Re: D-Link DWL-G650+ Cardbus Adapter support for Linux

[Ognjen Bezanov <ognjen@mailshack.com>]

Krzysztof Wilk wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am using Toshiba Satellite A50-106 laptop. Currently I use MS 
> Windows XP on this machine. I am planning to install Debian Sarge on 
> this box as soon as it possible.
>
> This laptop is equipped with D-Link DWL-G650+ Cardbus Adapter. This 
> model supports both 802.11b and 802.11g wireless communication 
> standards. I know this adapter works pretty well under MS Windows but 
> it is not enough for me.
>
> Unfortunately manufacturer does not ship this adapter with Linux 
> drivers. There are no drivers for other operating systems on the web 
> site: <http://www.dlink.com> neither.
>
> Is there any happy user of D-Link AirPlus G+ (DWL-G650+) Cardbus 
> adapter here?
> I have not found a driver for this adapter in recent kernel sources 
> (2.6.10). I could not find any positive information on the Internet 
> using Google either.
>
> Thanks in advance for your time and effort.
>
> Best,
> Chris


Just borrowed a Dlink-DWL650+ from a friend to try out the acx100 
driver, and, in all honestly it works a treat! it only took 10 mins to 
setup, and performs far better then my atmel chipset card (which has a 
nack of locking up my linx system (amazingly), adminttadly there are a 
few bugs here and there, but its usable.