Using USB WiFi under Linux

purchased today. D-Link dwl-g122 usb wifi dongle. The device can be supported by Linux and there are several ways to install the driver:

• using ndiswrapper install directly Windows xp version (currently ndiswrapper supports only Xp version of the driver files ( *.inf ).

• directly from Realtek download the appropriate driver. the name of the Windows driver file, such as Net8192su.inf, can be found in the driver CD in advance. Then search 8192su for the appropriate Linux driver on the official website of Realtek .

• Download rtl8192su-master from GitHub, compile and install:make; Make load.

It has been tested that only the first of these methods can successfully drive USB wifi on your computer. The other two methods are error-prone during compilation. the methods for using NDISwrapper are as follows:

2. Install The ndiswrapper-utils-1.9,ndiswrapper-dkms package.

4. add ndiswrapper to the/etc/modules file to load automatically when the system starts.

6. installation XP version of the driver:ndiswrapper-i Net8192su.inf

8. Verify that the driver has been ndiswrapper installed:ndiswrapper-l

10. Load the ndiswrapper module into the kernel:modprobe ndiswrapper

12. Insert dwl-g122can be identified: you need to install NetworkManagerso that you have an icon for the network connection in the Gnome panel .