DLINK DWL 520+

#1 StickDude101

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Posted 26 June 2009 - 07:17 PM

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

#2 powerjuce

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Posted 26 June 2009 - 09:25 PM

have you tried these instructions:

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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/

#3 StickDude101

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Posted 26 June 2009 - 09:48 PM

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