Re: configure D-Linx Airplus wireless card on debian

[Robert Goley <ragoley@rdasys.com>]

I believe this card is supported by the new ath5k driver module in newer kernels.  I have used the G650 (same chipset I believe) with the MADWIFI in the past.  It might be the ath9k driver.  The reason you are not getting any lights is that the driver is not loaded for it  Try "modprobe ath5k" and see if the lights come on.  It is also possible that the driver that is not loaded is for the PCMCIA bus.  This varies from laptop to laptop so you would have to check to see what module that might be if the info above doesn't help.

Robert

On 5/6/09 12:52 PM, kade kade wrote:

i have installed debian on a dell inspiron 8100. my wireless cars is a PMCIA D-Link Airplus G DWL-G630 Cardbus.
being a newbie, i am looking for a step by step guide for configuring the wireless card. the card lights are off, it is
as though the card is not being correctly recognized. thanks. the output of lspci is:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82815 815 Chipset Host Bridge and Memory Controller Hub (rev 04)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82815 815 Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 04)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801BAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801BAM IDE U100 Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 Go] (rev b2)
02:03.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1983S Maestro-3i PCI Audio Accelerator (rev 10)
02:06.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c556 Hurricane CardBus [Cyclone] (rev 10)
02:06.1 Communication controller: 3Com Corporation Mini PCI 56k Winmodem (rev 10)
02:0f.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card Cardbus Controller
02:0f.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card Cardbus Controller
02:0f.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCI4451 IEEE-1394 Controller
03:00.0 Network controller: Texas Instruments ACX 111 54Mbps Wireless Interface

my linux version:
Linux version 2.6.26-2-686 (Debian 2.6.26-15) (dannf@debian.org) (gcc version 4.1.3 20080704
(prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-25)) #1 SMP Thu Mar 26 01:08:11 UTC 2009