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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => Network and WIreless Adapters => DWA-130 => Topic started by: evonwells on September 07, 2008, 05:37:42 PM
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okay to start off my computer died a few days ago because of a windows failure/flaw/sabotage so i switched to unbuntu but my old wireless adapter didnt work so i got a new one without checking if it was ubuntu compatable. i searched the net and found some quick how-to's to get it to work but none help as I have only gotten as far as downloading three files needed before they start talking some alien or dead language and i get lost, the computer that needs the usb wireless adapter has no internet right now. can anyone help me with a good step by step guide on how to get the adapter to even show up under "networks" or even better get it working? i'm new to ubuntu......
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I don't personally use Ubuntu or the DWA-130, so I am speaking from generalistic experience not specific experience.
Looking at all the Google hits I can find it appears that DWA-130 appears to require NDIS-Wrapper at this time. Below is the Ubuntu NDIS-Wrapper How-To. This is the best I am going to be able to do for you over the internets.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper
Now for the even less comforting part, wireless in Linux is an amazingly simple procedure compared to yesteryear, it is still not ready for most users though. You have a rough road ahead of you.
Also, you mention that your wireless didn't work so you procured a new wireless adapter. Is the DWA-130 the new or old adapter, and what make/model/chipset is the other adapter. It is distinctly possible that it may be an easier or better supported chipset.
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new one
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What make and model is the old adapter?
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i have no clue thats why i got the new one so I could know what drivers to get, i do know that it came with our bellsouth dsl pacakge from back at home.
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Please have it connected and run the command lspci (if it is a PCI card) or lsusb (if it is a USB card) from a terminal.
Show me what that command displays and that will tell me what I need to know about it.
If it tells you that you don't have rights or can't find that command you may need to run sudo lspci or sudo lsusb instead. I know that Ubuntu has a weird permission system and I am not certain how automatic it is.
If that still shows no such command you may need to ensure that the pci-utils and usb-utils packages are installed.
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sorry for the late reply even my laptop quit working for a while but i'm sure that's the network not the computer but here it is
gendoikari87@gendoikari87-desktop:~$ lsusb
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 07d1:3b11 D-Link System
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 046d:c044 Logitech, Inc.
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 055d:a230 Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
gendoikari87@gendoikari87-desktop:~$
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okay figured most of it out and followed the guide, got that done, and the thing still will not show up under network manager?
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Well the good news is that it looks like your old adapter will also work under NDIS-Wrapper, I even have 1 report of it working under Ubuntu. This report also has his direct post install directions and what appears to be links to drivers. Could be a goldmine.
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-620893.html
That said how far did you get in the original instructions?
P.S. Go Gendo Ikari!
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how do you know me? anyway I got up to well past the driver checks.... still no go though.
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also installing with modprobe command and the other given with the ubuntu guide didn't work, got some error message i'll see if i can bring it up.
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Cool, that error will help.
I don't know you, your hostname and login on your Ubuntu box were gendoikari87, and I am not completely unfamiliar with Neon Genesis.
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Google ubuntu, dwa-130 and ralink rt2870
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I, too, had the same problem with my D-Link RangeBooster N DWA-142 in Ubuntu 9.10. After much web searching and frustration, I decided on a cunningly simple solution... write it off as a learning experience in futility, spend the $60 required to get something that works and give the old adapter to someone I dislike. For me, there is no happiness in spending a huge amount of time trying to configure something as deeply flawed in its construction as that adapter.
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Hi Evonwells,
DWA-130 A1 use MRVW245.SYS and NETMW245.INF with Ndiswrapper, DWA-130 Rev B use Rt2870.inf and Rt2870.sys with Ndiswrapper. Rev C has Linux driver from D-Link. Obtain drivers from D-Link, extract installation file with 7-Zip, use driver for XP. I hope this help.
PS. Linux Mint use Ubuntu kernel and is easier to set up in my opinion.
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The suggestion works well. Just installed the DWA-130 on a IBM Notebook PC (R31) running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. I used the windows drivers from the D-Link installation CD, and chose the drivers (.info and .sys) for WindowsXP. Used the ndiswrapper graphical interface for the install commands. Worked like a charm the first time around.
I don't personally use Ubuntu or the DWA-130, so I am speaking from generalistic experience not specific experience.
Looking at all the Google hits I can find it appears that DWA-130 appears to require NDIS-Wrapper at this time. Below is the Ubuntu NDIS-Wrapper How-To. This is the best I am going to be able to do for you over the internets.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper
Now for the even less comforting part, wireless in Linux is an amazingly simple procedure compared to yesteryear, it is still not ready for most users though. You have a rough road ahead of you.
Also, you mention that your wireless didn't work so you procured a new wireless adapter. Is the DWA-130 the new or old adapter, and what make/model/chipset is the other adapter. It is distinctly possible that it may be an easier or better supported chipset.
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Photorolandi: Do you know which H/W ver you have?
I have the C version, which has linux drivers available, but I got compile errors when I tried to make & install in Ubuntu 10.04.
I'm wondering if I should abandon the Linux drivers and go the Ndiswrapper route.
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my DWI-130 is the E H/W version.
I'm using it with Ubuntu 10.04 using Ndiswrapper and it works flawlessly.
The easiest way to install under Ubuntu is using the Ndiswrapper graphical interface:
Open up Synaptic and install ndiswrapper-gtk, this will install graphical interface and all dependencies.
Download the XP drivers from D-Link website save them into your Home folder in Ubuntu.
In Ubuntu, go to System>Administration>Windows Wireless Drivers (this is ndiswrapper graphical interface).
Click on Install Drivers
Point ndiswrapper to the XP drivers in your Home folder, you will be looking for the net8192su.inf file.
Choose this file and click on Install Drivers and your done.
You may get a popup straight away asking for your network key, enter it and connect, if it doesnt restart computer and you will see your wireless icon on task-bar, click on it choose your network enter your network keyand it will connect.
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This is excellent information and your procedures worked well. Thanks. My wireless is detected and I am prompted. However, when I enter my key, I keep getting the "Authentication required by wireless network" pop up - yet it never connects. Any ideas?
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Hi
double check the wireless security key you are entering, make sure its correct.
also what Router are you using? do you have MAC address filtering turned on in the Router? if so you will have to access your Router and allow the MAC address of the DWA 130 in order to get a connection.
Might seem obvious but i know i have made that mistake a few times, forgot all about MAC filtering on the Router and spent hours trying to troubleshoot a connection problem lol
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Authentication required by wireless network not accepting key
Thanks jobcol for the install procedure. I have verified MAC filtering is off, when I look at dynamic DHCP clients on the router, I can see my linux system name has been detected/added to the list. So I am getting to the router. However like yaakboy, when I am prompted to enter my key, I keep getting the "Authentication required by wireless network" pop up - yet it never connects. I have verified the network key is correct by entering it forward and backwards (several times now) and double checking the key characters on my windows computers. Open to any suggestions. yaakboy, did you ever get a resolution?
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Solution to authentication required by wireless network not accepting key!! Upgrade to Ubuntu 10.04. Accepted key first time and works great.
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I am running ubuntu 10.04 LTS on a Dell Inspiron 1420 with a built in b/g wifi interface. I want to upgrade to 802.11n using the DWA-130. ndiswrapper seems to work, following the posts above I installed the WinXP driver (net1892su.inf from the WinXP2K folder on the CD).
Two questions - my built in wireless still seems to be running. How can I shut it down without disabling the DWA-130?
I don't think I am connecting using N, but just G. My connection information says:
Interface: 802.11 WiFi (wlan1)
Driver: ndiswrapper
Speed: 65 Mb/s
Any ideas how to get this to operate at N instead of G?
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Maybe a silly question, but is your router wireless N capable?