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Wireless card installation.

Trying installing D-Link DWL-G510 on linux 9 but it wont let me install it . Any solution for this prob i would really appreciate it .

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mike_mian

this link may help
http://madwifiwiki.thewebhost.de/wiki/Mandrake100WIBMABGPhilipsAtherosBasedOnThinkpadR40

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otterit

Here's what I'd try.

1. Try Linuxant. http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader/ see if that can detect and configure your card. It involves the least knowledge of configuring a wireless NIC for Linux.

2. Try ndiswrapper: http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/. Install instructions can be found here:
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/phpwiki/index.php/Installation. The key will be to ensure that you have the right Windows Driver.

3. Next, be sure you understand how to configure the card using iwconfig if necessary. Information can be found here: http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html#docu

vmadhipatla

If you see in the d-link website, it doesn't list a linux driver for this particular card. do you know whether this is based on atheros ,prizm or marvell chipset?

if it is atheros chipset, then you could install the madwifi driver. the URL is http://madwifi.sourceforge.net/

i checked for dwl-g520. it seems to be based on atheros chipset and d-link has recommended madwifi.

The dlink linux support website is
http://support.dlink.com/faq/view.asp?prod_id=357

venkat

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