SOLVED - Need help tryig to install a driver for D-Link card

[Old-Polack]

I've got this Linksys wmp54G adapter which someone on another thread recommended as working with Linux but I can't get it to work. I transferred the driver (.cat .inf and .sys) from the cd that came with it into my home directory but no joy. Where should I put these files? The cd was no help with Linux.

I've also noticed that the wlan0 device in the setup has changed to wlan4. Is this significant? What else can I do to get it to work? Thanks.

Is this a PCI connected device or USB?

[Maurice]

I've got this Linksys wmp54G adapter which someone on another thread recommended as working with Linux but I can't get it to work. I transferred the driver (.cat .inf and .sys) from the cd that came with it into my home directory but no joy. Where should I put these files? The cd was no help with Linux.

I've also noticed that the wlan0 device in the setup has changed to wlan4. Is this significant? What else can I do to get it to work? Thanks.

Is this a PCI connected device or USB?

pci

[Old-Polack]

I've got this Linksys wmp54G adapter which someone on another thread recommended as working with Linux but I can't get it to work. I transferred the driver (.cat .inf and .sys) from the cd that came with it into my home directory but no joy. Where should I put these files? The cd was no help with Linux.

I've also noticed that the wlan0 device in the setup has changed to wlan4. Is this significant? What else can I do to get it to work? Thanks.

Is this a PCI connected device or USB?

pci

Is it a ralink chip set?

[Maurice]

I've got this Linksys wmp54G adapter which someone on another thread recommended as working with Linux but I can't get it to work. I transferred the driver (.cat .inf and .sys) from the cd that came with it into my home directory but no joy. Where should I put these files? The cd was no help with Linux.

I've also noticed that the wlan0 device in the setup has changed to wlan4. Is this significant? What else can I do to get it to work? Thanks.

Is this a PCI connected device or USB?

pci

Is it a ralink chip set?

The adapter is Version 4.1. Chipset RT61

I

[Old-Polack]

I've got this Linksys wmp54G adapter which someone on another thread recommended as working with Linux but I can't get it to work. I transferred the driver (.cat .inf and .sys) from the cd that came with it into my home directory but no joy. Where should I put these files? The cd was no help with Linux.

I've also noticed that the wlan0 device in the setup has changed to wlan4. Is this significant? What else can I do to get it to work? Thanks.

Is this a PCI connected device or USB?

pci

Is it a ralink chip set?

The adapter is Version 4.1. Chipset RT61

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Then the native rt61pci module should work for that card.

[Maurice]

Old-Polack
Then the native rt61pci module should work for that card.
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So why can't I get it working? I've tried all configurations in setting up a connection and am no nearer to a solution.

[Old-Polack]

Old-Polack
Then the native rt61pci module should work for that card.
\

So why can't I get it working? I've tried all configurations in setting up a connection and am no nearer to a solution.

Did you modprobe the module, as root, and check to see that it has loaded?

[Maurice]

Old-Polack
Then the native rt61pci module should work for that card.
\

So why can't I get it working? I've tried all configurations in setting up a connection and am no nearer to a solution.

Did you modprobe the module, as root, and check to see that it has loaded?

I'm being dumb - but modprobe what?

[Old-Polack]

Old-Polack
Then the native rt61pci module should work for that card.
\

So why can't I get it working? I've tried all configurations in setting up a connection and am no nearer to a solution.

Did you modprobe the module, as root, and check to see that it has loaded?

I'm being dumb - but modprobe what?

[root@localhost ~]# modprobe rt61pci                    <Enter>

[root@localhost ~]# lsmod |grep pci                        <Enter>
rt61pci                    16385  0
rt2x00pci                   5443  1 rt61pci
rt2x00lib                  23540  2 rt61pci,rt2x00pci
mac80211               139449  2 rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib
eeprom_93cx6           1352  1 rt61pci
ide_pci_generic          2306  0
ide_core                   85678  4 ide_generic,ide_pci_generic,amd74xx,ide_gd_mod
pci_hotplug              22568  1 shpchp

[Maurice]

Old-Polack
Then the native rt61pci module should work for that card.
\

So why can't I get it working? I've tried all configurations in setting up a connection and am no nearer to a solution.

Did you modprobe the module, as root, and check to see that it has loaded?

I'm being dumb - but modprobe what?

[root@localhost ~]# modprobe rt61pci                    <Enter>

[root@localhost ~]# lsmod |grep pci                        <Enter>
rt61pci                    16385  0
rt2x00pci                   5443  1 rt61pci
rt2x00lib                  23540  2 rt61pci,rt2x00pci
mac80211               139449  2 rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib
eeprom_93cx6           1352  1 rt61pci
ide_pci_generic          2306  0
ide_core                   85678  4 ide_generic,ide_pci_generic,amd74xx,ide_gd_mod
pci_hotplug              22568  1 shpchp

This is the output from my wife's compuyer - which doesn't have a connection


[root@localhost tita]# lsmod |grep pci
rt61pci                16417  0
rt2x00pci               5475  1 rt61pci
rt2x00lib              23616  2 rt61pci,rt2x00pci
mac80211              141920  2 rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib
eeprom_93cx6            1352  1 rt61pci
ide_pci_generic         2306  0
ide_core               85822  2 ide_pci_generic,ide_gd_mod
[root@localhost tita]#


This is the output from my computer - which does have a connection


[root@localhost maurice]# lsmod |grep pci
rt61pci                16305  0
rt2x00pci               5483  1 rt61pci
rt2x00lib              23824  2 rt61pci,rt2x00pci
mac80211              137463  2 rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib
eeprom_93cx6            1352  1 rt61pci
ide_pci_generic         2278  0
ide_core               85164  3 ide_generic,ide_pci_generic,ide_gd_mod
[root@localhost maurice]#

I appreciate you sticking around with this O-P. By my calculations it's the early hours of the morning in Illinois

[Old-Polack]

Old-Polack
Then the native rt61pci module should work for that card.
\

So why can't I get it working? I've tried all configurations in setting up a connection and am no nearer to a solution.

Did you modprobe the module, as root, and check to see that it has loaded?

I'm being dumb - but modprobe what?

[root@localhost ~]# modprobe rt61pci                   <Enter>

[root@localhost ~]# lsmod |grep pci                       <Enter>
rt61pci                    16385  0
rt2x00pci                  5443  1 rt61pci
rt2x00lib                  23540  2 rt61pci,rt2x00pci
mac80211               139449  2 rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib
eeprom_93cx6           1352  1 rt61pci
ide_pci_generic          2306  0
ide_core                   85678  4 ide_generic,ide_pci_generic,amd74xx,ide_gd_mod
pci_hotplug              22568  1 shpchp

This is the output from my wife's compuyer - which doesn't have a connection


[root@localhost tita]# lsmod |grep pci
rt61pci                16417  0
rt2x00pci               5475  1 rt61pci
rt2x00lib              23616  2 rt61pci,rt2x00pci
mac80211              141920  2 rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib
eeprom_93cx6            1352  1 rt61pci
ide_pci_generic         2306  0
ide_core               85822  2 ide_pci_generic,ide_gd_mod
[root@localhost tita]#


This is the output from my computer - which does have a connection


[root@localhost maurice]# lsmod |grep pci
rt61pci                16305  0
rt2x00pci               5483  1 rt61pci
rt2x00lib              23824  2 rt61pci,rt2x00pci
mac80211              137463  2 rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib
eeprom_93cx6            1352  1 rt61pci
ide_pci_generic         2278  0
ide_core               85164  3 ide_generic,ide_pci_generic,ide_gd_mod
[root@localhost maurice]#

I appreciate you sticking around with this O-P. By my calculations it's the early hours of the morning in Illinois

5:53 am, as I type this, and this O-P is about to hit the rack, before I fall over on the keyboard.  

We can continue this later, when I can think again.  

[Maurice]

5:53 am, as I type this, and this O-P is about to hit the rack, before I fall over on the keyboard.

We can continue this later, when I can think again. 

That really is the early hours.

I forgot to mention that the Linksys adapter I bought off eBay was faulty - not incompatible but no power was getting to it, the power led was not lighting up.. It took me a couple of hours testing it before I noticed too.

So now I'm back to my original problem with my two identical D-LinkDWA510 adapters. On another thread on this forum one chap has suggested that the chipsets could be different. But there's no way of knowing what the chipsets are by just looking at the things. They look identical.

[Maurice]

I am closing this thread and replacing it with a new - Getting a wireless connection seems beyond me

Thanks for all the help I received. It was greatly appreciated.

Maurice

[Village Idiot]

A Usb dongle is your friend.

 

With the D-LinkDWA510 adapters. What happens if you swap them in each machine? Is it true that one of the cards will not work at all?

For a little bit more information about the card, try installing lshw (LiSt HardWare) from the repo. Run it from the command line and you might get more of an idea what the thing is.

Another question:

Can you connect to a  router that has no special radio long range/high speed features which may be unsupported by the card. Can you turn off encryption on the wifi temporarily to see if it connects.

What happens when you run "iwlist scan"  as root?

Edit: I see you've stated another thread. Disregard my post.
http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,78013.msg0/topicseen.html#new

[Maurice]

A Usb dongle is your friend.

 

With the D-LinkDWA510 adapters. What happens if you swap them in each machine? Is it true that one of the cards will not work at all?

For a little bit more information about the card, try installing lshw (LiSt HardWare) from the repo. Run it from the command line and you might get more of an idea what the thing is.

Another question:

Can you connect to a  router that has no special radio long range/high speed features which may be unsupported by the card. Can you turn off encryption on the wifi temporarily to see if it connects.

What happens when you run "iwlist scan"  as root?

Edit: I see you've stated another thread. Disregard my post.
http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,78013.msg0/topicseen.html#new

If I swap them the bad one is still bad, even though the lights flicker and the good one is still good.

I have turned off encryption frequently - no help.

iwlist - scanning not supported.

Can't get lshw - no connection on wife's computer.