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$50. I probably could have found it cheaper elseware but DSE was conveniently on my way home last night.
D-Link DWA-110
Now just to find an access point with decent signal strength.
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Does it need to install a driver?
Nope. Complete plug and play.
Does WPA also work out-of-the-box?
Absolutely. I have only tried it with NetworkManager though. First network it connected to was my WPA-PSK home network.
Excellent, Thanks! I think I might just pick one up myself.
hey i have that same thing except it doesnt work on my computer…..
i just switched from XP to ubuntu and now the D-link doesnt work
Also works fine here on Jaunty. Once WPA was setup it connected first time.
My DWA-110 USB wi-fi adaptor worked fine on Ubuntu up to kernel 2.6.27-14. All the kernels / modules after that do not work automatically the way 2.6.27-14 did, so I keep booting kernel and don’t use the 3 or 4 released since.
Hey, thanks very much as I was thinking if that device would work under ubuntu! I need to know something, can you set up an access point with that under ubuntu? I mean, you will set up an access point with WPA/WPA2 security, and i’ll connect to your pc via that connection?
Please inform me, on [email protected], thanks very much!
I know you can create an Ad-hoc connection with NetworkManager but it does not appear to have any options for AP. I don’t know if Linux can force the DWA-110 into AP mode either as I have never had any experience with AP mode wireless in Linux sorry.
Can you test this adapter with hostapd as Access Point? I want to buy this adapter, but I want to create Access Point on it.
If hostapd start without error on initialization nl80211 driver, then it may work as AP.
Looks like your good to go. Here is the output I get from hostapd:
~$ 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
Thanks for quick reply. Can you paste here output of “iwconfig”, when hostapd started?
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
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.
That’s great! Thank you for your answers. Today I will buy this adapter!