I am trying to install a ASUS wireless driver into my pc that I just installed Ubuntu on and I have no idea how to and neither do the ppl at ASUs who I just got off the phone with. Any help would be awesome. I just want to play more with linux.
ps, I posted this here because its to get more folding done as it is a dedicated folding pc.
there is a linux section! I couldn't see it but I was on the phone and tech support at the same time so I'm not surprised I missed it. Yes please zodac send me to where I should have been
I am trying to install a ASUS wireless driver into my pc that I just installed Ubuntu on and I have no idea how to and neither do the ppl at ASUs who I just got off the phone with. Any help would be awesome. I just want to play more with linux.
ps, I posted this here because its to get more folding done as it is a dedicated folding pc.
The driver for this adapter is included with Linux. Plug it in, click the network icon on your taskbar, choose a wireless access point to connect to, and Bob's your uncle.
ok I would love to do the things you just asked but I just installed ubuntu 1 hr ago and I have no idea what you are asking me to do. step by step for now if you can please.
im reading the essentials thread as fast as i can!
ifup: failed to open statefile /var/run/network/ifstate: Permission denied
and the other one said n wasn't an option and gave me a big list of options. im still working on that one though
if something says permission denied stick "sudo" in front of it
youll just have to type in your password... it basically runs a command with elevated permissions
EDIT: make sure you should run it first
dont do like an rm -rf --no-preserve-root / and put sudo in front just because it says it wants higher permissions XD (note, dont run that command, ever)
ifup is basically a short hand version of ifconfig up
the long syntax would be ifconfig eth0 up
there is some differences, but basically thats how you turn on a network card thats currently off... you need admin permissions to do it so if you run it as
sudo ifup wlan0
it will run as admin, ifconfig up, on wlan0 your first wireless card
if you know windows networking a bit, ifconfig is basically the linux ipconfig with some more functions in it
EDIT: no guarantee this will work, but its a really easy to type in one line short command to see if its just currently disabled
ok so now i put in lsusb tail -n and it listed them all this time.
bus 002 device 005: ID 0b05:1784 ASUSTek Computer, Inc. 802.11n Network Adapter
thats a good thing right?
any progress is good progress!
EDIT: and excuse us if we seem kinda unhelpful right now, its not expected of anyone to know linux right off the bat and its hard to trouble shoot without seeing the actual problem
what exactly is it not doing? not seeing your network? not connecting? what?
So are you now getting internet through the wireless dongle or not? Does Networkmanager show wireless networks you can connect to?
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