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

[Hilton Gibson]

This page may help: http://ubuntu.sun.ac.za/wiki/index.php/Wifi

On 23 October 2012 09:22, Wikus <mazal.wikus at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
> - Wikus
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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<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
>>
>>
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