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DWL-520plus
D-Link DWL-520+ PCI Wireless networking card
Vitals
- Manufacturer :
D-link - Model : DWL-520+
- Type : PCI wireless NIC
- External Antenna Jack: Reverse polarity SMA
- Chipset: TI !
- Power : 30 mW (15dBm)
- Recieve Sensitivity : -78dBV
- Drivers URL :
- Available New : Yes
- Average Price : $165 (promotional)
- Vitals last updated : 22/08/2002
Official Dribble
The D-Link AirPlus DWL-520+ PCI Adapter is an enhanced 802.11b adapter featuring advanced silicon chip technology from Texas Instruments. The DWL-520+ is fully compatible with the IEEE 802.11b standard making it interoperable with all existing 802.11b compliant devices. Now you can transfer files or communicate up to 20% faster than previous 802.11b solutions, even when connected to a standard 802.11b network. When you’re connected to other D-Link AirPlus products, the performance is even greater — up to 22Mbps!Pictures
Operating Systems
Linux
No support as yet, D-Link will release a Linux driver in first quarter 2003Dlink support. Actually it looks,as if there will be no Linux-Driver for quite some time, since Texas-Instruments doesn't release the source-code for the acx100-ChipsetIt seems they're not in a hurry...
In the web of DWL-650+ we are searching solutions to run this chip, acx100 ...... see the DWL-650plus page
Well one thing to try on linux is the
ACX100 wireless network driver projectWindows
Drivers in the box.Firmware
Misc Notes
Based on a TI chipset - acx100.
Supports proprietary 22 Mbit mode to other D-Link AirPlus equipment.
Pigtails available from Rojone, or they also come with the D-Link external antenna kits.
Supports "256 bit" WEP.
Requires PCI 2.2 compliant slot. ?
On PCI 2.1 it works too.
1 Cool thing with this card is that you can remove the cover and pop out a
mini-pci (Type III) for notebook applications
minipci <- (this appears to be a dead link? )
Version 2 (old) modified Mon, 26 Jul 2021 12:49:28 +0000 by cseufert
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