Configuring wireless USB with Ubuntu - Trendnet TEW 424UB

I recently built a new Ubuntu box and would like to use my wireless USB network card... it was "fun" trying to get it to work... below is what I did in order to get it to work "finally". I have Trendnet TEW-424UB H/W 3.1R

Install Linux USB Driver

1. Option 1:
   • Download driver from http://ndiswrapper.sf.net/
   • Unzip the downloaded file to $NDIS (i.e $HOME/ndiswrapper/)
   • Go to unzip loaction $NDIS(i.e cd $HOME/ndiswrapper/)
   • Run "make ninstall"
2. Option 2:
   • Run "sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-common" command

Download Trendnet driver

• Go to http://downloads.trendnet.com/ and look correct driver http://downloads.trendnet.com/TEW-424UB_v3_1R/Utility_Driver_TEW-424UB(v3).zip
• Unzip the downloaded file to $TN_TEW (i.e $HOME/tn-tew)
• Copy files from $TN_TEW/Driver/Win2KXP to $NDIS/utils
• Go to $NDIS/utils location and type "ndiswrapper -i net8187b.inf"
• Type "modprobe ndiswrapper" command
• Run "sudo iwconfig" command and look for wlan0 related info

From the menu

• Select System | Preferences | Network Configuration
• Select Wireless tab
• Enter SSID

To get system information

• Run "sudo lsusb" command and look for wireless network card info
• Run "sudo iwconfig" command and look for wlan0 related info

Notes:

• /sbin/iw* command
• /usr/bin/lsusb
• /usr/sbin/lsusb

References
Here are some of the sites I've read in order to get my USB network card working with the instructions above

• http://fedoramobile.org/fc-wireless/ndis-yum-livna
• http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-109799.html
• http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=155416
• http://answers.yahoo.com.au/question/index?qid=20080626221516AAjHqRn