Dlink DWL G-132

Update:(09/2010) I made it to work under Linux 32bit. It was rather unspectacular using NDISwrapper. It’s working right now, with no particular problems*.

lsusb gives:

Bus 001 Device 005: ID 2001:3a03 D-Link Corp. [hex] DWL-G132 (no firmware)
I just installed ndisgtk

$ sudo apt-get install ndisgtk

and downloaded the windows drivers from: ftp://ftp.dlink.com/Wireless/dwlg132/Driver/dwlg132_drivers_121.zip

Unzipped them on the desktop, and installed NetA5AGU.inf from ndisgtk (remember to run it with sudo).
NetA5AGU.inf is in Drivers/. I didn’t launch Setup.exe with Wine.
I started working right away with a wonderful 54Mbps connection.
So I don’t have to thinker to install an internal wireless card on this tablet that has a whitelist for permitted wireless cards.

See these two links for a bit of information:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper

and

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1117496

a note on the last one: I didn’t find in the drivers and didn’t install athfmwdl.inf.

* (5/09/2010)Actually I have one. I have to put in the usb thingy after gdm logon. At boot I will freeze everything up. I don’t currently know why. Otherwise it works just fine.

Inside the DWL G132 from D-link. The wi-fi dongle will make a friend of yours happy.
As you’re going to give it to him away for free if you are a 64bit Linux user.

This usb Wi-Fi key, rebranded by TIM alice was given to customers some years ago. At that time, 64bit for consumer use were pratically absent. I had my dwl g-132 from a friend (not running 64 bit linux :D).
The Wi-fi IC is an Atheros 5523. Sadly, it seems there are no amd64/ 64bit/x64 XP professional drivers, so it’s pretty useless under 64 bit linux. Trying to run ndiswrapper with the 32 bit XP driver will complain about the 32bit driver.

http://www.dlink-me.com/ftp/Vista/D-Link_Driver_Support_Sheet_64.pdf
It works under Vista 64bit, but Vista driver aren’t supported under ndiswraper so far.

Not providing x64 XP drivers it’s not a Dlink fault, as the dongle is quite old and now discontinued.
Some people claim this dongle has a Marvell chip inside. Mine, at least, it hasn’t, as you can see from the photo. The

Atheros	Note / Chipset	WXP 32bit	WXP 64bit	Vista 32bit	Vista 64bit	Linux
AR5001A	AR5111/AR5211
AR5001X	AR5111/AR5211/AR2111
AR5001X+	AR5111/AR5212/AR2111
AR5002G	AR2112/AR5212
AR5005UG	AR2112/AR5523
AR5005UX	AR5112/AR5523

(from Atheros.cz)

Some people solved the 64bit linux issue by rollbacking to 32bit linux. While I don’t find it clever, if you can’t ditch this old usb key or give it away to a 32bit/XP friend, it’s a chance.
Inside it has an antenna plug,

but I didn’t try to see if it’s working.
I will mention a site on external antennas for DWL G-122. It could be handy if you are trying to set hack the exaternal antenna  d-link g132.
Update (02 June 2010): there seems to be a driver for Linux by the Wireless Kernel

Right now it doesn’t compile with my current stock kernel (2.6.32-22-generic)