Introduction: Connect the Raspberry Pi to the NetGear G54/N150
This is a brief guide for configuring the Raspberry Pi to connect the internet with the NetGear G54/N150 WNA1000M. Supposedly the module should work out-of-the-box, however I found this to not be the case. After hours of searching, I was finally able to find all the necessary steps to get this little guy running. Hopefully this saves fellow Pi users the trouble of having to scour the internet!
Step 1: Set Up
This Instructable is specifically for the the configuration of the Netgear Wi-Fi adapter. Before we can do any of this, we'll need to have a properly set up Raspberry Pi with an internet connection. There are many articles for configuring the Pi. I highly recommend Scottkildall's Ultimate Raspberry Pi Configuration Guide to get started. The following steps require Raspian or Wheezy to work properly.
Step 2: Install Drivers
Once you've established an internet connection, enter the following commands into the terminal:
wget - https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1663660/scripts/install-rtl8188cus.sh
sudo chown root:root install-rtl8188cus.sh
sudo chmod 755 install-rtl8188cus.sh
sudo ./install-rtl8188cus.sh
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo shutdown -h now
These will take a while to download. Enjoy a snack while the Pi fetches the packages to install. The Pi will ask you to confirm the downloads a few times. This will install the necessary driver for the Netgear Wi-Fi module. The script is from a very helpful gent named Paul. His blog post is here.
Step 3: Network Configuration
Plug in the Netgear adapter and boot the Pi back up.
Type in:
iwconfig
If you properly entered your network credentials, you should see the wlan connection details pop up. If not, then you may need to edit the /etc/network/interfaces file to double check your information and possibly change from wlan0 to wlan1. Save the updated file and reboot with:
sudo reboot
Enjoy your rock-solid Wi-Fi connection.