How do I get a D-Link DWL-G520 working?

Question

I have Ubuntu 12.04 on an older desktop PC, and I am finding it much harder to connect to a wifi connection than it should be. I have an iPhone with which I want to tether to it with Mifi 4.0, but I need to install ipheth which I can't do without internet on that computer. I am typing from my other windows pc with which I can download and move hings with thumb drives, but haven't gotten keryx to work.

I also found a D-Link DWL-G520 HIGH SPEED 2.4GHZ (802.11G) WIRELESS 108MBPS PCI ADAPTER which I installed, but can't find a driver to put on a flashdrive to use it. If anybody has any ideas, they are appreciated. I don't want to have to move the comp. downstairs to plug into the modem.

PS: I also have a netgear USB network adapter, which doesn't work with my Ubuntu.

Answer 1

According to this wiki page:

• https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsDlink

There are 2 kinds of D-Link DWL-G250's. Since yours isn't working I'm going to assume it's the ath5k based one.

Works out of the box in Karmic, Precise. Does not work if prism54 is blacklisted in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

So what you need to do is open this file by doing this in a terminal:

gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

it will then prompt you for your password. Find the line that says:

blacklist prism54

and then put a # in front of it so it says:

#blacklist prism54

Then save the file and reboot. That should make the card work. If it didn't please update your question with what happens. It would also help to know the exact model # and/or to provide the output of the command below (run in a terminal):

lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net