How do I setup Linksys AE1000 USB adapter
 

Hello can somebody tell me where to get drivers for this usb adaptor (Linksys AE1000)?

AND....Can somebody give detailed instructions on how to set up the device?

I'm am using ubuntu 10.10
latest version as of 2/21/11

i get confused very easily as im not very experienced

If you get confused easily, then why are you using linux? :D

And here you go: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1507793

I found that using google ;)

Ok. well with that link you gave me i was only able to make the device turn on and stay on.
But it still says disconnected.

I have 2 wireless networking adapters PCI and USB.
I took down the PCI netowrk adapter with sudo ifconfig wlan0 down
but it still doesnt show the linksys ae1000 device there

Show the outputs of ifconfig and iwconfig.

---> outputs of "ifconfig" and "iwconfig"


ifconfig------------->
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:11:6e:f4:05
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:76 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:76 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:5840 (5.8 KB) TX bytes:5840 (5.8 KB)


iwconfig---------------->
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off



***EDIT*****
it also say under wireless networks
disconnected (firmware missing)
so i dont know if its trying to read from the older wireless card not the usb adapter

My bad... ifconfig -a

-a will show all devices. That is what we need; I goofed...

output ifconfig -a ------>
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:11:6e:f4:05
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:720 (720.0 B) TX bytes:720 (720.0 B)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:ce:05:5f:5f
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
**************************************************************************************************

looks like its not finding linksys adapter at all =\