Hey guys,

I just picked up a D-Link DWA-642 Rangebooster N, (PCMCIA) wireless adapter for my older Panasonic Toughbook CF-48 laptop running Lucid. When I plug in the card, it detects my network but when I attempt to connect to my network, the wireless "radar" icon in the top task bar just scrolls and it will not lock into my network. My network is WPA-PSK Personal protected and I am entering the correct password, but after a couple of minutes, the pop up screen asking for a password pops back up.

I found an article online, which discusses this adapter and Ubuntu distro 9.04 and based on what it states I gather I may need ndiswrapper to have it connect? I assume there is a more recent version?

Can anyone help me out? I am still a novice at Ubuntu so it would be greatly helpful.

Cheers!

Paddy O

Avoid ndiswrapper, unless you have no other choice. According to this link -->http://news.softpedia.com/news/Free-...os-90843.shtml your card is supported by the ath9k driver.

That should be in the repos for Ubuntu. Look there first, and install it.

I had a look here -->http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k/devices to see if your card was listed, it is not. The list is also marked 'Ou of date', its a good bet ath9k will work.

I'm not sure what the package will be called, you can try ath9k or atheros as search arguments.

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Cliff,

Many thanks for the brilliant advice! I did as you suggested and now am able to surf wirelessly.

I really appreciate your help. It's users like yourself that make this platform such a joy to work with.

Cheers!

Paddy

You are most welcome, glad to help.