Live CD distro supporting DWL-650?

farmall · 08-13-2004, 03:58 PM

I have a refurb D-link DWl-650L1 or L2 that uses Realtek 8180 drivers.
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...model=RTL8180L
for Windows drivers that actually work unlike those on the included CD...
No hardware revision is listed on the unit label.
Knoppix and SimplyMepis don't see it either.
Anyone have a live distro they recommend?
By the way, I didn't know that the support of this Realtek 8180 chipset in Linux appears to be poor.
If you buy a D-link card avoid this POS like the plague and get one with an Intersil chip.

tricky_linux · 08-13-2004, 07:56 PM

if u want to get it working.
u must compile drivers and etc.
the best distro for this card is Red Hat Linux 9.0 since there is drivers that's already compiled against it.
check out my site at
http://www.geocities.com/tricky886@sbcglobal.net/
for further information on RTL8180 chipset

farmall · 08-14-2004, 08:25 PM

Thanks! I'll have a look.