D link DWA-123 in LMDE

[mali radnik]

I use D link DWA-123 as my internet wireless adapter. I tested it with Lubuntu 11.10, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and finally with Kubuntu 12.04 LTS and it always worked out of the box. Unfortunately, it did not work with Mint 11 (an old problem), and now it does not work with LMDE. I hoped it would work with LMDE because of the new kernel, but it is not recognised. I have not installed LDME yet, I run it from a DVD. Any advice, please?

[mali radnik]

One addition to my previous message: I have just checked and D-link DWA-123 works just fine with Mint 12. Is it possible that the new LMDE 64-bit edition uses older kernel than Mint 12 Lisa??

[zerozero]

a very quick (and subject to fail ) google search tells me that wireless adapter uses the rt2870sta driver http://wiki.debian.org/rt2870sta removed from from the kernel after the 3.0 series and supported after that by the rt2800usb http://wiki.debian.org/rt2800usb (<in this page you'll find instructions for wheezy, don't know if they are relevant)

[mali radnik]

Thank you for your answer. Unfortunately, my device (DWA-123) is not listed there, they only include DWA-125, and I know from my previous similar attempt with Mint 11 that it is definitely not the same. I am puzzled that it works fine with Ubuntu-Kubuntu 12.04 LTS, as well as with Mint 12 (Lisa). Perhaps I should just wait for Mint 13 and then finally decide what to do, which system to install instead of my present Mint 11. Cheers!