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

[Jamon Camisso]

Steve wrote:
> 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.

You'll want to have a look at this page I'd imagine:
http://www.linux-wlan.org/docs/wlan_adapters.html.gz

Jamon
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