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su, 2005-12-18 kello 14:13 -0500, Jean Bouffard kirjoitti: > I have been looking for a distribution of linux that would fit my > needs. But recently I've now been looking for a distribution that will > function with my network card. I have a D-Link, DWL-G510, and I'm > having much difficulty getting anywhere with it. > > So before I go and download Debian to see if I can get it to work, > could you just tell me if it will work or not? I don't know if it will work or not. Unfortunately, given just the name and model of a wireless network card is not always enough to know that. The manufacturers keep changing radically the internals of the cards without changing the model name or number. Version 1.0 of a card might have one chipset that works, and version 2.0 another chipset altogether that doesn't work (this happened to me with a 3Com card). (The situation with wired network cards is better: you can pretty much assume that any of them works with Linux.) The page http://support.dlink.com/faq/view.asp?prod_id=357&question=General% 20Wireless does not list any open source driver for the card, which might mean that one doesn't exist at all, and so you'll be out of luck. There might be a proprietary driver, but that won't be part of Debian, which concentrates on freedom. -- On IRC, we sometimes like to watch silence. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
