D-Link Wireless Driver

[Alex Faure]

I am using a desktop machine - but it is too far for cabling at this stage.
So I want to be able to use the D-link one if possible - since I have it!

2009/4/26 David Fletcher <dave at thefletchers.net>

> On Sunday 26 Apr 2009, Alex Faure wrote:
> > I have just installed Kubuntu - new release
> > It will not find or recognise my D-Link (DWL-G132) wireless netwrok
> adapter
> > (USB)
> > Has anyone had success installing this?
> > If I plug the USB in - it does not even acknowledge that it is connected.
> >
> > --
> > Alex
> >
>
> Some "just work" some just won't.
>
> The ones I have had success with are one branded Peak, which states on the
> packaging that it works with Linux, and a BlueNext model BN-WD54G, bought
> via
> ebay.
>
> What sort of machine are you using? Is it a laptop? If so you might find
> the
> possibility of installing a built in WiFi card. My old Toshiba has several
> access panels underneath. One reveals a cavity with a mini PCI slot for
> taking a WiFi card. There is also a pair of antenna wires with tiny coaxial
> connectors that must be plugged into the card. Loads of these laptop cards
> can be found on ebay, but ask before you buy about compatibility. My laptop
> has very, very short antenna cables that enter at the wrong end of the
> cavity
> to connect to most of the Intel etc. branded cards. The only one I could
> find
> with suitably placed antenna connectors was a Samsung branded card,
> recovered
> from a scrapped machine I think, so be careful what you buy.
>
> Dave
>
>
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