Dlink 650+ Wireless card working with acx100sta driver.. [Archived]

[chrisP]

Well I finally got my Dlink 650+ working on RedHat 8 with 2.4.18-14 kernel..

You can get the driver at:
http://www.ivor.it/wireless/acx.html

You will need to install wirelesstools before you do anything with the above driver, from:
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html
....1. tar -xvzf wireless_tools.25.tar.gz
.....2. cd to wirelesstools directory
.....3. make
.....4. copy the executables to /sbin/
..................cp iwevent iwgetid iwspy iwpriv iwconfig iwlist /sbin/

Now install the acx driver module,
....1. tar -xvzf acx100_bin_20030608.tgz
....2. As root
............./sbin/insmod yourpath/Acx100Drv/2.4.18-14/acx100sta-2.4.18-14.o
....3. Add the following to /etc/modules.conf
............alias eth1 acx100sta


Create the file: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
Heres what i use which seems to work:
DEVICE=eth1
BOOTPROTO=none
IPADDR=192.168.1.101
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
ONBOOT=yes
WIRELESS=yes
ESSID=youressidhere
MODE=2
CHANNEL=4
KEY=s:yourasciikeyhere


Note the "s:" b/4 your ascii key... This threw me off for a while..

Now you should be able to activate eth1 with the gnome network tool..

[do_guh_new]

glad to see someone finally get this wireless card working. This has been driving people nuts for a while now, as this card sells every where in stores yet nobody to my knowledge has got it working since now. Good job

[MorphiusFaydal]

does this work for the desktop card.. DWL520+ ?

ive had trouble understanding his instructions...

so.. does it?

chris

[chrisP]

No, this is the pcmcia driver for the 650+, if i get a chance i'll look for a driver for yours.... no time now though

[MorphiusFaydal]

ive got a module for the pci version of acx100.... thanx though...

but will your instrctions work for it?

yeah... is it possible to set ther script up for a DHCP network?

yeah....

chris

[fats]

Okay so I can initialize the card, but I can't connect to the network - any idea what the problem could be?

Or just which files to look at?

Thanks

Fats

[do_guh_new]

Okay so I can initialize the card, but I can't connect to the network - any idea what the problem could be?

Or just which files to look at?

Thanks

Fats

not sure what distro you're using but using whatever networking program your distro has make sure that you're pointing this box to your gateway.

[iomayho]

chrisP, how is the result of the working DLINK 650+ ? (the range, speed etcc) anygood..?