Hello all,
I need help, as a nexbie in Ubuntu.
n Seven, it's easy, but in this #~@ù% Ubuntu system...

I have the original CD with drivers for Windows, Mac or Linux but I cannot install this card, and of course, I don't have Internet to search help, so I MUST have another PC to have help.
In the directory of rtl8187 for linux, are some dir or files :
DIR : wpa-supplicant-0.4.9
Files : drv.tar.gz
ifcfg-wlan0
makedrv
stack.tar.gz
wlan, etc,

What are the command to install and initiate this card fro the Terminal?
I have tried some command as

tar xzf drv.tar.gz
tar xzf stack.tar.gz
or sh makedrv, but nothing seems to be good and I don't have network connection.
What are the correct commands?

Thanks a lot,
Phil from France

Phil, as I recall your Alfa should work right out of the box. Something else might be going on.

rtl8180, rtl8187, rtl8187se are drivers for Realtek 802.11b and 802.11a/bg wireless LAN chipsets and are included in the mainline Linux kernel.

I had an Alfa last year and don't recall needing to do anything special. But then I didn't recall that I needed to put it in a plastic bag when I set it outside....

Execute lsusb while the adapter is plugged in....you should see your Alfa as:

Alfa AWUS036H RTL8187L 0x0bda 0x8187

In the meantime, copy your files to a writeable directory.

sudo mkdir /usr/src/drivers

sudo cp /location/of/the/file/*.tar.gz /usr/src/drivers/*

Change to that directory

cd /usr/src/drivers/

Unpack and move in

sudo tar jxvf name_of_file.tar.gz

ls

...to see the damage...uh, results.

[Edited]
Sorry I was chided for bad form....

Another bad usage pattern is moving a .tar archive file to a certain directory because it happens to be the directory you want to extract it in. You never need to do this. You can unpack any .tar archive file into any directory you like -- that is what the -C option is for. Use the -C option when unpacking an archive file to specify the directory to unpack it in:

~ $ tar xvf -C tmp/a/b/c newarc.tar.gz

tmp/a/b/c being the directory you want to unpack in
newarc.tar.gz being the archive you want to unpack.

Making a habit of using -C is preferable to moving the archive file to where you want to unpack it, changing to that directory, and only then extracting its contents -- especially if the archive file belongs somewhere else.

On the other hand...

cd /dir/of/files/

sudo su

sh ./makedrv


I have no idea what or if it is a script....but what's the worst that could happen;-?

On the other hand...

cd /dir/of/files/

sudo su

sh ./makedrv


I have no idea what or if it is a script....but what's the worst that could happen;-?