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Summary
- Model - This is the full device model as noted on the box.
Chipset - Chipset vendor name, chipset name, vendor code, and device code. For example, if one was looking for a PCI device:
lspci -vvnn | grep Network 04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter [10ec:8176] (rev 01)
It's the 'Realtek', 'RTL8188CE', and '[10ec:8176] (rev 01)'.
Driver - For a PCI device:
lspci -vvnn | grep -A 9 Network | grep Kernel Kernel driver in use: rtl8192ceIt's the 'rtl8192ce'.
- Works "out of the box"
- Yes - It works perfectly with no manual modifications, or degraded performance.
- No - It doesn't work at all, has degraded performance, or requires manual configuration to make it work. Please add a comment to what you had to do to get it to work if this was possible, as well as a URL to an outstanding Launchpad bug report to address the issues encountered.
Note on D-Link USB modules
A response from D-Link costumer support on which USB modules they support on Linux;
2016-10-19 16:54:00 10000941 GMT+1 120 Unassigned/New 200 Waiting for Customer You have DWA-181(up to kernel 3.10) or DWA-131, but there's no official support for this system. That's why drives which you can get are for the old kernels and haven't been updated then. Regards, D-Link Technical Support
So no official drivers exists for any D-Link USB modules after kernel-3.10.
PCI
Model |
Chipset |
Driver |
Works "out of the box" |
Comments |
Last Updated |
DWA-642 |
Atheros AR5416 |
ndiswrapper or madwifi |
No |
To get this card to work, follow the following tutorial: http://ubuntu-virginia.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=5890620#post5890620. |
4 October, 2008 |
DWA-556 |
Atheros AR5008E |
Yes |
Works out of the box in Karmic |
2010-03-20 |
|
DWA-552 |
Atheros AR922X |
ath9k |
No |
Works in Karmic Koala (9.10, AMD64), including running "N" wireless protocol and WPA/WPA2-Personal security. Slight driver buginess results in occasional connection drop-outs. |
2010-03-01 |
DWA-525 |
RaLink 3060 |
RT2860 |
No |
successful on 10.04, lspci show Ralink Device 3060. Downloaded ´´RT3062PCI/mPCI/CB/PCIe(RT3060/RT3062/RT3562/RT2860/RT2760/RT2890/RT2790)´´ from http://www.ralinktech.com/support.php?s=2 , extracted and followed their README_STA. |
2010-05-20 |
DWA-547 RangeBooster N™ 650 |
AR922X |
ath9k |
Yes |
Works perfectly 11.10 |
2012-02-11 |
DWL-520 E1 |
Prism 2.5 Wavelan |
? |
No |
|
2010-01-31 |
DWL-G520 |
Atheros |
? |
Yes |
Works out of the box in Jaunty |
2009-09-25 |
DWL-G520/B2&B3 |
Atheros |
ath5k |
Yes |
Works out of the box Precise. Does not work if prism54 is blacklisted in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf |
2012-05-26 |
DWL-G520+ |
Texas-Instruments? |
No |
Works fine together with AirPort Express, using 128 bit WEP. Works with WPA with ndswrapper drivers and without NetworkManager (wpa_supplicant from command line). |
2008-04-08 |
|
DWL-G520+A |
ralink |
rt61 |
No |
lspci shows "Ralink: Unknown device 0302". Dapper already has the required driver rt61, but needs some manual configuration. Refer to this forum post |
2006-10-08 |
DWL-G650 |
Atheros AR5212 |
Yes |
Running with feisty;Installation with WEP-WLAN was no Problem;wifi0 has strange MAC-Address;ath0 used |
2007-06-22 |
|
WDA-2320 |
Atheros AR5212 |
No |
In 9.10, does not work out of the box. |
2009-05-27 |
|
DWL-510 (A1) |
Realtek 8180L |
ndiswrapper |
No |
Works with Realtek binary drivers for Windows and ndiswrapper, but requires a small modification to the PCI ID in NET8180.INF. Refer to this page for more details. Note that at least with 2.6 kernel the orginal D-Link Windows driver that comes with the card has serious problems and may cause a system restart. |
|
DWL-G510 |
Atheros |
madwifi |
Yes |
Revision B1 4.10 |
|
DWL-G510 |
RaLink RT2561/RT61 |
rt61pci |
Yes |
Works flawless out of the box. |
2010-05-19 |
WDA-1320 |
Atheros AR5005G |
madwifi |
Yes |
Works perfectly in Edgy. |
2006-11-06 |
DWA-510 (ver. A1) |
RaLink RT2561/RT61 rev B |
rt61pci |
Yes |
(Intrepid 8.10) already had my home wireless keys and settings saved from previous trials with a USB wireless adaptor. The D-Link card was detected on boot, and the network just connected with no additional actions required. I also tried it with the 8.10 Live CD, it worked perfectly. Transfer rate from shared hard drive 1.2MB/sec. |
2009-01-17 |
PCMCIA
Model |
Chipset |
Driver |
Works "out of the box" |
Comments |
Last Updated |
DN-7031-A |
Atheros AR5001X |
ath5k |
Yes |
Worked out of the box. Works with aircrack after patching. |
8 April, 2009 |
DWA-652 |
? |
ndiswrapper |
No |
Downloaded Win2K/XP net5416.inf driver from D-Link, used ndiswrapper. Works great, but limited to 54Mbps. Does NOT support N speeds |
2008-10-25 |
DWL-G630 hw Ver:C2 fw Ver:3.01 |
Atheros AR5005G |
Yes |
Native support in Edgy. |
21-Jan-2007 |
|
DWL-G630 hw Ver:E1 fw Ver:5.0 |
Ralink |
RT61 |
No |
Chipset manufacturer has driver source here. (Look for "RT61", D-Link product name is not mentioned). Driver sources are GPL, but attached firmware files apparently carry no explicit license. |
04-Jan-2006 |
DWL-G630 hw Ver:E2 fw Ver:5.0 |
Ralink |
Yes |
Works fine out-of-the-box on 8.10. |
2009-01-19 |
|
DWL-G630 H/W Ver:E2 F/W Ver:5.11 |
Ralink |
Yes |
Works by plugging it in on a fresh install of 9.10, with correct driver recognized by system. Both LEDs working properly. |
2010-01-13 |
|
DWL-610 |
Realtek RTL8180 |
rt61pci |
Yes |
On 10.04 (Lucid) it works with encryption WPA and WPA2 Personal |
2010-07-02 |
DWL-G650+ |
? |
acx100 |
No |
Work quite well with latest driver from Davis Vlasenko (0.3.10 works well). |
2005-09-22 |
WNA-1330 |
Atheros AR5212 |
Yes |
Just had to configure my wi-fi connection and WEP and was off and running. No glitches detected...just had the Restricted Drivers Manager info box. |
2007-06-06 |
|
DWL-650 Rev P/P1 |
? |
prism3/hostap_cs |
No |
The device ID was removed from hostap_cs.c during the merge of those sources into the kernel, and for some reason is in orinoco_cs (likely because the DWL-650 works with orinoco_cs). People have been notified and a patch has been submitted. This card needs firmware loaded in order to work. Full details on getting this card working in Ubuntu are here and here |
2007-04-18 |
DWL-G650 H/W Ver.:B5 F/W Ver.: 2.54 |
? |
? |
Yes |
Automatically detected with Feisty; worked after config and reboot |
2007-10-02 |
WNA-2330 |
Atheros AR5212 v: A1 |
Yes |
Worked immediately. No config necessary. |
2006-07-23 |
|
WNA-2330 |
Atheros AR5001X+ v: A1 |
ath5k |
No |
Immediately recognized and connected without any configuration necessary under Intrepid. WEP functions however WPA is not reliable. |
2009-06-22 |
Unknown
Model |
Chipset |
Driver |
Works "out of the box" |
Comments |
Last Updated |
DWL-520 E1 |
? |
prism2 |
No |
See here. |
2005-04-25 |
DWL-G520 |
Atheros AR5212 |
No |
DAPPER: Had to add "wireless-rate 11M" to /etc/network/interfaces + reboot or two. |
2005-12-16 |
|
DWL-520+ |
? |
acx100 |
Yes |
|
? |
DWL-G630 |
? |
ndiswrapper |
No |
Works in Breezy (just configure it from the gnome network config tool), though it isn't recognized during installation. |
? |
DWL-650 |
? |
orinoco_cs |
Yes |
Automatically detected, setup even asks for the WEP key |
|
DWL-650+ |
? |
acx100 |
Yes |
Automatically detected, works with and without WEP. Did not test 22Mb/sec mode |
|
DWL-G650 |
Atheros AR5212 |
Yes |
Only Open-Key WEP with Netgear DG834G |
? |
|
DWL-G650 |
Atheros AR5212, Version C2, Firmware 3.1.6 |
Yes |
On Feisty, requires linux-restricted-modules. Works with Knetworkmanager on WPA. WEP not tested. |
|
|
DWL-G650+ |
? |
acx100 |
No |
Does not work for me unless I recompile the pci_acx module with latest patches. After that it works. WEP not yet supported for acx111 cards. Added_note: I confirm this card does not work with a default Hoary install: despite the fact that it worked fine with my Hoary install from Array 5. The fault seems to be related to an error in loading the firmware which is present in the hotplug firmware folder. |
|
DWL-G650+ |
? |
ndiswrapper |
No |
Works with WEP via ndiswrapper. However, it shows 100% range all the time. |
|
USB
Model |
Chipset |
Driver |
Works "out of the box" |
Comments |
Last Updated |
DWA-110 |
ralink |
rt73usb or ndiswrapper |
No |
Hardware Version A1 Firmware Version 1.30. Has issues with Natty amd64. Connection speed average is slow and fluctuates. Reported conflicts with driver rt2500. Windows drivers solve the fluctuation, but there are eventual system freezing with ndiswrapper. |
2011-07-24 |
DWA-111 |
ralink |
rt73usb |
No |
Hardware Version A1 Firmware Version 1.10. |
2012-08-05 |
DWA-125 |
ralink |
RT3070sta |
No |
In Ubuntu 10.04 download, compile and install the native driver from source. Reportedly does not support WPA2. Installing Windows drivers (via ndiswrapper) reportedly fails. |
2011-04-18 |
DWA-130 |
? |
ndiswrapper |
No |
Download Windows XP driver from D-Link, install ndiswrapper and ndisgtk, add windows driver, should work after reboot. |
2007-09-02 |
DWA-131 |
? |
rtl8192u |
Yes |
Is detected and works in 13.04 |
2013-08-03 |
DWA-131 |
RTL-8192SU |
r8712u |
Yes |
This adapter is now plug & play 11.04 |
22-Dec-2011 |
DWA-140 802.11 b/g/n |
ralink rt2870 |
rt2800usb and rt2870sta |
No |
Worked after tweaking settings as described here with Ubuntu 12.04. |
2012-08-21 |
DWA-140/B2 |
ralink rt2870 |
rt2870sta |
No |
It works on precise and quantal, but so slow. |
2012-10-24 |
DWA-140/B3 802.11 b/g/n |
ralink rt5372 2001:3c15 |
rt5370sta |
No |
Tested against 3.0.0. |
2012-01-20 |
DWA-142 |
Marvell |
ndiswrapper |
No |
WinXP drivers avaliable at the D-Link Support Site. As of may/08, drivers are distributed in a executable file with no easy way to just extract the .sys and .inf files. Requires ndiswrapper. Should work after reboot, including WPA support. |
2008-05-20 |
DWA-160 |
Atheros AR9710 |
ar9710-usb |
Yes |
Works out of box in Natty. |
2012-03-04 |
DWA-160/B2 |
ralink rt5572 |
? |
No |
Doesn't work "out of the box" but you can install the drivers following this instructions. |
2012-10-24 |
DWA-171 |
rtl8812au |
none |
No |
Not supported by D-Link, but installing the drivers found at https://github.com/diederikdehaas/rtl8812AU with the instructions provided at the site makes it work flawlessly. Tested on 16.10. |
2016-10-18 |
DWL-122 |
? |
prism2_usb |
No |
2008-06-11 |
|
DWL-650 P1 |
? |
prism2_usb |
No |
2006-03-04 |
|
DWL-G122/A2 |
? |
prism |
No |
Works with Feisty but you need to blacklist prism54usb driver. |
2007-07-18 |
DWL-G122/B1 F/W 2.02 |
ralink 2001:3c00 |
? |
No |
The drivers are from the Ralink. Can connect to unencrypted wireless networks but with minimal stability, and cannot use WEP/WPA. Not recommended. |
2006-1-19 |
DWL-G122/C1 |
Ralink rt73 |
? |
No |
With the CVS GPL drivers open, WEP and WPA seems to be working. See WifiDocs/Driver/RalinkRT73. |
2006-10-09 |
DWL-G122/C1 |
Ralink |
rt73usb |
Yes |
Works well with WEP and WPA on Intrepid Ibex (8.10). |
2009-06-25 |
DWL-G122/D1 |
Marvell chipset 07d1:3b01 |
? |
No |
Works with ndiswrapper and WinXP driver from manufacturer's website. |
2006-11-05 |
DWL-G122/G |
Ralink RT3070 07d1:3c0f |
? |
No |
Works on 10.10 and 11.04 with rt2870sta (might need rt2800usb blacklisted). |
2011-05-08 |
DWL-G132/A3 |
2001:3a03 |
ndiswrapper |
No |
Works with ndiswrapper and WinXP driver from manufacturer's website. Work on Jaunty. |
2009-20-02 |
WUA-1340 / A1 |
ralink |
rt73usb |
Yes |
F/W 1.0; tested in Karmic 9.10 32-bit. |
2010-01-30 |
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