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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 8:26 pm
by merlwiz79
Download the XP driver from here
http://www.dlink.com/products/support.a ... v=66&sec=0
Then extract and everything should be in the Drivers folder.(forget the setup.exe)

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/joom ... ,list_c-f/
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Card: D-Link DWL-G510 (Rev B)
Chipset: Atheros
pciid: 168c:001a
Driver: Version 1.0, Provided on CD. Version 2.11 from dlink.com also works.
Other: only WEP tested, works fine on 2.6.9 and 2.4.27. The short-named .conf file symlink was pointing to the wrong long-named .conf file - fixed manually.

Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 8:44 pm
by merlwiz79
Derek5272 wrote:So I have A3Ab.cat, A3AB.sys, DWLINst.dll, and NetA3AB.inf in the Drivers folder. Do I just have to tell it to install NetA3AB.inf and that's that?
I never needed mintWifi so I never used it.
The step is number 6 and you need to continue to the end.
file:///usr/lib/linuxmint/mintWifi/index.html

Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 9:06 pm
by nelamvr6
Did you go to this location:

file: /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintWifi/index.html ?

There are step by step instructions there.

Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 9:33 pm
by merlwiz79
Move only the Drivers Folder to your Home Folder then install the driver as normal.

Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 9:47 pm
by merlwiz79
Derek5272 wrote:Does it make a difference if I put it in the Home folder, or just plop it down on the desktop? Because I had it on the desktop before.

And I'm assuming "as normal" is how I've been trying to do it?
I moved it to the my home folder (ie merlwiz79) because the name of the extracted folder was to long and made ndisgtk(Windows Wireless Drivers application) unable to install the driver.

Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 10:30 pm
by merlwiz79
Derek5272 wrote:Ok, I guess I'll give that a shot, then. But if, what, mint/home/desktop ? is too long, then...
This is were mine was located before.
/home/merlwiz79/Desktop/D-Link AirPlus G Utility (V2.11 Build 50317) for G510_G630 released(Driver 4.0.0.1414)-us/Drivers
Moved Drivers folder to /home/merlwiz79/

Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 6:04 am
by jbaerbock
EDIT: after typing all this I noticed you had already gotten in worked out hehe sorry for the wasted forum space.



Hi there I can understand your frustrations with wireless. In general wireless technology (cellphones included) is grouchy on the best of days. I have a broadcom wireless card which had issues. I selected the .inf file (which was on a flash drive) and used the mintWIFI program to install it. After the install it may say no hardware present. In said case it probably installed ok but still has an alternate driver attached to the device. In said case you must blacklist that driver before the new driver you just installed will work. Yeah I don't know why we must blacklist manually but ah well.

First off go to your terminal and type: ndiswrapper -l
then it should list your driver you installed as installed ok and may list an alternate right after in ( ). If so that driver name in the ( ) is what you need to black list.

To blacklist type: gksudo nautilus
this will bring up the file manager in root user mode.

After bringing nautilus up simply go to root folder then etc folder then modprobe.d folder.

After doing such you will want to find and open the file called blacklist. After opening the file choose anywhere you want on the file and type in: blacklist and then the name of the driver you saw in the ( ) earlier. Click save and restart the computer.

This was the problem I had with mintWIFI hope it helped you somewhat. Any questions feel free to ask.