TEW-424UB TRENDNet Wirless USB 2.0 Adapter on Ubuntu

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Here is how I got a TRENDNet TEW-424UB USB 2.0 adapter working with Ubuntu 7.10.

  • Install ndiswrapper

Although the kernel includes the ndiswrapper module, I need the userspace utilities. 

$ sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils-1.9
  • Run the CD-based install utility. 
$ wine /media/cdrom/Utility/XP_2000_ME_98SE/Setup.exe
  • Install the driver using ndiswrapper. 
$ sudo ndiswrapper -i ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/TRENDnet/TEW-424UB/Driver/net8187b.inf
installing net8187b ...
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