Make

Model

Chipset/ Driver

Supports network install?

Supported in installed system?

Works "out of the box"

Comments

Last Updated

Type

D-Link

DWL-650

orinoco_cs

Yes

Yes

Yes

Automatically detected, setup even asks for the WEP key

D-Link

DWL-G630

?

??

Yes

Yes, though CD-installer doesn't recognize it

Works in Breezy (just configure it from the gnome network config tool), though it isn't recognized durring installation. Works only via ndiswrapper in Warty and Hoary.

D-Link

DWL-G630 H/W Ver.:C2 F/W Ver.:3.01

Atheros AR5005G/madwifi

?

Yes

Yes

Driver in linux-restricted-modules. Native support in Edgy.

21-Jan-2007

PCMCIA

D-Link

DWL-G630 H/W Ver.:E1 F/W Ver.:5.0

RT61 / Ralink provided

No

No

No

Revision E1 has changed chipset from rev. D. Chipset manufacturer has driver source [http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/Support/Linux.html 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

PCMCIA

D-Link

DWL-G630 H/W Ver.:E2 F/W Ver.:5.0

RT61

No

No

No

Revision E(1,2) has changed chipset from rev. D. If card is inserted system works and some driver is loaded (wrong?), but system hangs after removal. Chipset manufacturer has driver source [http://www.ralinktech.com/supp-1.htm here] (could work, not tested).

2006-12-05

PCMCIA

D-Link

DWL-G510

Atheros

?

Yes

Yes

Revision B1 4.10 -- revision C2 should work if you download and compile the RT61 drivers for Linux from [http://www.ralinktech.com/supp-1.htm here] but they are hard to compile.

PCI

D-Link

DWL-520 E1

prism2

No

No

No

See [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Device/DWL-520vE1 here].

2005-04-25

D-Link

DWL-G520

Atheros AR5212

Yes

Yes

Yes

DAPPER: Nearly works out-of-the-box, but had to add "wireless-rate 11M" to /etc/network/interfaces + reboot or two. BREEZY: Works out of the box with breezy. Works well, even with WEP. (Note: Some G520 may use acx100 instead.) HOARY: Rev. B of this card will not work out-of-the-box with Hoary--the madwifi drivers that shipped with Hoary are too old. An updated linux-restricted-modules* package is available [http://ubuntupc.com/ubuntu/public-sources/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.10-5-386_2.6.10.5-1gb_i386.deb here] Note that this package is not officially supported. Some users have reported problems with WPA in the forums.

2005-12-16

PCI

D-Link

DWL-G520+

acx111

Yes

Yes

Yes

Works fine together with AirPort Express, using 128 bit WEP. Does not work with WPA.

2006-03-11

PCI

D-Link

DWL-G520+A

ralink

?

No

No

lspci shows "RaLink: Unknown device 0302". Dapper already has the required driver rt61, but needs some manual configuration. Refer to [http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=132980 this forum post]

2006-10-08

PCI

D-Link

DWL-520+

acx100

Yes

Yes

Yes

Just Works

D-Link

DWL-650+

acx100

Yes

Yes

Yes

Automatically detected, works with and without WEP. Did not test 22Mb/sec mode

D-Link

DWL-G650

Atheros AR5212 / ath_hal

??

Yes

Yes

Only Open-Key WEP with Netgear DG834G

D-Link

DWL-G650

Atheros AR5212, Version C2, Firmware 3.1.6 / ath_pci, ath_hal

Should work (Card is recognized and kernel drivers loaded, so connecting to a unsecure Open System A.P. while installing should work)

Yes

Yes

Open System Access Point and WEP work out of the box. For WPA-PSK I needed to install wpasupplicant (not included in Ubuntu). I used the Debian Sid package without any problem. This card also works with ndiswrapper. I used a D-Link DI-624+ router to test it. (upgraded firmware of the router, not related to linux nor the wifi card, router rebooted itself even when connecting a windows machine with a ethernet cable, applied last firmware, now doing fine). Update: On Edgy recognized out of the box by Wireless LAN Manager including WEP. WPA works with Knetworkmanager. On Feisty, requires linux-restricte-modules, but works with Knetworkmanager on WPA. WEP not tested.

D-Link

DWL-G650+

acx100

No

No

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. Go figure. The fault seems to be related to an error in loading the firmware which is present in the hotplug firmware folder.

D-Link

DWL-G650+

ndiswrapper +gplus.inf (xp)

No

Yes

No

Works with WEP. It is out-of-the box as much as ndiswrapper can be (manually install of win drivers). However, it shows 100% range all the time

D-Link

DWL-G650+

acx100

No

No

No

Work quite well with latest driver from Davis Vlasenko. (0.3.10 work well, but some earlier version may work also).

2005-09-22

PCMCIA

D-Link

[http://www.ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-211780.html WDA-1320]

Atheros AR5005G

?

Yes

Yes

Works perfectly in Dapper and Edgy.

2006-11-06

PCI

D-Link

WNA-2330

Atheros AR5212 v: A1

?

Yes

Yes

Worked immediately. No config necessary. MadWifi driver automatically recognized it and NetworkManager worked with no troubles. Believe this is a replacement for the dwl-g650

2006-07-23

PCMCIA/Cardbus