#71544 - finch - Mon Feb 13, 2006 10:01 am
hey people, i just bought a d-link DWL-G510 wifi card and cant get it to work with the custom wifime drivers by tim. has anyone used this card to wifime their ds? if so could you explain how you got it working? thanks heaps
cheers. robbo
#71595 - tetsujin - Mon Feb 13, 2006 5:58 pm
Are you sure it's the correct revision? (C1) Does it have an RT2500 chip on it?
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#71748 - arog - Tue Feb 14, 2006 6:14 am
#71875 - finch - Wed Feb 15, 2006 1:28 am
thanks for the reply's, but yeah aaron, i followed the trouble shooting steps. and i am sure its the revision 1 of the card.
i skimed through the driver file and it has a list of all the supported cards, i could not seem to find this d-link card in the list. could this be my problem?
#71968 - tetsujin - Wed Feb 15, 2006 6:31 pm
| finch wrote: |
thanks for the replies, but yeah Aaron, I followed the trouble shooting steps. And I am sure it's the revision 1 of the card.
I skimed through the driver file and it has a list of all the supported cards, I could not seem to find this d-link card in the list. Could this be my problem? |
It's not version "1" you're looking for, it's version C1. And even that isn't a 100% guarantee, it's not totally unknown for a manufacturer to produce a single revision with multiple chipsets. There are also rev's A1 and B1, at least. I think rev. B1 uses Atheros (based on information from its driver INF file) and A1 uses Realtek (a guess based on a process of elimination).
(EDIT): Ah, sorry, there. Just had to be sure, you know?
The list of supported cards is most likely a list of cards which people have tried and reported to work, or else a list of cards that have been actually tested. In other words, it's not likely to be exhaustive.
Most likely, IMO, if the driver just doesn't work, and you're not 100% certain that it's a card with an RT2500 on it, then my opinion is that you probably got the wrong card. It's tough to get the right card - believe me, I went through this process, too.
On Linux there's a tool called lspci that gives you description information from the card itself, including the chipset. I'm guessing pcitree on Windows does basically the same thing with the VID/PID check. But you already did that, so I guess there's no possibility your card doesn't have an RT2500, right?
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#72229 - finch - Fri Feb 17, 2006 2:41 am
sorry, what i meant to say is that its revision C1.
the card may be an RT2500 device but the .INF file has no information regarding my card. its not possible to edit the .INF file to support my card is it?
#72345 - zdebel - Fri Feb 17, 2006 8:42 pm
finch i also had that card, and it was c1 but it didn't work :(, now I have a edimax 7128g but it has a rt2561 :@ but it should have a rt2500 :( I asked in other topic if I can do something with this card.
#72509 - finch - Sun Feb 19, 2006 9:26 am
yeah, its a pain isnt it. i cant beleive it.
im going to try and find another card on the RT2500 list.
thanks for your help people