[lug] Trying to get DLINK DWL-650+ to work

[Rob Judd]

On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, rise wrote:

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> On 12 Feb 2003, Ed Hill wrote:
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> > Hey, as someone else said, that DWL-650+ is probably *NOT* based on a
> > PrismII chipset.  See
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> >   http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ftp/SUPPORTED.CARDS
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> > which *doesn't* list it as a PrismII.  There are plenty of cheap cards
> > out there that are PrismII based and will work nicely with Linux so
> > perhaps you should swap with someone or buy a different card.
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> Ed's right about the D-LinkAir Plus series, it's actually a TI chipset (an
> ACX100 I believe) with a proprietary 22Mbps mode and proprietary WEP
> extensions.  See:
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> http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Linux.Wireless.drivers.html#Prism2
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> for more info.  To my knowledge there are no open source drivers available
> for Linux though since TI's AR5W ADSL/WLAN router has the 22 Mbps mode
> with an embedded Linux variant I'd assume that they've got them
> internally.  Even the Atheros 802.11a chips have a driver under public
> development, so TI's apparent stance is a little weird.

Thanks for all the info.  It looks like my best bet is to return the thing
and try again.

Thanks again for all the help.

Rob