Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Kernel 2.6.32-28
Gnome 2.30.2


I've tried looking at the other posts but they get a bit technical for me to understand what I need to do and why.

I followed another thread on how to get ndiswrapper installed. I think it worked but not sure on how to go and see if I did it right.

I downloaded the xp driver onto a flash drive. I have 2 computers but only one wireless adapter. I'm trying to get everything set up before I pull the netgear off of this computer to put it on the Linux.

I would like advice:

to see if ndiswrapper was installed and functioning.
what exact folder do I put the driver into?
what codes are needed to make it all work?

I want to learn this system and I don't care if it takes 100 posts so I hope there is someone with alot of patience!
LOL.

Here is everything that I've tried so far. I can't make heads or tails of any of it.

brian@brian-desktop:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0846:4260 NetGear, Inc. WG111(v3) 54 Mbps Wireless [RealTek RTL8187B]
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
brian@brian-desktop:~$ sudo lsusb
[sudo] password for brian:
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0846:4260 NetGear, Inc. WG111(v3) 54 Mbps Wireless [RealTek RTL8187B]
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
brian@brian-desktop:~$
brian@brian-desktop:~$ lshw
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
brian-desktop
description: Computer
width: 32 bits
*-core
description: Motherboard
physical id: 0
*-memory
description: System memory
physical id: 0
size: 496MiB
*-cpu
product: Pentium III (Coppermine)
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 1
bus info: cpu@0
version: 6.8.10
size: 1GHz
width: 32 bits
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pse36 mmx fxsr sse up
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 0
size: 32KiB
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 1
size: 256KiB
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: 82815 815 Chipset Host Bridge and Memory Controller Hub
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=agpgart-intel
resources: irq:0 memory:f0000000-f3ffffff(prefetchable)
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: 82815 815 Chipset AGP Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci bus_master
resources: memory:fd000000-feffffff memory:f4000000-f5ffffff(prefetchable)
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: NV5 [RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro]
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: 15
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=nouveau latency=64 maxlatency=1 mingnt=5
resources: irq:11 memory:fd000000-fdffffff memory:f4000000-f5ffffff(prefetchable) memory:fe000000-fe00ffff(prefetchable)
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801 PCI Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1e
bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci bus_master
resources: ioport:e000(size=4096) memory:fb000000-fcffffff memory:20000000-200fffff(prefetchable)
*-communication UNCLAIMED
description: Communication controller
product: HCF 56k Data/Fax Modem
vendor: Conexant Systems, Inc.
physical id: 8
bus info: pci@0000:02:08.0
version: 08
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=64
resources: memory:fbff0000-fbffffff ioport:ecf8(size=8)
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado]
vendor: 3Com Corporation
physical id: c
bus info: pci@0000:02:0c.0
logical name: eth0
version: 78
serial: 00:b0:d0:cd:0a:bb
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=3c59x latency=64 maxlatency=10 mingnt=10 multicast=yes
resources: irq:11 ioport:ec00(size=128) memory:fbfefc00-fbfefc7f memory:20000000-2001ffff(prefetchable)
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC)
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-ide
description: IDE interface
product: 82801BA IDE U100 Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.1
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ide bus_master
configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0
resources: irq:0 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:ffa0(size=16)
*-usb:0
description: USB Controller
product: 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:11 ioport:ff80(size=32)
*-serial UNCLAIMED
description: SMBus
product: 82801BA/BAM SMBus Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: latency=0
resources: ioport:dcd0(size=16)
*-usb:1
description: USB Controller
product: 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.4
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.4
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:9 ioport:ff60(size=32)
*-multimedia
description: Multimedia audio controller
product: 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.5
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.5
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=Intel ICH latency=0
resources: irq:10 ioport:d800(size=256) ioport:dc40(size=64)
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 1
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:26:f2:b7:82:c2
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
brian@brian-desktop:~$
brian@brian-desktop:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 6587 1
arc4 1153 2
fbcon 35102 71
tileblit 2031 1 fbcon
font 7557 1 fbcon
bitblit 4707 1 fbcon
softcursor 1189 1 bitblit
snd_intel8x0 25652 2
vga16fb 11385 0
vgastate 8961 1 vga16fb
snd_ac97_codec 100646 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 1002 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 35308 0
snd_mixer_oss 13746 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 70694 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 1338 0
snd_seq_oss 26722 0
snd_seq_midi 4557 0
snd_rawmidi 19056 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 6003 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
rtl8187 50680 0
snd_seq 47263 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
mac80211 205402 1 rtl8187
snd_timer 19098 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
nouveau 467048 2
snd_seq_device 5700 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
led_class 2864 1 rtl8187
ttm 49943 1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper 29329 1 nouveau
snd 54180 14 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_ti mer,snd_seq_device
cfg80211 126528 2 rtl8187,mac80211
drm 162409 4 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
dell_wmi 1793 0
ppdev 5259 0
i2c_algo_bit 5028 1 nouveau
soundcore 6620 1 snd
psmouse 63245 0
intel_agp 24375 1
dcdbas 5422 0
eeprom_93cx6 1333 1 rtl8187
parport_pc 25962 1
lp 7028 0
serio_raw 3978 0
snd_page_alloc 7076 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
agpgart 31724 3 ttm,drm,intel_agp
shpchp 28835 0
parport 32635 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
3c59x 31839 0
mii 4381 1 3c59x
floppy 53016 0
brian@brian-desktop:~$
brian@brian-desktop:~$ sudo iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"f2\x0D\xB71X\xA3Z%]\x05\x17X\xE9^\xD4\xAB\xB2\xCD\xC6\x9B\xB4T\x11\x0E\x82tA!=\xDC\x87"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Encryption keyff
Power Managementff

brian@brian-desktop:~$

I've been chasing down every link I could. I've managed to get ndiswrapper installed and even got the netgear driver installed and recognized. (An .inf file)

My problem is this.....when I plug in the wireless, it shows the network that I want to hook into. (its password protected and I entered it.) It won't seem to fully log in. The window that shows the network name and password keeps popping up and won't go any further than that.

I have no idea what I've missed. Help!

I've upgraded to 10.10 and will start a new thread. sorry