Which distribution supports D-Link DWL-G520 card?

SiemelNaran · 06-24-2005, 05:44 PM

Hi. Which distribution supports D-Link DWL-G520 wireless adapter PCI card? I could not find the answer on the hardware compatibility list.

If none support it out of box and I have to compile kernel code, does the 6 CD or 1 DVD pack of Mandrake linux available for example at linuxcdshop come with source code?

Thanks.

RoaCh Of DisCor · 06-24-2005, 07:32 PM

I knew someone that had this card. They could not get it to work with fedora core 3. So they installed SuSE and it worked. I prefer SuSE now over mandrake. You could try a suse liveCD to see if it works.

stefan_nicolau · 06-24-2005, 07:43 PM

Any distribution should support any card, as the support has to do with the kernel. Some may however not detect and auto-configure the card properly. You will need to do that yourself.

Have a look at:
howto for mandrake: http://madwifiwiki.thewebhost.de/wik...ndDLinkDWLG520
drivers from dlink: http://support.dlink.com/faq/view.as...ral%20Wireless
ndiswrapper: http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net