Problem with external wifi adapter when running Ubuntu

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SpaceGhost92

SpaceGhost92

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My wifi adapter isn't on, even though it is plugged into my usb port, so I have no internet on my desktop as I forgot to install a wireless card when I built it.

The Adapter is a netgear adapter, is there anything I can do to work around this?
 
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skittle
Badluck. Broadcom is notorius for bad linux support. This chipset has no Linux driver. Unfortunately you have a card that uses broadcom chipset.
https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Netgear_A6200

Your only hope is to use ndiswrappper. Maybe it will work. Ndiswrapper allows you to use a windows xp driver inside of Linux. Read the wiki page for a how to.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper
In the future suggest you get a device with good Linux compatibility. You can find some Here:
https://www.thinkpenguin.com/catalog/wireless-networking-gnulinux
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skittle

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Need to know what chipset (or at least model number and revision of the netgear). Maybe you just need firmware installed

Post output of(without quotes)
"sudo lspci"
"sudo lsusb"
"sudo ifconfig"

Please post these output to pastebin.com and give link so it is easier to read
 
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SpaceGhost92

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I am not sure about chipset but it is a Netgear A6200 Wifi USB adapter, and I am running 14.10 Utopic Unicorn if that helps any
 
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skittle

skittle

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Dec 27, 2006
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Badluck. Broadcom is notorius for bad linux support. This chipset has no Linux driver. Unfortunately you have a card that uses broadcom chipset.
https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Netgear_A6200

Your only hope is to use ndiswrappper. Maybe it will work. Ndiswrapper allows you to use a windows xp driver inside of Linux. Read the wiki page for a how to.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper
In the future suggest you get a device with good Linux compatibility. You can find some Here:
https://www.thinkpenguin.com/catalog/wireless-networking-gnulinux
 
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SpaceGhost92

SpaceGhost92

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Damn, that is no good! Thanks for the link to Linux compatible adapters, much appreciated.
 
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