[Nottingham] Wireless dongle ....

[MattT]

Quick addition to previous mail, I just checked on my Ubuntu 10.10 install
and firmware for 9170usb is already included so downloading the firmware
file should not be necessary on that at least.

On 9 February 2011 16:14, MattT <matthewbpt at gmail.com> wrote:

> I assume you're running Ubuntu (being a member of the ubuntu advertising
> team). You shouldn't need to use ndiswrapper for this driver as it seems the
> ar9170 atheros chipset is supported in the Kernel from 2.6.31 onwards (
> http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/ar9170). That said, she website
> doesn't mention your vendor so I'm not entirely sure. What I would do is
> download the firmware file mentioned on the site and put it in
> /lib/firmware/ , uninstall ndiswrapper completely and then run 'sudo
> modprobe ar9170usb' from a terminal. It may work after doing that.
>
> NOTE: You should be running at least Ubuntu 10.04 I think, as it provides
> kernel 2.6.32.
>
> Matt
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