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

[Frans de waal]

On 23 October 2012 12:33, Wesley Werner <wesley.werner at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have the same card in my desktop, despite the little hitch of recompiling
> after kernel updates, the card works fine. It is a better option than using
> ndis wrappers. You will need the linux-headers package installed.
>
> Its a lot to take in and feel I know more than I'd like too ;) just take it
> in stride. Your plan to swap it for a more 'friendly' one is understood, if
> you plan to auto-update your file server.
>

Ahhh...I had to do that for my netbook too at first took about 15
minutes, about 2 releases later it worked out of the box.

You could try with ubuntu 12.10 but for a server a lts release is is
usualy prefered.