--- David Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > arnall> north spit, ca> > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, > email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with > a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]>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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]