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firewiz87 12-02-2007 02:31 AM
How to use Dlink DWL-G510??
 
hi,

I need help on using DWL-G510 wireless card H/W ver:C2 and F/W ver:5.00 on Mandriva 2008. The driver detected by mandriva does not work......

Tried ndidwrapping windows driver (using de ndiswrapper bundled with mandriva 2008),that does nt work too. Is that de latest version of ndiswrapper???

Do help me get my wireless card detected.....ASAP

thanx

pentode 12-03-2007 12:13 PM
Can you post the output of lsmod and lspci? Also, what does command ndiswrapper -l report back?

restless 12-03-2007 12:42 PM
if i'm not mistaking DWL-G510 revC uses the ralinktech RT61 drivers, which you can downloading from their site and compile yourself.

firewiz87 12-08-2007 07:00 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by restless (Post 2978738)
if i'm not mistaking DWL-G510 revC uses the ralinktech RT61 drivers, which you can downloading from their site and compile yourself.
can u plz tell me de website???

Person_1873 12-08-2007 07:52 AM
dude, this one had me bemused for hours, i have exactly the same hardware and it took me forever to find the driver, i have to help you out here or i'll never forgive myself

http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/rt61-cvs-daily.tar.gz

thats a link directly to the drivers
extract them then go to a terminal and navigate to the modules folder inside the tarbel you just extracted, become root and type
Code:
#make
#make install
#modprobe rt61
if you encounter any errors you may need to update your GCC compiler to match your kernel version

Person_1873 12-08-2007 07:54 AM
for future reference this should have gone in the wireless networking section

firewiz87 12-13-2007 09:03 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Person_1873 (Post 2983985)
dude, this one had me bemused for hours, i have exactly the same hardware and it took me forever to find the driver, i have to help you out here or i'll never forgive myself
Thanx dude......no wonder i love de linux community!!!

firewiz87 12-13-2007 09:20 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Person_1873 (Post 2983987)
for future reference this should have gone in the wireless networking section
I ll keep dat in mind......thank u for tellin me......

firewiz87 12-14-2007 06:06 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Person_1873 (Post 2983985)
dude, this one had me bemused for hours, i have exactly the same hardware and it took me forever to find the driver, i have to help you out here or i'll never forgive myself

http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/rt61-cvs-daily.tar.gz

thats a link directly to the drivers
extract them then go to a terminal and navigate to the modules folder inside the tarbel you just extracted, become root and type
Code:
#make
#make install
#modprobe rt61
#make gives the following error:

make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.22.9-desktop-1mdv/build: No such file or directory. Stop.
rt61.ko failed to build!
make: *** [module] Error 1

what can be done???

i am using mandriva 2008.....

Person_1873 12-26-2007 04:42 AM
run m-a

(is mandriva debian based?...) if not and its RH based download the software development group in your software manager, if so run m-a in a terminal and choose "PREPARE"

that'll install the tools needed to compile software, (use ubuntu 7.10, it has built-in support for rt61 :P)

recap: if red hat based use packet mannager download group "software development" or simmilar, if debian based use module assistant, if not installed install it using
Code:
sudo apt-get install module-assistant
then run m-a as root (if debian based) and choose prepare, or if red hat based try compiling again

restless 12-26-2007 06:04 AM
do you have your kernel headers installed on your system? You really need to have those installed otherwise you can't compile kernel modules. check that directory if it's really missing.

btw the link for the drivers is http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/Hom...ort/Linux.html

firewiz87 12-27-2007 02:11 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Person_1873 (Post 3001718)
run m-a

(is mandriva debian based?...) if not and its RH based download the software development group in your software manager, if so run m-a in a terminal and choose "PREPARE"

that'll install the tools needed to compile software, (use ubuntu 7.10, it has built-in support for rt61 :P)

recap: if red hat based use packet mannager download group "software development" or simmilar, if debian based use module assistant, if not installed install it using
Code:
sudo apt-get install module-assistant
then run m-a as root (if debian based) and choose prepare, or if red hat based try compiling again
Mandriva is RH based......well....i ll try it out...thanx for de help!!

Person_1873 12-30-2007 06:59 AM
yea well run your graphical software manager and install the group "software development" or whatever it is, i don't personally use mandriva so it's probably a lil different from FC6

firewiz87 02-20-2008 11:36 PM
Ok once the rt61 module is compiled successfully, and modprobed, how can i check if the device is working before moving on to the wireless configurations???

Person_1873 02-28-2008 05:13 AM
dunno, try to connect to something?


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