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by **Derek Fountai** » Sun, 25 Jan 2004 13:07:32

Is anyone using DLink wireless kit on Linux? I live in a area where
purchasing choice and availablity isn't that great, but a local supplier
has stocks of:

Dlink DWL-2000AP+ 802.11G Access Point
Dlink DWL-G520+ 802.11G Card for PC
Dlink DWL-G650+ 802.11G Notebook Card

and I need one of each. Can anyone confirm these components will work with a
recent 2.4 kernel?

by **M?ns Rullg?** » Sun, 25 Jan 2004 18:14:35

> Is anyone using DLink wireless kit on Linux? I live in a area where
> purchasing choice and availablity isn't that great, but a local supplier
> has stocks of:

> Dlink DWL-2000AP+ 802.11G Access Point

Any access point will work with any OS.

Quote:> Dlink DWL-G520+ 802.11G Card for PC
> Dlink DWL-G650+ 802.11G Notebook Card

Those will probably not work with Linux. Only a few 802.11g cards are
supported, with more in the works. Dlink uses a Texas Instruments
chip in their cards, and the specs for these are a bit difficult to
get, at best.

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M?ns Rullg?rd

by **Derek Fountai** » Mon, 26 Jan 2004 01:42:26

Quote:>> Dlink DWL-G520+ 802.11G Card for PC
>> Dlink DWL-G650+ 802.11G Notebook Card

> Those will probably not work with Linux. Only a few 802.11g cards are
> supported, with more in the works. Dlink uses a Texas Instruments
> chip in their cards, and the specs for these are a bit difficult to
> get, at best.

OK, thanks. I'm glad I asked. :o)

by **Kerry Sander** » Tue, 10 Feb 2004 11:29:53

>> Dlink DWL-G520+ 802.11G Card for PC
>> Dlink DWL-G650+ 802.11G Notebook Card

> Those will probably not work with Linux. Only a few 802.11g cards are
> supported, with more in the works. Dlink uses a Texas Instruments
> chip in their cards, and the specs for these are a bit difficult to
> get, at best.

Actually, with the use of ndiswrapper (ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net) and the
proper Windows driver, one can get these cards working.

I have seen successful posts for getting the DWL-G650 working in linux using
this method. I am about to set mine up.

One can also check out madwifi... http://sourceforge.net/projects/madwifi/

by **M?ns Rullg?** » Tue, 10 Feb 2004 11:40:11

>>> Dlink DWL-G520+ 802.11G Card for PC
>>> Dlink DWL-G650+ 802.11G Notebook Card

>> Those will probably not work with Linux. Only a few 802.11g cards are
>> supported, with more in the works. Dlink uses a Texas Instruments
>> chip in their cards, and the specs for these are a bit difficult to
>> get, at best.

> Actually, with the use of ndiswrapper (ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net) and the
> proper Windows driver, one can get these cards working.

I'd still recommend waiting a couple of months for some card to get
proper native support.

--
M?ns Rullg?rd

by **Kerry Sander** » Mon, 16 Feb 2004 13:45:07

>> Actually, with the use of ndiswrapper (ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net) and
>> the proper Windows driver, one can get these cards working.

> I'd still recommend waiting a couple of months for some card to get
> proper native support.

Thanks for the reply. After a little more research, the D-Link cards have
native support now with the madwifi drivers. I downloaded the latest
version of the driver code from their CVS repository and built them against
my current kernel.

After doing this and the proper modprobe, I was working with my D-Link
DWL-G650 in a matter of minutes... at 54 Mbps no less.