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Wireless Card not detected- D-Link DWL-G550

Asked by macster110

I recently installed Ubuntu 6.10 onto a computer with a DWL-G550 wireless card. Unfortunately the card is not detected by ubuntu and hence there is no internet access. Does anyone know how to solve this?
 I downloaded "madwifi" however unfortunately i'm not experienced enough with computers to be able to install it. A simplified step by step guide would be appreciated.

Thanks for your time...
Jamie Macaulay

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Andrew Gee (andrewgee) said : 		#1

If you have the windows driver for this wireless adapter, you could use this guide to help you out into installing Ndiswrapper.

http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Edgy#How_to_install_Windows_Wireless_Drivers_.28Ndiswrapper.29

Ndiswrapper lets you use the windows driver to install the network interface on linux.

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williamts99 (williamts99) said : 		#2

Hello, I would only recommend using NDISwrapper as a last resort if the card doesn't work any other way. Could you please use terminal Applications>Accessories>Terminal and enter the following command
lspci -v
then copy and paste the results here.

You may want to try using the Network Manager. Applications>Add/Remove and then check the box next to Network Manager.

Once the network manager is installed, you should restart your computer.

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macster110 (jdjm) said : 		#3

Hi- did what you asked...here are the results!
 As for Network Manager it seems my computer is not compatible..(i386)?

macster110@upstairs:~$ lspci-v
bash: lspci-v: command not found
macster110@upstairs:~$ lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev c1)
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
        Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev c1)
        Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0c17
        Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1)
        Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0c17
        Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1)
        Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0c17
        Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1)
        Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0c17
        Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1)
        Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0c17
        Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
        Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Unknown device 0c11
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
        Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Unknown device 0c11
        Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 9
        I/O ports at dc00 [size=32]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Unknown device 5004
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 193
        Memory at e2085000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Unknown device 5004
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 201
        Memory at e2081000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
        Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Unknown device 5004
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 209
        Memory at e2082000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce Audio Processing Unit (rev a2)
        Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0c11
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9
        Memory at e2000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1)
        Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 4144
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 201
        I/O ports at e000 [size=256]
        I/O ports at d000 [size=128]
        Memory at e2086000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
        I/O behind bridge: 00009000-0000bfff
        Memory behind bridge: e0000000-e1ffffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 30000000-300fffff

00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
        Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Unknown device 5002
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
        I/O ports at f000 [size=16]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): nVidia Corporation nForce2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) Controller (rev a3) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Unknown device 1000
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 193
        Memory at e2083000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
        Memory at e2084000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=32
        Memory behind bridge: de000000-dfffffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d0000000-d7ffffff

01:09.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Marvell W8300 802.11 Adapter (rev 07)
        Subsystem: D-Link System Inc Unknown device 3b09
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
        Memory at e1010000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Memory at e1000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

01:0c.0 RAID bus controller: <pci_lookup_name: buffer too small> (rev 10)
        Subsystem: Integrated Technology Express, Inc. IT/ITE8212 Dual channel ATA RAID controller
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 177
        I/O ports at 9010 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 9400 [size=4]
        I/O ports at 9810 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 9c00 [size=4]
        I/O ports at a000 [size=16]
        [virtual] Expansion ROM at 30080000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

01:0d.0 RAID bus controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3112 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3112 SATARaid Controller
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 185
        I/O ports at a400 [size=8]
        I/O ports at a800 [size=4]
        I/O ports at ac00 [size=8]
        I/O ports at b000 [size=4]
        I/O ports at b400 [size=16]
        Memory at e1020000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
        [virtual] Expansion ROM at 30000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Subsystem: Guillemot Corporation 3D Prophet II MX
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 12
        Memory at de000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
        [virtual] Expansion ROM at df000000 [disabled] [size=64K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

macster110@upstairs:~$

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williamts99 (williamts99) said : 		#4

ok, to install network manager, try

sudo apt-get install network-manager-gnome

also, can you provide the output of:

sudo lshw -C network

sudo iwconfig

Best Regards,

Williamts99

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macster110 (jdjm) said : 		#5

Network manager will still not install....terminal says it cannot find it.
Here's the other stuff:
Thanks!

macster110@upstairs:~$ sudo lshw -c network
Hardware Lister (lshw) - B.02.06
usage: lshw [-format] [-options ...]
       lshw -version

        -version print program version (B.02.06)

format can be
        -html output hardware tree as HTML
        -xml output hardware tree as XML
        -short output hardware paths
        -businfo output bus information

options can be
        -class CLASS only show a certain class of hardware
        -C CLASS same as '-class CLASS'
        -disable TEST disable a test (like pci, isapnp, cpuid, etc. )
        -enable TEST enable a test (like pci, isapnp, cpuid, etc. )

macster110@upstairs:~$ sudo iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.

macster110@upstairs:~$

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williamts99 (williamts99) said : 		#6

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu
will tell you how to enable the Universe, and you might want to enable the Multiverse repositories, then it should install.

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Itux (itux) said : 		#7

Hi there! mine is a Desktop PC using Ubuntu 7.04 Festy and the same wireless card
After sudo lshw -C network (i have to write it down)

*-network:0
description:
Product:
vendor:
physical id:
bus info:
logical name:
version:
serial:
capacity:
width:
clock:
capabilities:
configuration:

*-network:0
description:
Product:
vendor:
physical id:
bus info:
logical name:
version:
serial:
capacity:
width:
clock:
capabilities:
configuration:
resources:

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Itux (itux) said : 		#8

Hi there! mine is a Desktop PC using Ubuntu 7.04 (new installation) Festy and the same wireless card

Now I need to connect using the wireless card instead of the wired one. I do Not have internet connection in my box right now, so I can't updated the system, but I can get any necessary file downloaded and saved and transported in a memory stick.

Please help me.

After sudo lshw -C network (i have to write it down)

*-network:0
      description: Ethernet Interface
      product: 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
      vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
      physical id: a
      bus info: pci@00:0a.0
      logical name: eth0
      version: 13
      serial:00:11:2f:60:4c:14
      capacity: 1GB/s
      width: 32 bits
      clock: 66Mhz
      capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt- fd 100bt 100be -fd 1000bt 1000bt -fd autonegotiation
      configuration:autonegatiatio=on broadcast=yes driver=skge driverversion=1.9 firmware=N/A latency=64 link=no maxlatency=31 mingnt=23 multicast=yes port=twisted pair
       resources: iomemory:f7c0000 - f7c03fff ioport:cc00-ccff irq:16

*-network:1 UNCLAIMED
        description: Ethernet controller
        product: Marvell W8300 802.11 adapter
        vendor:Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
        physical id: c
        bus info: pci@00:0c.0
        logical name:
        version: 07
        serial:
       capacity:
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 66Mhz
       capabilities: bus_master cap_list
       configuration:latency=64
       resources: iomemory :f7e00000 - f7e0ffff iomemory: f7d00000 - f7d0ffff irq:5

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