D-Link DWL-G122 USB Adapter work in Debian/Ubuntu?

[Steve]

On 9/28/05, Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 02:29:00PM -0400, Steve wrote:
> > Does anyone know if the D-Link DWL-G122 USB Adapter (802.11g/b) works
> > in Ubuntu??
> >
> > Future Shop is selling it WITH a D-Link wireless router (DI-524) for
> > $69.99CDN after rebate... Sale ends tomorrow! :-O
> >
> > I don't need the router right now but would gladly get the combo
> > package if the adapter works in Ubuntu.
> >
> > Thanks very much for any help.
>
> If it is a DWL-G122 rev A[1 or 2 or whatever] it uses a (I believe)
> unpuported version of the prism chipset.  ndiswrapper might work, but
> then again it likely won't.
>
> If it is revision B (at least b1) it is a ralink2500usb and should work
> with the GPL drivers for ralink 2400/2500 series chips.A
>
> See http://ralink.rapla.net/ for links to driver sources and such.
>
> I haven't used it, I just report my findings. :)
>
> Dlink is just one of those companies that changes the internals
> completely while leaving the packaging and name the same.  I guess some
> companies want to buy a specific model for consistency and still get
> burned by this kind of rather unreasonable behaviour by dlink (and I
> think linksys does it too).
>
> Lennart Sorensen

Lennart,

Thanks for the info. I assume that the DWL-122 (802.11b only) with the
prism2_usb chipset should work fine then? I've read that someone with
the Netgear MA111 (same chipset) got it to work... I can pick up the
DWL-122 for $39, so that sounds like a better idea... less $$ *and*
less headache. :-)

-Steve.
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