D-Link DWA-547 wireless card doesn't work

[Toni Ruottu]

D-Link DWA-547 wireless card doesn't work out of the box.
Any tips on getting it to work, would be appreciated.

[Toni Ruottu (toni-ruottu)]

cyberix@bunnypump:~$ sudo lspci -v -v -s 00:0c.0
00:0c.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. Unknown device 0023 (rev 01)
        Subsystem: D-Link System Inc Unknown device 3a6b
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR+
        Latency: 32, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 0
        Region 0: Memory at d6020000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Capabilities: [40] #80 [0000]
        Capabilities: [80] #00 [0000]

[jcfp (jcfp)]

Given that it's an atheros card, linux support would normally be done via the madwifi driver. However, it seems that the chipset in your card is atheros AR5008 (AR5416) which is not yet supported by madwifi. See http://madwifi.org/ticket/1001 for details [and developers getting buried under a mountain of user requests for adding driver support].

As an alternative, there are various reports of this card working via ndiswrapper though:
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/List (search for "5416")
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=348918
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=307258

Rejecting the bug report since this card not working out of the box is, unfortunately, not a bug in ubuntu.

[Scott James Remnant (Canonical) (canonical-scott)]

Err, this card not working in Ubuntu is definitely a bug -- just because it happens to be a bug upstream doesn't mean we should Reject it!

[Simon Strandman (nejsimon)]

FYI there now is a driver for the Atheros AR5008. You can get the driver at:
http://snapshots.madwifi.org/madwifi-hal-0.9.30.10/

It's still exeprimental and I don't know how well it works.

[DO55 (reewdwd)]

i have the same card and same problem

nxsty
i download the driver but i dont know how can i use it

help

[cerebro (jimmy-jonsson)]

Just bought a DWA-547 card and compiled ndiswrapper from source and it works great. :-)

[Toni Ruottu (toni-ruottu)]

Which version of ndiswrapper?

Where did you get the driver?
( Does it have a name or version? )

[cerebro (jimmy-jonsson)]

I used ndiswrapper version 1.51 from http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net and i downloaded the driver from http://www.dlink.com.

[Bixent (ouillus)]

All doesn't work !
I use Ndisgtk with windows drivers and if configure my router in draft "n", ubuntu don't find it !!!

Actually my routeur is configured for "802.11g and b", ubuntu fond it, it works but slowly ... I need the draft "n" please

[Toni Ruottu (toni-ruottu)]

As of Intrepid, the card seems to be working. Not sure, if all features are supported, but I'm able to browse web in a wireless manner \o/.

[Sergio Zanchetta (primes2h)]

The 18 month support period for Feisty Fawn 7.04 has reached its end of life some months ago.
As a result, we are closing the linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20 task. It would be helpful if you could test the
new Jaunty Jackalope 9.04 release and confirm if this issue remains -
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/904overview. If the issue still exists with the Jaunty
release, please update this report by changing the Status of the "linux (Ubuntu)"
task from "Incomplete" to "New". Thanks in advance!

[kernel-janitor (kernel-janitor)]

This bug report was marked as Incomplete and has not had any updated comments for quite some time. As a result this bug is being closed. Please reopen if this is still an issue in the current Ubuntu release http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download . Also, please be sure to provide any requested information that may have been missing. To reopen the bug, click on the current status under the Status column and change the status back to "New". Thanks.

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