[SOLVED]Netgear 6210 wifi adapter not installing

Software & Operating Systems Linux
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sorry, that didnt work either. Im probably going to have to find another wifi adapter.

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That’s strange, it worked flawlessly in my VM just now. What does it say now?

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‘’'export DBGFLAGS

*** Building driver with debug messages ***

cp -f os/linux/Makefile.6 /home/kevin/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux/Makefile
make -C /lib/modules/4.15.0-33-generic/build DBGFLAGS=-DDBG SUBDIRS=/home/kevin/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux modules
make[1]: Entering directory ‘/usr/src/linux-headers-4.15.0-33-generic’
CC [M] /home/kevin/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux/…/…/sta/assoc.o
CC [M] /home/kevin/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux/…/…/sta/auth.o
CC [M] /home/kevin/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux/…/…/sta/auth_rsp.o
CC [M] /home/kevin/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux/…/…/sta/sync.o
CC [M] /home/kevin/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux/…/…/sta/sanity.o
CC [M] /home/kevin/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux/…/…/sta/rtmp_data.o
CC [M] /home/kevin/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux/…/…/sta/connect.o
CC [M] /home/kevin/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux/…/…/sta/wpa.o
CC [M] /home/kevin/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux/…/…/sta/sta_cfg.o
CC [M] /home/kevin/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux/…/…/sta/sta.o
CC [M] /home/kevin/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux/…/…/os/linux/sta_ioctl.o
In file included from ./include/linux/bitmap.h:9:0,
from ./include/linux/cpumask.h:12,
from ./arch/x86/include/asm/cpumask.h:5,
from ./arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h:11,
from ./arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:21,
from ./arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h:5,
from ./arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h:53,
from ./include/linux/thread_info.h:38,
from ./arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:7,
from ./include/linux/preempt.h:81,
from ./include/linux/spinlock.h:51,
from ./include/linux/seqlock.h:36,
from ./include/linux/time.h:6,
from ./include/linux/stat.h:19,
from ./include/linux/module.h:10,
from /home/kevin/Netgear-A6210-master/include/os/rt_linux.h:14,
from /home/kevin/Netgear-A6210-master/include/rtmp_os.h:30,
from /home/kevin/Netgear-A6210-master/include/rtmp_comm.h:64,
from /home/kevin/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux/…/…/os/linux/sta_ioctl.c:33:
In function ‘memcpy’,
inlined from ‘rt_ioctl_iwaplist’ at /home/kevin/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux/…/…/os/linux/sta_ioctl.c:549:2:
./include/linux/string.h:340:4: error: call to ‘__read_overflow2’ declared with attribute error: detected read beyond size of object passed as 2nd parameter
__read_overflow2();
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
scripts/Makefile.build:332: recipe for target ‘/home/kevin/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux/…/…/os/linux/sta_ioctl.o’ failed
make[2]: *** [/home/kevin/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux/…/…/os/linux/sta_ioctl.o] Error 1
Makefile:1552: recipe for target ‘module/home/kevin/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux’ failed
make[1]: *** [module/home/kevin/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory ‘/usr/src/linux-headers-4.15.0-33-generic’
Makefile:59: recipe for target ‘debug’ failed
make: *** [debug] Error 2

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Do a make clean and then reboot the machine and try again.

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well I think it installed… It didnt pop up with anything

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Cool. Unplug your wifi dongle and plug it back in and it should now work.

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so it looks like it did install, but im not seeing any networks

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Reboot. Check for networks. If you see no networks, unplug the dongle and plug it back in. If you still see no networks, run sudo service network-manager restart to restart your network manager.

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It worked! ThankS for the help!

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Great going @vladnik!

Glad you got your problem solved OP.

And I added the [SOLVED] text to the title.

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Glad I could help! :smiley:

Please edit the title of this thread to correct the number to “6210” and include “Ubuntu 18.04” and “[solved]” at the end so that others can find it more easily. For reference, on a fresh Ubuntu 18.04 install you do the following:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install git make gcc libelf-dev
git clone -b port-to-4.15 https://github.com/kaduke/Netgear-A6210
cd Netgear-A6210
make
sudo make install
sudo reboot

Thanks @Goalkeeper! This was actually my first linux troubleshoot on a forum, I’m super glad I could help resolve the issue!

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I’ve literally been trying for over 6 hours trying to get this working then luckily I stumbled across this thread and It’s working perfectly!! I’m so impressed I registered just to say than you :smiley: <3

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Welcome to the forum bro!

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I also wanted to say thanks for all your time to solve this.

With that being said, i might just be slow (I wont argue that…) or just worn out not thinking from working to much. But anyway…

So i followed everything you listed here and it seems to have installed fine. (Which is not the first time.) but after a reboot and restarting network manager and everything listed above i still don’t see any trace of the Netgear, i only see my default wireless card.

Please help

AlimorA

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Okay so I am trying to set up a wireless connection in kali linux on my vmware workstation. i followed these commands

rm -rf ~/Netgear-A6210
git clone https://github.com/kaduke/Netgear-A6210
cd Netgear-A6210
make
sudo make install

and everything went fine it finished but nothing popped up. im connected to the internet but its the same way i have been from the start it says it is through an ethernet not wifi and i have no wlan0 when i do ifconfig. i want to connect to wifi using my adapter but it wont show up as any networks discoverable. please help! I would love to use some of the programs on kali but i need wifi in order to do so.

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I’m new to linux and learning in Kali linux. I’m having issue installing Netgear A6210 wifi adapter driver. Please see the error below: Thanks for your help in advance.
root/Netgear-A6210/include/os/rt_linux.h:142:18: warning: ISO C90 forbids mixed declarations and code [-Wdeclaration-after-statement]
142 | #define __inline static inline
| ^~~~~~
/usr/src/linux-headers-5.4.0-kali3-common/include/linux/compiler_types.h:210:24: note: in expansion of macro ‘__inline’
210 | #define asm_inline asm __inline
| ^~~~~~~~
/usr/src/linux-headers-5.4.0-kali3-common/arch/x86/include/asm/bug.h:35:2: note: in expansion of macro ‘asm_inline’
35 | asm_inline volatile(“1:\t” ins “\n”
| ^~~~~~~~~~
/usr/src/linux-headers-5.4.0-kali3-common/arch/x86/include/asm/bug.h:79:2: note: in expansion of macro ‘_BUG_FLAGS’
79 | _BUG_FLAGS(ASM_UD2, BUGFLAG_WARNING|(flags));
| ^~~~~~~~~~
/usr/src/linux-headers-5.4.0-kali3-common/include/asm-generic/bug.h:90:19: note: in expansion of macro ‘__WARN_FLAGS’
90 | #define __WARN() __WARN_FLAGS(BUGFLAG_TAINT(TAINT_WARN))
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/src/linux-headers-5.4.0-kali3-common/include/asm-generic/bug.h:115:3: note: in expansion of macro ‘__WARN’
115 | __WARN();
| ^~~~~~
/root/Netgear-A6210/os/linux/…/…/common/rtmp_init_inf.c:491:3: note: in expansion of macro ‘WARN_ON’
491 | WARN_ON(1); //just to catch red handed
| ^~~~~~~
make[3]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-5.4.0-kali3-common/scripts/Makefile.build:271: /root/Netgear-A6210/os/linux/…/…/common/rtmp_init_inf.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-5.4.0-kali3-common/Makefile:1665: /root/Netgear-A6210/os/linux] Error 2
make[1]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-5.4.0-kali3-common/Makefile:179: sub-make] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory ‘/usr/src/linux-headers-5.4.0-kali3-amd64’
make: *** [Makefile:65: debug] Error 2

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This worked. Thank you.

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Hi @vladnik,

I installed the drivers for Netgear A6210 as like you mentioned.

The wifi get disconnected after using for few minutes, it doesn’t connect unless or until I reboot the PC. Could you please help me on this?

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can u please help me too with this issue…getting something like this when i tried ur previous methods…can u please help me to set it up…
gcc: error: unrecognized command-line option ‘–param=allow-store-data-races=0’; did you mean ‘–allow-store-data-races’?
make[3]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-5.4.0-kali3-common/scripts/Makefile.build:271: /Netgear-A6210/os/linux/…/…/sta/assoc.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-5.4.0-kali3-common/Makefile:1665: /Netgear-A6210/os/linux] Error 2
make[1]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-5.4.0-kali3-common/Makefile:179: sub-make] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory ‘/usr/src/linux-headers-5.4.0-kali3-amd64’
make: *** [Makefile:65: debug] Error 2
make -C /Netgear-A6210/os/linux -f Makefile.6 install
make[1]: Entering directory ‘/Netgear-A6210/os/linux’
rm -rf /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA
mkdir -pv /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA
mkdir: created directory ‘/etc/Wireless/RT2870STA’
cp /Netgear-A6210/conf/RT2870STA.dat /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/.
install -d /lib/modules/5.4.0-kali3-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/
install -m 644 -c mt7662u_sta.ko /lib/modules/5.4.0-kali3-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/
install: cannot stat ‘mt7662u_sta.ko’: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [Makefile.6:725: install] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory ‘/Netgear-A6210/os/linux’
make: *** [Makefile:77: install] Error 2
root@kali:/Netgear-A6210#

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hi@vladnik can u please sort it out for me…