[NETGEAR] WLAN Driver

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  1. lolpop16

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    Hello, i am very new in the Linux World. ^^
    Is there are driver for my internet stick (n300) ?
    And is it bad if I do not have Internet during the installation?

    - lolpop :)
     
  2. paradise

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    welcooome to linux :D elementaryos is a nice distro for the first touch with linux :)

    is this your stick? http://www.netgear.de/home/products/networking/wifi-adapters/WNA3100.aspx

    i have made very bad experience with installing elementaryos 0.3.1 without internet-connection. the installer seems a bit broken regarding grub (see install-problem threads in this forum), but it seems to run very well (for me) when you have an internet connection for patching the system while it does install itself.
     
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    Thanks ^^.
    Yes, that is my stick :)
    But do I need a driver for my stick? (I have only a Windows driver for this stick)
     
  4. paradise

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    Hm, i am not sure if it works out of the box. As they wrote here (german, sry), the router should run with "b/g" mode and not (the new) "n" mode. Maybe the driver support is better since last year, i am not sure..
    The best idea would be you create a boot DVD/Stick and start ElementaryOS in "Try ElementaryOS" Mode. The desktop will be completely loaded into the RAM without installing, there you can try out your stick :)
     
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    Ok, thank you :)
    I'll try it :)
     

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