V Sat, 06 Jan 2007 04:15:03 +0000, Unruh napsal(a):

> CptDondo <yan@NsOeSiPnAeMr.com> writes:
>
>>I got a D-Link DWL-120 usb adapter on a firesale (real cheap). For some
>>silly reason, I thought getting it running would be easy....
>
> No wonder it was cheap.

:-) I think it cost me about $2 after the rebates and all.

>>I can get it working with NDISwrapper, but I really need channel 14 (for
>>Japan). D-Link doesn't provide windows drivers for Japanese locale, and
>>the US drivers return an error.
>
> What error?

Something about can't set frequency....

>
>
>>I've been poking around trying to figure out which native drivers might
>>work. lsusb identifies it as
>
>>> 2001:3701 D-Link Corp. [hex] DWL-G120 Spinnaker 802.11b
>
>>Googling around doesn't produce much useful info, except possibly that
>>prism54.org might have working driver. But that redirects to another
>>site <http://jbnote.free.fr/> which, when downloaded, appears to build
>>madwifi.
>
> Did you build madwifi and try it, or is it handholding you need a you build
> up the courage to do so.

Well, reading the assorted websites it's not clear which tarball I should
start with.....

>
> I have no idea if it will work, but try it. I have no idea if it will
> provide channel 14 either, since AFAIK that is not a channel in use in the
> USA or Europe, where the driver was written. Is channel 14 the only one
> that will work in Japan?

Channel 14 is only available in Japan, but it's a standard part of the
802.11 freq range.

>>So I am really confused....
>
> Not sure what your confusion is.

Well, my confusion is *which* madwifi tarball to start with.... I was
hoping that someone might have gone down this road before, and saved me a
few wrong turns.

--Yan