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 04:07:52PM -0400, Steve wrote:
> > 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. :-)
>
> I wouldn't assume that.  Depends on revision in general.  Many times
> dlink changes the chipset on the model to make it cheaper to
> manufacture.  Many prism based devices went from having a hardmac (and
> linux support) in one revision to a prism with soft mac in the next
> revision (and hence no linux support), all with the same model number
> and packaging.  Only change was the revision and the updated driver that
> supported soft and hard mac, and it became cheaper to make.  And of
> course it stopped working with linux.  Many companies have done this.
>
> You can simply NEVER assume a given device works with linux unless you
> know that specific model AND revision works with linux.
>
> Len Sorensen

That's not very nice of them! I will heed your warning and try to get
all the info before buying one of their products.

So, what do you think of Netgear? :-) Should I spring for the MA111
model? Are they more consistent?

Thanks again!

-Steve.
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