Netgear WNA3100

[BBeast10]

Hi,
I'm trying to use the raspberry pi with the Netgear WNA3100 adapter I had lying around, but I can't seem to find find any drivers for it. Can you help?

[DougieLawson]

Can you plug in your USB dongle and post the output from
sudo lsusb

Thanks.

[Phill Rymer]

mine didn't need any already loaded

[BBeast10]

For lsusb i got:
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9512 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c45:7000 Microdia
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 1a40:0101 Terminus Technology Inc. 4-Port HUB
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0846:9020 NetGear, Inc. WNA3100(v1) Wireless-N 300 [Broadcom BCM43231]
(sorry for the late reply DougieLawson)

[DougieLawson]

I think you're out of luck. There's lots of Google hits for that one reporting that it can't be encouraged to work on x86 or x86_64 Linux. There's a firmware driver needed that appears to be for Windows ONLY.
http://wikidevi.com/wiki/Netgear_WNA3100

You'll have to get your money back and buy a more standard WiFi dongle for your RPi.
http://elinux.org/RPi_USB_Wi-Fi_Adapters

[BBeast10]

Thanks for telling me about that.
I bought the dongle a long time ago, so I guess I can't return it.
I'll just have to get an Edimax dongle or something...