Re: trouble getting my wireless stuff to work
--- David Parker <dparker@utica.edu> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----From: tom arnall Date:
> Tuesday, April 11, 2006 6:02 pmSubject: trouble
> getting my wireless stuff to workTo:
> debian-user@lists.debian.org> i am a linux newbie
> having trouble getting my wireless stuff to > work.
> i am > running debian on a toshiba satellite laptop.
> the wireless card > is a d-link > dwl-g650. i am
> looking for info on the latest debian methods for >
> dealing with > this technology.> > thanks,> > tom
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> listmaster@lists.debian.org>Hello,I had great luck
> just a few days ago with ndiswrapper and
> wpa_supplicant. I am now using a Linksys WPC54G
> wireless card with an old Acer laptop running Debian
> and it works just fine. You will likely need to
> compile both of them, but it was very easy to do and
> once they were compiled, the instructions on their
> respective pages were very easy to follow.
> ndiswrapper allows you to use the Windows driver for
> almost any device in Linux. wpa_supplicant allows
> you to define connections that use
>
WPA.http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/http://hostap.epitest.fi/wpa_supplicant/ ;
> Good Luck, Dave
>
Looks like whether or not there's a working Linux
driver for your wireless card depends on the hardware
revision of your particular card. For your card there
appear to be 3 revisions and only 1 (C1) is reported
to have a working native Linux driver. Check out this
link to help you figure out which revision you have:
http://support.dlink.com/products/DWLG650.asp
If you are lucky and have the C1 revision, use the
MadWiFi Linux driver. If not, try the Prism or Madwifi
drivers and if you can't get them to work, fall back
to the ndiswrapper approach -- but if at all possible
use a native Linux driver.
Once you've figured out if you have the C1 revision or
not, post back here if you need help with getting the
driver included in the kernel and other setup, or if
you need help with ndiswrapper.
HTH
Mark
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