[ubuntu-za] Wireless card (D-Link DWA 525)

[Wikus]

This is an interesting subject for me as I also might need to go 
wireless at some stage.
I don't have any wireless card yet. So my question is , where can I find 
a list of wireless
cards that works out of the box with Ubuntu ? Can someone suggest one 
he/she already use
without issues ?

Thank you

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On 22/10/2012 20:19, Bill Cairns wrote:
> I have bought a wireless card for my computer (the old one not the my
> brand new super 8 I7 with 8 Gigs and all). My idea is to use the old
> computer as a back-up and file server.
>
> The card is a “D-Link Wireless N 150 Desktop PCI Adapter” with model
> number DWA-525.
>
> In my trusting innocence, I had assumed that Ubuntu (I am running
> 12.04 at the moment but would like to upgrade to 12.10 on this machine
> soon) would just happily accept the wireless card and that I would be
> able to just run. (After all everything else just runs). But my
> trusting faith was soon destroyed and I was forced to start learning
> more about wireless cards than I ever wanted to know.
>
> My main reference has been https://help.ubuntu.com/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper
>
> Like: it does not seem that there is a Linux driver for this card. The bad news.
>
> Like: I might be able to run the Windows driver using something called
> ndiswrapper which has a nice front end called ndisgtk. The good news.
>
> Like: I will have to download all those which is difficult as the
> computer does not have an internet connection. I mean if it did, I
> would not need the wireless card would I? The bad news.
>
> OK – I can string a cable from the router to the machine and do all
> the downloading and installation. But before doing all that I thought
> that I would ask you nice people if I am on the right track.
>
> Does anyone have experience with this card? Is there a Linux driver
> hiding somewhere that anyone knows about? Will the Windows driver that
> came with the card work under ndiswrapper or do I have to start
> looking at the chipset with lspci?
>
> I would appreciate any advice on using this card or on wireless cards
> in general. If really necessary, I can donate this card to a deserving
> Windows 7 machine and get another card that is more appropriate for
> Ubuntu.
>
> Bill
>