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

[Hilton Gibson]

Here is something else:
http://xenstreet.com/2011/02/installing-dlink-dwa-525-linux-drivers.html


On 24 October 2012 12:55, Bill Cairns <cairnsww at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 10:39 PM, Raoul Snyman
> <raoul.snyman at saturnlaboratories.co.za> wrote:
> > On 22/10/2012 21:58, Wayne Abroue wrote:
> >>>
> >>> The card is a “D-Link Wireless N 150 Desktop PCI Adapter” with model
> >>> number DWA-525.
> >
> >
> > My wife's PC has the same card.
> >
> >
> >> Quick ref says, this makes the card happy, even later versions. Have
> >> you tried it.
> >>
> http://steveswinsburg.wordpress.com/2011/03/12/how-to-install-a-d-link-dwa-525-wireless-network-card-in-ubuntu-10-04/
> >
> >
> > This works. You have to recompile the driver every time you upgrade the
> > kernel, which is a pain, but as long as you keep the source handy, it's a
> > relatively painless procedure that takes about 5 minutes.
> >
>
> Thanks Raoul and all the rest of you for the replies. I really
> appreciate the help that I get from all of you.
>
> The web site
> http://steveswinsburg.wordpress.com/2011/03/12/how-to-install-a-d-link-dwa-525-wireless-network-card-in-ubuntu-10-04/
> is very helpful and I followed the instructions carefully and now it
> seems that I have the driver installed. I thought that my problems
> would be over, but I still get nothing.
>
> Perhaps I am just too ignorant:
>
> What does Steve Winsburg (the author of that web site) mean by "launch
> the Network Manager"? Who is the Network Manager? I can go to "Edit
> Connections" and look at wireless networks available, but it does not
> seem to see any. Manually putting in the correct SSID does not seem to
> make any difference.
>
> Do I have to do something to get networking active using the wireless
> card? (sudo modprobe rt3562sta seems to work correctly).
>
> Is it possible that there is another driver blocking access? I have
> blacklisted rt2800pci.
>
> Is it possible that the wireless card is not working properly? If I do
> a "lspci", the system does see the network card. What else can I do to
> test it?
>
> Wesley mentions that I have to have the linux-headers packages
> installed. I have linux-headers-generic AND linus-headers-generic
> 3.2.0.31.34. Is that what I need?
>
> BTW - I am accessing the wireless network from Windows so I do know it
> works!
>
> Thanks again,
>
>   Bill
>
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