How to install wireless card drivers on Linux

Getting Linux connected to wireless network can be done in many ways:

-Find driver, install it and configure network settings

I.Find out if your card was recognized with these commands: iwconfig, iwlist, lspci and lsusb.
II.Linux driver may be located on manufacturer website, google or on CD that come with card.
III.Once driver is installed try to configure it with nm-applet, Wicd wireless manager or with command-line tools mentioned above.
Bad signal and encryption are common problems when connecting to wireless network.


-Buy Linux friendly Wi-Fi card

Many cheap "no-name" cards like this Minitar use ZyDas chip that work out of the box with distributions like Ubuntu and Puppy

-Use Windows driver with Ndiswrapper

Ndiswrapper allows to use Windows driver (.ini and .sys files) with wireless adapter on Linux computer.

1. install ndiswrapper
2. locate the .inf file

3. /sbin/modprobe ndiswrapper

-Use Linux distribution that have drivers included
example: PinguyOS