Re: D-Link DWL-G650+ Cardbus Adapter support for Linux
I have a DWL-G650 and it works great with the madwifi driver. However
you do need to make sure it's an Atheros chipset. When I bought mine
the box said "Atheros" on it. I think it's hardware rev B4, but I
don't have the card in front of me right now.
There is a more "debian" way to build the madwifi modules; see this
page for details:
http://www.marlow.dk/site.php/tech/madwifi
There are pretty complete instructions there. I can verify that this
worked for me with the stock Debian 2.6.10-1-686 kernel (i.e., I
didn't have to compile my own kernel). I've also done it in the past
with 2.6.8-1-686.
I've had great results, including using wpa_supplicant for WPA
security. However I should point out that WPA worked poorly with a
NetGear FWG114P, however it's working fine with a Linksys WAP-54G.
-Steve
On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 23:51:07 +0100, Maladrie Julien wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I recently bought the same wireless card and it's working.
> To use your card you have to have the kernel 2.6.10 (with the sources) and the
> madwifi cvs' sources. Firstly, compile your kernel using the normal method
> (make xconfig, make modules, make modules_install, .....)
> Once you'll 've reboot with your new kernel, go into the madwifi/patche/2.6
> and patch your kernel using the install.sh script.
> Recompile your kernel including atheros module (into the wireless LAN
> section).
> It's really quick and easy. Sorry for my bad english skill... :(
>
>
> JuLieN Maladrie
>
>
> Le Jeudi 20 Janvier 2005 23:19, Ognjen Bezanov a écrit :
> > 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.
>
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