** Description changed: - The Linksys Wireless-G USB Network Adapter with Speed Booster (MODLE: - WUSB54GSv2) is not detected under ubuntu. It is exteremly hard to get - working if you seceed at all, the only way A FEW PEOPLE have gotten this + The Linksys Wireless-G USB Network Adapter with Speed Booster Version + 2.0 (MODLE: WUSB54GS v2.0) is not detected under Ubuntu 64-bit at all + (and therefor doesn't work one bit). In Ubuntu 32-bit, it is detected + but does not work properly without an extreme amount of work and + countless free hours of your time to make it work. As stated earlier, in + Ubuntu 32-bit it is extremely hard to get the WUSB54GS v2.0 working if + you even succeed at all, the only way A FEW PEOPLE have gotten this adapter to work is through the ndiswrapper and I can not get it to work - at all in ubuntu. + at all in Ubuntu. - It is suppost to be supported by the Network Manager right? I mean the - WUSB54G v4 is but it has a problem connecting after Ubuntu 7.04 + It is suppose to be supported by the Network Manager right? I mean the + WUSB54G v4 is but it has a problem connecting after Ubuntu 7.04. I've + noticed that since after Ubuntu 7.04 the network manager does NOT + function nearly as well. Sure it has built-in wireless but it's not + detecting hardware like it used to. It used to be that all you had to do + was install Ubuntu (this is around 6.10-7.04) and it would work. Pesto, + enter your WEP/WPA/WPA2 key and you are good to go! No driver hassle, no + ndiswrapper, no complicating steps and workaround. It simply just + worked. Then something changed and from then on, the network manager + hasn't worked as well. Devices are being detected, some will but no + matter how hard you try they will not keep a connection. Some hardware + won't even work at all! + + As the case with WUSB54GS 2.0 it's detected but that's as far as it gets + without some serious hard work and hours upon hours of free time to make + it work. What happened? Why doesn't it work correctly? And why doesn't + it work at all in 64-bit? + + I am willing to help, provide information, logs, etc; what ever I need + to do to help make this work again. As it stands, in Ubuntu 8.10 64-bit + it DOES NOT work at all. (I will be testing 32-bit really soon, and will + post here with results.) I'm not a developer but I can do every thing + else to test patches, updates and give more information. + + + Thanks so much!! + -Mike Lierman
** Tags added: drivers linksys ndiswrapper network ubuntu wusb54g wusb54gs ** Description changed: The Linksys Wireless-G USB Network Adapter with Speed Booster Version 2.0 (MODLE: WUSB54GS v2.0) is not detected under Ubuntu 64-bit at all (and therefor doesn't work one bit). In Ubuntu 32-bit, it is detected but does not work properly without an extreme amount of work and countless free hours of your time to make it work. As stated earlier, in Ubuntu 32-bit it is extremely hard to get the WUSB54GS v2.0 working if you even succeed at all, the only way A FEW PEOPLE have gotten this adapter to work is through the ndiswrapper and I can not get it to work at all in Ubuntu. It is suppose to be supported by the Network Manager right? I mean the WUSB54G v4 is but it has a problem connecting after Ubuntu 7.04. I've - noticed that since after Ubuntu 7.04 the network manager does NOT - function nearly as well. Sure it has built-in wireless but it's not - detecting hardware like it used to. It used to be that all you had to do - was install Ubuntu (this is around 6.10-7.04) and it would work. Pesto, - enter your WEP/WPA/WPA2 key and you are good to go! No driver hassle, no - ndiswrapper, no complicating steps and workaround. It simply just - worked. Then something changed and from then on, the network manager - hasn't worked as well. Devices are being detected, some will but no - matter how hard you try they will not keep a connection. Some hardware - won't even work at all! + noticed that (along with many other people all over the net and Ubuntu + forums who state the same thing) since after Ubuntu 7.04 the network + manager does NOT function nearly as well. Sure it has built-in wireless + but it's not detecting hardware like it used to. It used to be that all + you had to do was install Ubuntu (this is around 6.10-7.04) and it would + work. Pesto, enter your WEP/WPA/WPA2 key and you are good to go! No + driver hassle, no ndiswrapper, no complicating steps, and no + workarounds. It simply just worked. Then something changed and from then + on, the network manager hasn't worked as well. Devices are being + detected, some will but no matter how hard you try they will not keep a + connection. Some hardware won't even work at all! As the case with WUSB54GS 2.0 it's detected but that's as far as it gets without some serious hard work and hours upon hours of free time to make it work. What happened? Why doesn't it work correctly? And why doesn't it work at all in 64-bit? I am willing to help, provide information, logs, etc; what ever I need to do to help make this work again. As it stands, in Ubuntu 8.10 64-bit it DOES NOT work at all. (I will be testing 32-bit really soon, and will post here with results.) I'm not a developer but I can do every thing else to test patches, updates and give more information. Thanks so much!! -Mike Lierman -- Linksys WUSB54GS v2 does not work with ubuntu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/183061 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
