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Installing Netgear WG311v3 Wireless Network Card on Ubuntu 11.04 amd64

Problem

The Netgear WG311v3 Wireless Network Card driver isn't automatically installed by Ubuntu 11.04.

Solution

  1. Download and extract the custom driver from the following website.
  2. Open "Ubuntu Software Center" and install "ndiswrapper" (i.e. Windows Wireless Drivers)
  3. Open "Windows Wireless Drivers", and install the "WG311v3.INF" driver.
  4. Save and close.
Give the system a couple of seconds, and it should recognise your wireless card. And thats it.

See also:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Device/Netgear_WG311_v3
Posted by Unknown at 9:10 PM
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11 comments:

  1. AnjanSeptember 20, 2011 at 10:55 PM

    Dude, thanks a lot. The Ubuntu Community Help site seems to have the command-line equivalent of your instructions but for some reason that did not work and yours did.

    It is a pity that to follow your instructions, an Internet connection is needed. Can be a pain if there is no wired Internet nearby.

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  2. UnknownSeptember 22, 2011 at 3:17 PM

    Glad it helped you Anjan!

    Yes, it's a pain that an internet connection is needed to install ndiswrapper. I'm sure that there's a way to do it offline.

    A quick google search for "install ndiswrapper offline" turned up - http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-177537.html ?

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  3. harryJanuary 3, 2012 at 12:21 AM

    Hi Nick,
    Can u help me.
    I tried the above steps as well as also taken the help from Ubuntu community link.
    It worked for a system.
    But I have one more system too in which i follow above four step but after fourth step i get "hardware present" but it doesn't look for wifi after fourth step.

    regards,

    Harish

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  4. UnknownMarch 19, 2012 at 11:15 PM

    Hi Harry,
    First of all, apologies for the late response. Secondly, I'm not sure I've got enough information to be able to help diagnose the problem. Can you help me out? Are you getting any error messages? (or have you managed to resolve the problem since your original post?)

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  5. UnknownApril 14, 2012 at 5:19 PM

    Hello Nicholas.

    I have the same problem as a Harry. I've installed ndiswrapper and installed the driver. When I print "ndiswrapper -l" I see:

    sl@sl-pc:~/Downloads/wg311v3_ndis$ ndiswrapper -l
    wg311v3 : driver installed
    device (11AB:1FAA) present

    but when I print " iwconfig" I see this:


    sl@sl-pc:~/Downloads/wg311v3_ndis$ iwconfig
    ppp0 no wireless extensions.

    lo no wireless extensions.

    eth0 no wireless extensions.

    What I did wrong?

    PS. I use Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 2

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  6. UnknownApril 14, 2012 at 5:40 PM

    I've got it))

    I installed
    sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-dkms

    and then execute command:
    sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

    That's all

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  7. UnknownApril 30, 2012 at 6:26 PM

    Brilliant, thanks Вячеслав Лаказов! Hopefully that helps Harry some other people!
    Regards,
    Nick

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  8. AnonymousJune 17, 2012 at 9:51 AM

    OMG.... These last couple of days have been brutal. I first tried 12.04 cuz of it being the latest. But have had the worst time trying to get the wireless driver to work properly along with a graphics driver which crashed my system. Long story short I gave up on 12.04 and installed ubuntu 11.04 and followed your instructions. Thanks so much for making this nightmare end!

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  9. UnknownJune 17, 2012 at 8:32 PM

    Glad it helped, I haven't tried lately with "Precise Pangolin" 12.04. May give it a go if I get some spare time!

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  10. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2013 at 5:11 AM

    Not working with Ubuntu 12.04 64bit

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  11. AnonymousJune 20, 2014 at 9:31 AM

    Thanks you so much! your tutorial worked fantastic. i was having a hard time setting up my home network and couldn't believe it was that easy thanks to the instructions. Big help :) Visit Netgear Router Support

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