Does anyone know how exactly to get the driver installed for this and give a step by step guide? Everything I've tried so far goes to a dead end.
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The device only works with ndiswrapper. With a temporary working interet connection by ethernet or any other means, open a terminal and do:
sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils-1.9
Download the driver file to your desktop here: http://downloads.linksys.com/downloads/driver/AE2500xp_WHQL,0.zip Right-click it and select 'Extract Here.'
Find out if you need the 32- or 64-bit files:
arch
64-bit returns x86_64. If yours is a 64-bit system, you will need to make an edit to the driver file. Open "bcmwlhigh5.inf" in gedit or any text editor and add this line, around line 170:
[Linksys_AE2500.files.NTamd64]
AE2500xp64.sys,,,6
Proofread carefully, save and close the text editor. Now do:
cd ~/Desktop/xp
sudo ndiswrapper -i bcmwlhigh5.inf
sudo ndiswrapper -ma
sudo depmod -a
Reboot. If the wireless is not working, see if you can see any problems:
ndiswrapper -l
That's a lower-case L for 'list,' not the number 1. Also:
dmesg | grep ndis
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It didn't work. The sudo depmod command was supposed to return something in the terminal, right? Every thing else did before it except that.– BigHippoMay 9, 2015 at 9:49
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When I tried it again, it said it couldn't find section "Linksys_AE1200.files.NTamd64" even though that's not the adapter I'm using. Then when I tried it again, it said the driver was already installed. And the last command still doesn't return anything if it's supposed to.– BigHippoMay 9, 2015 at 9:55
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And also, do you edit line 170 that has the 32 bit for AE2500 or do you add that whole to the document. I did the latter. I noticed that it has the 32 bit part for it twice. Was that so it might be edited for 64 bit?– BigHippoMay 9, 2015 at 10:15
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One thing I did differently from this was that I already had a ndiswrapper 1.59 folder installed and extracted and the terminal gives an error on the bcmwlhigh5.inf command unless I moved that folder to the desktop. Should I just delete everything and try again? It's not like having these folder saved is doing much good right now anyway.– BigHippoMay 9, 2015 at 10:40
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Is yours a 32- or 64-bit system? If 32-bit, you need do no edits at all.– chili555May 9, 2015 at 12:27
sudo apt-get purge bcmwl-kernel-source
then run
sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer b43-fwcutter
Remove from blacklist if found.
check the file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
if it contains an entry for bcm4* then put # to comment it or remove the whole line.
also notice if there is a file called bcm4* under the directory /etc/modprobe.d/ then remove it.
Now run the command:
sudo modprobe -r b43
sudo modprobe b43
sudo rfkill unblock all
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1This method is incorrect. The b43 and ssb driver suite do not drive any USB device.– chili555May 8, 2015 at 13:11