Debian 6 ? EDIMAX LAN PCI ADAPTER EW-7128G

lowlux · 09-17-2010, 07:53 PM

is Debian 6 going to support my WIFI card??? stable didn't support it... it says on the box of the edimax box that it supports Debian? ever other OS supports it out of the box? that's the only reason i don't use Debian.

Model EW-7128G

http://www.edimax.com/en/produce_det...id=1&pl2_id=44

Dutch Master · 09-17-2010, 08:57 PM

Check these pages:

http://wireless.kernel.org/
http://www.linux-wireless.org/

If your wireless card is included in the kernel, Debian will support your card. You may need to install a newer kernel though...

[edit: I took a look and there's a binary download for the Linux driver from the vendor's website. You could have found it yourself...

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Hungry ghost · 09-17-2010, 11:36 PM

I'm using exactly the same card model and it has had kernel support since 2.6.24, if I remember well. I'm completely sure it works on debian squeeze (6.0) because I've tested there and besides, it uses kernel 2.6.32 (indeed, it should work on debian lenny, since it uses the 2.6.26 kernel, if I'm not wrong).

BTW, if you're interested, this card uses the rt2500 chipset; the linux driver is developped by the rt2x00 project.

Regards.

jim_p · 09-18-2010, 01:12 AM

Your card is supported by the rt2x00 module.
http://linux-wless.passys.nl/query_p...andname=Edimax

On the other hand, you may have to install the relevant firmware on package firmware-ralink.