DLINK DWL 520+

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DLINK DWL 520+

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StickDude101 View Member Profile	Jun 26 2009, 07:17 PM Post #1
Member Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 11-December 08 Member No.: 268,384	Hello everyone. Im having some trouble connecting to the internet using linux on my Dlink DWL 520+ network card. The problem is, my network is WPA. And when i go into my network configuration, there is no option to bring WPA up. How do I get this to work? Ive read through somethings, but sinceim a linux noobie, I dont know what im doing. But people say that I can enable WPA. Maybe i need acx drivers? Well i downloaded the acx100 drivers from sourcefourge (latest version). but i dont know what im doing once again. All i see is soure code files. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Using Linspire. (Dont know what version) Thanks, ~StickDude101

powerjuce View Member Profile	Jun 26 2009, 09:25 PM Post #2
Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 278 Joined: 24-February 08 Member No.: 192,241	have you tried these instructions: QUOTE Instructions: $ unzip rtl8180_linuxdrv_v15_rh90.zip (The file I have is on a floppy) $ cd rtl8180_1.5 $ su //i.e.: become root $ make $ make install $ modprobe rtl8180_24x or if that doesn't work: $ insmod -f full_path_to rtl8180_24x $ iwpriv // that should give you at least a blank 'wlan0' or 'eth0' entry configure your network settings taken from - http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/li...dwl-520-206718/

StickDude101 View Member Profile	Jun 26 2009, 09:48 PM Post #3
Member Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 11-December 08 Member No.: 268,384	only problem is that that is a zip file, and not a .tar.bz2 file like I have. PLEASE HELP me. it already took me 2 days of burning 10 different cds to figure out what operating system would work on my computer. and linspire is the only that installed. now my problem is the internet, and i Have to do my schoolwork that is on my computer... but i cant get on the internet. I HATE LINUX... until i figure out how to fricking work my dlink dwl 520+ card. thanks, stickdude101

powerjuce View Member Profile	Jun 26 2009, 09:55 PM Post #4
Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 278 Joined: 24-February 08 Member No.: 192,241	doesent it work the same way...just extract the files and then go on your way.

StickDude101 View Member Profile	Jun 26 2009, 10:09 PM Post #5
Member Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 11-December 08 Member No.: 268,384	dont work... says no zip file found..

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