Linux and netgear wlan stick problem

Asked By cunningham bradley 0 points N/A Posted on - 10/05/2012

I am using Fedora version of Linux operating system. I am facing problem in Linux and netgear wlan stick. it is not working. What should i do ?

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Answered By Noelinda Naresa 0 points N/A #193675

Linux and netgear wlan stick problem

 

Dear Bradley,

Please try the following Steps.

Cmd 1: su

                Cmd 2: yum install b43-fwcutter –y

                                      [Tool used for extracting firmware from the Windows driver].

                Cmd 3: wget http://sources.openwrt.org/broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2

                                      [Get the driver for all Netgear driver]

                Cmd 4: tar xjf broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2

                                     [Unzip the driver]

                Cmd 5: cd broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver

                Cmd 6: b43-fwcutter –w /lib/firmware/wl_apsta_mimo.o

                                    [Use the fwcutter tool to install the driver]

Hope this helps!

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• Posted on - 10/22/2012
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