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D-link Wireless Dwa-542 Drivers For Mac

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This is simply how i got my DWA-552 and DWA-556 (Atheros chipset 5416/5418 to work for me in Linux MInt 4.0 and Ubuntu Gutsy. Consistently using madwifi (a native linux driver specifically developed for atheros chipsets) which is arguably a better choice than the alternative ndiswrapper(basically a workaround that allows you to use SOME windows drivers in Linux. First please be patient with me as I am far from a Guru as far as Linux is concerned, but I will help you the best way I can and if I cannot then hopefully someone else can. YOU WILL TEMPORARILY NEED A HARD WIRED INTERNET CONNECTION FOR THIS GUIDE Note: Press ENTER after each line command first open up a terminal and in it type the following: You dont have to install module-assistant, but i believe it helps.

Code: sudo make install NOTE:you may get a message that says that madwifi drivers are already installed from an older installation and gives you the option to either remove them, ignore them or exit. Type the letter r and then press ENTER to remove the old drivers and install the new ones. If you dont get this message fine move on to the next step Next you will have to add an entry to your /etc/network/interfaces file in order to be able to bring up the device. To make use of wpasupplicant in roaming mode. BAD wrote:That is why I do not buy D-Link n an effort to prevent this thread from becoming convoluted and cumbersome, and to increase our ability to deliver assistance to the inexperienced in a clear and concise manner; I respectfully request that you only post replies that directly concern problems with the guide or constructively add to the discussion. Seeing as how someone who needs this guide has probably already purchased a D-link card, I dont think your comment is very constructive. A thank you or two would be nice as well.

Thank you for spending time to post this information. It is very clear and concise. I used the instructions in the first post with my new D-Link DWA-552 wireless card and it works fine with Linux Mint 4 so far. I believe it is working in G mode and not N. The madwifi site seems to be down often as of late, but this morning I was able to successfully connect and complete the setup. For (newbies like) me, ath0/wlan0 (I changed it to wlan0) does not display/register an inet address until you actually connect to a server/router using the network configuration in the administration application tools.

I spent some time fumbling around wondering why /sbin/ifconfig was not giving me an IP address for my wireless card. I used the network manager that came with Mint. Unfortunately I upgraded to Mint 5 R1 and my DWA-552 no longer works, despite a post at the.

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Perhaps because the reporter's OS was Gentoo; Hardy Heron seems to have broken compatibility.New Edit. re: D-Link DWA 552 chipset AR5008 (AR5416) wireless problems in Ubuntu (Mint) using madwifi I'm suspecting that my problems may be due to the updates to the madwifi trunk breaking compatibility with the AR5008/AR5416 chipset, and not because of Ubuntu/Mint Hardy Heron. And yes, my wireless works fine under Windows XP. I've noticed in the madwifi tickets that AR5008/AR5416 wireless was functioning and had been broken in the past due to updates but the regressions were fixed. Also, in my previous install on 2008.06.22, my D-Link DWA-552 was working with wireless G with Linux Mint 4 (Ubuntu Gutsy) and the madwifi drivers. Also, I connected with the Gnome Network Manager, but I do find that wicd remembers WAP2 passwords even if connections don't occur. So far I've been able to see my WAP2 protected D-Link DIR-655 router - receive transmissions - but not able to send any data, i.e., trying to connect to the router.

I suspect that if I find a snapshot close to the date where I or others got their wifi working, I will be in business. Unfortunately, I've messed up my kernel and it's refusing to install the ath0 drivers (possibly due to compiling older madwifi snapshots over newer ones) so I'm going to reinstall Gutsy (Mint 4).

I may also try this with Hardy Heron, since I recall others had it working in that and in other distros; see. If I have any success, I'll report back. DWA-552 reported working from various sources (googled) r3123 - ubuntu 7.10 - by Komadyret r3620 - ubuntu 8.04 x8664, Gentoo - madwifi r3658 - ubuntu 8.04 x8664, Gentoo - madwifi Links: madwifi trunk snapshots for compiling into the kernel: madwifi D-Link compatibility page (DWA-552): zeesson's instructions on how to connect the DWA-552 with the madwifi drivers: Mint forum: Ubuntu forum (archived but more replies). Atheros has released free linux drivers for 802.11n devices. Supported chips will include:. AR5418+AR5133. AR5416+AR5133.

AR5416+AR2133. AR9160. AR9280. AR9281 The news on the madwifi site: More info: I guess I can rest easy tonight knowing that this is being developed with Atheros!.Edit 20080801.

Tutorial of how to install the ath9k drivers (I have not been able to successfully compile the kernel to work with the ath9k drivers, yet): The driver will be embedded in either the.27 or.28 kernel, so if I can't get this working, hopefully I won't have to wait too long.Edit 20080813. After many attempts at compiling the latest ath9k drivers into a newer kernel (and loading up a new linux OS several times), I have gone back to my tried and trusty Mint 4 (gutsy) setup. The ath9k drivers are still new and buggy anyways.

For the past few days I had been using wired and sadly reading DWA-552 success stories with older madwifi drivers and Ndiswrapper. Then it occurred to me - try out a newer version of Ndiswrapper! Using the info from: I unload the older 1.43 version and loaded the 1.53 version, used the net5416.inf from the cd's drivers, and voila, WAP2 connection (as I am posting this)! I will report back later to see if this connection is stable, as I have read that others have had their connections drop out after a few hours.

Initially, my madwifi setup had become unstable after several weeks of use (I can't repeat this since I can no longer get madwifi working with my DWA-552).Edit 20080817. I have finally decided to stay with a compiled 2.6.27-rc3 kernel utilizing ath9k drivers for my production system, as I have found ath9k to be more stable than Ndiswrapper for my particular setup: I had to remove and reload the Alsa sound system which in turn removed the original Mint gdm so I have obvious traces of ubuntu in my system now - minor problem.

Also, I have had difficulty installing Nvidia 3d effects as I haven't compiled the latest drivers with the 27-rc3 kernel - again, I can live without them for now. Just an update as it has been awhile. As of today, I am now using Linux Mint 6 with the ath9k drivers as described at with my D-Link wireless cards DWA-552, DWA-652, and DWA-643 with a fair amount of success.

The connection is almost always 100% (granted I'm not too far from my router) but the connection speed still mentions 1 Mb/s (don't know if that's correct); continuous tweaking by the wireless team occasionally had broken the driver in the past but so far, so good for now. The driver appears to be maturing well for D-Link wireless cards. After much struggling with Ndiswrapper, ath5k and the AR5001 (D-Link DWL-G520), I'm thankful to have it working.

Ndiswrapper worked with the Winxp files on the CD. But an LM upgrade broke it (actually, Ndiswrapper broke itself on the upgrade). AP was not associating, or staying associated. What's the point of using Ndiswrapper if you can upgrade with it and not use it after the upgrade? Was my motive to try to get the native ath5k driver working. Note, a non-secured connection was going to suffice for me.

With ath5k, it looked good, until the AP association was attempted. Error message from dmesg read: wlan0: disassociating by local choice (reason=3) It turned out wpasupplicant was meddling. Since wpa was not required, this attempt at disabling it succeeded.

The D-Link RangeBooster N Desktop Adapter (DWA-542) is a 802.11n compliant wireless client for your desktop PC that delivers up to 12x faster speeds and 4x farther range than an 802.11g network while staying backward compatible with 802.11g networks. Once connected, you can share a high-speed Internet connection, photos, files, music, printers, and more. Access secure networks using WPA or WPA2 encryption. Backward compatible with 802.11g networks. Easy to install and use with the included Quick Adapter Setup Wizard. Device Hardware Info: Device Name: D-Link DWA-542 RangeBooster N Desktop Adapter Hardware ID: PCI VEN168C&DEV0023&SUBSYS3A691186 Download D-Link DWA-542 Desktop Adapter Windows 2000/XP/Vista Driver, Utility: Download Version Operating System(OS) Date 2.30 Win2K, WinXP, Vista 32, Vista 64 7/28/2008 - Fixed after re-install utility, reboot the system can not find WlanGINA.dll.