My MA111 wireless network adapter wont work

[mininger711]

I am at my whit's end. Everything seems to say that my Netgear MA111 adapter (v1) should work yet it doesn't. Note: I have Kubuntu version 6.06 installed.

I went to http://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wif...e/NetgearMA111 and tired to follow the steps. Here are the results:

when I type in
lsmod | grep prism
I get this:
prism2_usb 77060 0
usbcore 129668 6 usb_storage, prism2.usb, usbhid, ehcc_hcd, ohci_hcd
No mention of the ieee80211 xxxxx 1 prism2_usb it says I should have

when I type
sudo modprobe prism2_usb
nothing prints on the screen, it just goes to a new line waiting for an input, so I don't know if anything happens

Here's another wierd thing. It says that there should be a directory /etc/modprobe.d/wlan but there is no wlan directory in the modprobe.d one

In terms of installing the package I typed in
sudo apt-get install linux-wlan-ng
and was told it was the newest version

When I tried to edit the /etc/network/interfaces file it said I didn't have permission

When I typed in
lsusb
It listed the device :
0846-4110 NetGear, Inc. MA111 WiFi (v1)

Yet when I go into KinfoCenter it lists the device under USB devices as Unknown.

Obviously, I can not connect the internet

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[randcoop]

Re: My MA111 wireless network adapter wont work

I'm not sure you're far off, but you have to edit your /etc/network/interfaces file. You don't have permission because you're not trying to do that as root. Try this command (assuming you're using kwrite as your editor...substitute your editor name otherwise):

sudo kwrite /etc/network/interfaces

It will ask for your password and then you can edit and save the file.

[mininger711]

Re: My MA111 wireless network adapter wont work

I successfully changed the text, but it still wont work. I think it's because there is no /etc/modproble.d/wlan0 folder. Does this mean I need to install or run some kind of setup?

[randcoop]

Re: My MA111 wireless network adapter wont work

There isn't supposed to be a wlan folder. There's supposed to be a wlan file in the modprobe.d folder. You can edit that wlan file in the same way that you edited the interfaces file (using sudo kwrite). So open that file and add the alias line as per the instruction page you're using.

[tibbar110]

Re: My MA111 wireless network adapter wont work

I am having the exact same problem, and found that the wlan0 file did not even exist. I was following the instructions on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...e/NetgearMA111 and could use some help.