravelMate240) and it really helps to have no wires. ;-)

Doesnt work for me. I am on ubuntu 10.10 Get erro...

2010-12-18T18:04:22.862-08:00

Doesnt work for me.
I am on ubuntu 10.10

Get error MODULE COULD NOT BE LOADED

Awesome! Thanks!

2010-12-18T12:27:16.386-08:00

Awesome! Thanks!

Excellent article and perfect timing. Worked like...

2010-11-12T17:23:52.542-08:00

Excellent article and perfect timing. Worked like a charm for me!

This article is really helpful. Thanks for sharing...

2010-11-11T14:24:49.027-08:00

This article is really helpful. Thanks for sharing the links of the drivers.