Describe DlinkDwl520plus here
Based on the TexasInstruments acx100 chipset, it allows raw speeds of up to 22 MBit/s using PBCC. The card is identical to the ones made by Global Suntech O7J-GL2422VP. Global Suntech produces these cards for quite a lot of different vendors, see device comparison matrix.
Features:
- Reverse SMA connector for external antenna.
Linux Drivers - Very fussy about hardware they run well with, get lots of tx desc not free kernel error messages!! :-(, these drivers need vastly improving to be use as in nodes HELP! They will crash the kernel after prolonged use
(question: does this still hold true for current drivers?) Dwl-520+ under Linux HOWTO at http://www.hack.gr/users/panxer/wireless
- Works with Netstumbler, use at least the 2.3e drivers from d-link
Supports WPA on Windows XP using driver version 3.07. See D-Link FAQ Q00877. Hint: The D-Link configuration utility does not support WPA, only the Windows XP WLAN configuration.
Linux Drivers
The acx100 team has released a driver for the ACX100 chipset. Just go to the downloads section and obtain via CVS or in tarball format:
Some D-link references at Seattle Wireless
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Comments
so, come on dlink, give us some programming information for this chip, and stop being so mean to the linux community. The fact the the acx100 seems to be cropping up in everything is bad news for linux users, so we have to stick to the slower prism 2 cards, as for 802.11g drivers, were stuck probably for years too....DLINK GIVE US DRIVERS...or ELSE! Or just ignore your customers like every other large american corporate..... hahahaahhaahahaha
I have sent an email to Dlink Support, and they haven't replied yet. I asked when I will be able to get linux drivers, source code or at least some programming datasheet with which I could code drivers with. As you all already know, the chipset that the card is based on, DWL 520+ and TrendNet's TEW 303 PI, is named ACX 100 from Texas Instruments.
Maybe we all should send an email to Texas Instruments which is, in my opinion, the one to blame for the lack of Linux Drivers. Texas Instruments, should at least give some tech. datasheet on ACX 100 chipset.
FYI: The D-link dwl520+ is the same card, as the TEW 303PI from TrendNet (trendware.com), only the SDRAM chips are from diffrent manufacturer.
- prygen
