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I just installed ubuntu from being previously on windows 10 and I can't connect to the internet. I have a WNA3100 Wireless Netgear adapter that contains drivers which are all .exe, I have no other machines that are currently running linux and ethernet is not an option. I have spent around 2 hours looking at other users questions but they all seem to require another linux machine, I would really appreciate any help whatsoever, thanks in advance.

tjkso
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  • I suggest you look at https://askubuntu.com/questions/235279/my-wifi-adapter-is-not-working-at-all-how-to-troubleshoot

    to me the chipset used by netgear whatever is more important; as well as the version of ubuntu you are using (so I know kernel etc) are more important than brand/model.

    the .exe is just a wrapper (like .cab, .tar.gz or .zip) which includes installer code & the real kernel.module (driver in windoze talk) that needs adding to your ubuntu kernel to make it work...

     – guiverc Jul 04 '17 at 05:00
  • Sorry for the late response I was reading that guide. I am using the latest version of ubuntu, 16.04.2 LTS and my hardware details are... BUS 001 Device 008: 10 08 46 : 90020 Netgear, Inc. WNA3100(v1) Wireless-N 300 [ Broadcom BCM 43231] – tjkso Jul 04 '17 at 05:45
  • maybe https://askubuntu.com/questions/55868/installing-broadcom-wireless-drivers but I note it does mention it noted issues with BCM43231 specifically (its old; but it still applies to 16.04 I noted) – guiverc Jul 04 '17 at 07:08
  • Does this machine have an internal wifi card or did you have to use the WNA3100 in windows also? You may want to see this – Jeremy31 Jul 04 '17 at 11:02
  • My answer is that you probably can't get it working with or without internet. – chili555 Jul 04 '17 at 12:56

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I just decided to go out and purchase a Linux supported pcie adapter, really love Ubuntu so far too :)!

If anyone in the future has this issue and is running Ubuntu I recommend purchasing this as it didn't require any drivers, worked out of the box.

tjkso
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