Tag Archives: dlink

DWA-110 on FreeBSD: if_rum additions

It works. I’m using the rum driver for Host AP mode, so it actually sucks being me. Fact is, device is supported. I did get WPA2 up, following the Handbook. Add product DLINK2 DWA110 0x3c07 DWA-110 to usbdevs and { USB_VENDOR_DLINK2, USB_PRODUCT_DLINK2_DWA110 }, to if_rum.c.

D-Link DWA-110 IDs

Here’s what sysctl says: dev.ugen.1.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x07d1 product=0x3c07 devclass=0×00 devsubclass=0×00 release=0×0001 sernum=”"

D-Link DWA-110 chip

I’ve opened up my DWA-110, it has a RT2571WF (Ralink) chip inside. Which gives us the RT5201USB chipset, according to this page and man rum. By the way, I see the DWA-111 device ID having been added to the FreeBSD 7 CVS (rum driver). I’m pretty sure DWA-110 is supported, too. There’s an appropriate gap [...]

Note on wireless networking, Windows XP SP2

Did set up an ad-hoc wireless network in Windows, using Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG, driver version 11.5.1.15 (released 13-03-2008), and D-Link DWA-110, driver version 1.2.1.0 (released 14-05-2007). NOTE: the latter driver not present on main D-Link site, use the Australian instead. Using vendor-specific software to manage wireless networks, not Windows-bundled. So far WEP only, haven’t tried [...]

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