Re: DWL-650+

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Well, I'll give it a try. I looked all over for a suitable driver, but I
have not been able to get any working with ndiswrapper. Incidentely,
ndiswrapper just was upgraded from 1.7 to 1.8 (Debian Sid Unstable), so
when I get around to compiling it, I will give it a try.

Thanks, fgd.

Jim Gribbin wrote:
> Fielder,
>
> Other people seem to have it working on your laptop, or a very similar
> one (HP Pavillion ZV 6000).
>
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Gentoo_Linux_64bit_on_HP_Pavilion_zv6000_series_notebook#Broadcom_Corporation_BCM4306_802.11b.2Fg_Wireless_card
>
> Get 64bit Broadcom driver here:
> http://www.runithard.com/HOWTO-BCOM64WIRELESS/64-bit_Broadcom_54g_Drivers.zip
>
> Other than that, it should be the same process.
>
> Jim
>
> On Wed, 2006-01-25 at 22:59 -0900, Fielder George Dowding wrote:
>
> Hey! Good on yer! Damien, did you hear that? Way back when we got the
> special combination laptop and wireless broadband router, there was no
> ndiswrapper. I am surprises D-Link has a zip file with the drivers. I
> cannot say the same for the Broadcom chip in my new HP AMD64 laptop. So,
> if you have no use for it, perhaps I will try it (I do have
> ndiswrapper). fgd.
>
> Jim Gribbin wrote:
>
>>Fielder,
>
>>D-Link DWL-650+ seems to work just fine using ndiswrapper.
>
>>get latest Windows driver from:
>>ftp://ftp.dlink.com/Wireless/DWL650+/Driver/dwl650+_drivers_307.zip
>
>>unzip it - someplace convenient
>
>>ndiswrapper -i ~/[someplace convenient]/Drivers/WinXP/AIRPLUS.INF
>
>>The driver will be installed. You can verify that it installed
>>correctly and if the hardware has been detected by running the command:
>
>>ndiswrapper -l
>
>>This will display the drivers installed and indicated if the hardware
>>has been found or not. If there is a problem with the driver and you
>>would like to remove it, just use the command:
>
>>ndiswrapper -e <drivername>
>
>>Once you have the driver installed you will need to load ndiswrapper as
>>a kernel module:
>
>>modprobe ndiswrapper
>
>>Use whatever tool it is you use to set-up your network card. In my case
>>yast.
>
>>-- Jim Gribbin
>
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