Virtual machine Ubuntu Install Mercury mw150u Wireless card (AR9271 chipset)

1. Confirm the wireless card-free chipset

XP (provided that it has installed its XP driver), plug the Wireless card into the PC, Device Manager, select the wireless network card, in the details, select the service, know its chipset is AR9271

2. Verify the wireless card driver that needs to be downloaded

According to the following website

• Https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/atheros

We choose ATH9K_HTC

• Https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/ath9k_htc

In its web page, see the following information

Description, the driver is supported by AR9271.

3. Verify that the driver supports the Mercury wireless card

• Https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/ath9k_htc/devices

1)

2) verified in Ubuntu, found consistent with the description in the site, this driver is installed and is 100% available to run.

~002001: ID 1d6b:00011.1001 0050CF3: 9271   001001: ID 1d6b:00022.0 root Hub

4. Download the firmware of the USB wireless card

Under

• Https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/ath9k_htc

The description

Download HTC_9271.FW

• Http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/htc_9271.fw

Put firmware in Ubuntu/lib/firmware directory

6. Confirm the Ubuntu kernel version and download and install the wireless card driver

1) Confirm kernel version information in the current Ubuntu virtual machine

Uname-2.6.  32-21-generic #:i686 gnu/linux     

2) Download Driver

Not to be continued

Virtual machine Ubuntu Install Mercury mw150u Wireless card (AR9271 chipset)