How do I get a Netgear wireless card to work with Linux Ubuntu?

There is a great workaround which I use for my card. Important: This requires internet, so take your computer somewhere and connect it through ethernet while you're doing this. Install NDISWrapper by using the synaptic package manager. It's in system>Administration>synaptic package manager. do a search for ndiswrapper. Mark it for install. (note: when you click one, a couple others might also be marked. Don't worry, you need those too.) Then download the windows drivers for your card. Make sure you have the INF file. Then go into terminal and use the command sudo ndiswrapper -i to install your drivers. Look at my source. It's specifically for WG311v3, but it works for any card as long as you download the right drivers. It also has extra instructions to make sure your drives load during every boot up.

Um... there's a possibility that you wireless card drivers didn't install properly. But usually Ubuntu supports most of the NICs, be it them wireless or otherwise. I assume the wireless NIC you want to install did not come with the motherboard. You might need to go to the website of the providers of your wireless NIC and download the corresponding Ubuntu drivers for your NIC, usually a .deb file which you can install by double-clicking on it. You might also want to check if at all the wireless NIC is installed in your Ubuntu by issuing the "ifconfig" command and look for "wlan0" on the output. If you find "wlan0". If it's not there, then you might consider reinstalling. I think it would have been more helpful if you had stated the brand of your wireless NIC. Hope this helps.

People keep asking this question all the time here. Bottom line is if it doesnt work out of the box will probably not work. Ubuntu has a very limited range of wireless cards that is because American laws forbid the inclusion or serverely limits the inclusion of proprietary drivers in free linux. someone suggested NDISWrapper indeed may work but why not use the proprietary linux drivers. Ubuntu is a nice little linux supporting many languages but it is very limited in what it offers we feel. We have a high end paid linux and it works OUT OF THE BOX with Dell (broadcom) Acer (Atheros) or Intel cards. The old saying might be true here you get what you paid for and Ubuntu is free... you may try Linux Mint it comes with a very limited selection of proprietary drivers... RICK