Dlink DWA-110 + Ubuntu 8.10 = Happy Customer
Just a quick note for anybody looking to see if this Wireless (802.11b/g) USB adaptor works with linux before purchasing.
I purchased one from Dick Smiths last night plugged it into my (Ubuntu-8.10 powered) laptop and was up and running within seconds.
Signal strength and speed are fairly industry standard. Cost AU$50. I probably could have found it cheaper elseware but DSE was conveniently on my way home last night.
D-Link DWA-110
Now just to find an access point with decent signal strength.
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Does it need to install a driver?
March 20, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Nope. Complete plug and play.
March 21, 2009 at 11:08 am
Does WPA also work out-of-the-box?
March 24, 2009 at 7:42 am
Absolutely. I have only tried it with NetworkManager though. First network it connected to was my WPA-PSK home network.
March 24, 2009 at 9:14 am
Excellent, Thanks! I think I might just pick one up myself.
March 24, 2009 at 9:24 am
hey i have that same thing except it doesnt work on my computer…..
i just switched from XP to ubuntu and now the D-link doesnt work
April 16, 2009 at 4:28 am
Also works fine here on Jaunty. Once WPA was setup it connected first time.
May 15, 2009 at 5:16 pm
My DWA-110 USB wi-fi adaptor worked fine on Ubuntu up to kernel 2.6.27-14. All the kernels / modules after that do not work automatically the way 2.6.27-14 did, so I keep booting kernel and don’t use the 3 or 4 released since.
August 11, 2009 at 6:24 pm
Hey, thanks very much as I was thinking if that device would work under ubuntu! I need to know something, can you set up an access point with that under ubuntu? I mean, you will set up an access point with WPA/WPA2 security, and i’ll connect to your pc via that connection?
Please inform me, on keerreem@gmail.com, thanks very much!
November 12, 2009 at 11:07 am
I know you can create an Ad-hoc connection with NetworkManager but it does not appear to have any options for AP. I don’t know if Linux can force the DWA-110 into AP mode either as I have never had any experience with AP mode wireless in Linux sorry.
November 12, 2009 at 11:40 am
Can you test this adapter with hostapd as Access Point? I want to buy this adapter, but I want to create Access Point on it.
If hostapd start without error on initialization nl80211 driver, then it may work as AP.
January 25, 2010 at 11:10 pm
Looks like your good to go. Here is the output I get from hostapd:
~$ sudo hostapd -d /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
ctrl_interface_group=0
Opening raw packet socket for ifindex 1735780752
BSS count 1, BSSID mask ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (0 bits)
SIOCGIWRANGE: WE(compiled)=22 WE(source)=21 enc_capa=0xf
nl80211: Added 802.11b mode based on 802.11g information
RATE[0] rate=10 flags=0x2
RATE[1] rate=20 flags=0x6
RATE[2] rate=55 flags=0x4
RATE[3] rate=110 flags=0x4
Passive scanning not supported
Flushing old station entries
Deauthenticate all stations
Mode: IEEE 802.11b Channel: 8 Frequency: 2447 MHz
Using interface wlan1 with hwaddr 00:22:b0:07:3c:ce and ssid 'test'
wlan1: Setup of interface done.
MGMT (TX callback) ACK
MGMT (TX callback) ACK
mgmt::proberesp cb
^CSignal 2 received - terminating
Flushing old station entries
Deauthenticate all stations
~$
My hostapd.conf file for what it’s worth:
interface=wlan1
driver=nl80211
logger_syslog=-1
logger_syslog_level=2
logger_stdout=-1
logger_stdout_level=2
dump_file=/tmp/hostapd.dump
ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd
ctrl_interface_group=0
ssid=test
hw_mode=b
channel=8
beacon_int=100
dtim_period=2
max_num_sta=255
rts_threshold=2347
fragm_threshold=2346
macaddr_acl=0
auth_algs=3
ignore_broadcast_ssid=0
wme_enabled=1
wme_ac_bk_cwmin=4
wme_ac_bk_cwmax=10
wme_ac_bk_aifs=7
wme_ac_bk_txop_limit=0
wme_ac_bk_acm=0
wme_ac_be_aifs=3
wme_ac_be_cwmin=4
wme_ac_be_cwmax=10
wme_ac_be_txop_limit=0
wme_ac_be_acm=0
wme_ac_vi_aifs=2
wme_ac_vi_cwmin=3
wme_ac_vi_cwmax=4
wme_ac_vi_txop_limit=94
wme_ac_vi_acm=0
wme_ac_vo_aifs=2
wme_ac_vo_cwmin=2
wme_ac_vo_cwmax=3
wme_ac_vo_txop_limit=47
wme_ac_vo_acm=0
eapol_key_index_workaround=0
eap_server=0
own_ip_addr=127.0.0.1
January 26, 2010 at 8:50 am
Thanks for quick reply. Can you paste here output of “iwconfig”, when hostapd started?
January 26, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Not a prob.
wlan1 IEEE 802.11bg Mode:Master Frequency:2.447 GHz Tx-Power=12 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr=2346 B
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
January 26, 2010 at 3:36 pm
Thank you once more! I bought this adapter and configured it under Gentoo by this http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Ralink_RT73 manual.
It’s work great! It’s work as Access Point!
Thank you for your time!
Respect from Ukraine.
January 27, 2010 at 5:27 am
That’s great! Thank you for your answers. Today I will buy this adapter!
January 26, 2010 at 3:53 pm