No Driver in Windows 7 (Or Vista!)

[ukgovsucks]

Baah! I hate to admit it, but one of my recent purchases of hardware I can only get a driver for XP! It's a D-Link DWL-AB520 Wireless Adapter.
I don't suppose anyone knows of a way round this, or where I can get a driver? I've tried the D-Link Site and others, but no joy. I think I'm out of luck!

 

[Orbital Shark]

Silly question but i'm gonna ask anyway Have you tried Windows Update? You can plug it in and it should check Automatically, if not you can right-click the device in Device Manager & Update Driver Software.

Hope this helps

 

[darkassain]

Sorry, this product has been discontinued and is no longer supported by D-Link tech support. However, as a courtesy to our customers we will continue to provide the resources that are available on this page.
D-Link Systems, Inc. has issued an End of Life (EOL) Notice for this product.
Technical and Warranty support for this product shall continue, with proof of purchase, until December 01, 2007.

that doesnt help..:sarc:
i thought this was pre-installed according to what i heard in vista....

 

[jimbo45]

Baah! I hate to admit it, but one of my recent purchases of hardware I can only get a driver for XP! It's a D-Link DWL-AB520 Wireless Adapter.
I don't suppose anyone knows of a way round this, or where I can get a driver? I've tried the D-Link Site and others, but no joy. I think I'm out of luck!

Afraid you really are out of luck -- since even in a VM the network adapter still has to work on the host machine.

You could do a test to see if XP compatability mode works -- set the network adapter to the "Real" network adapter even if the "Real" driver doesn't work.

I don't hold out any hope for this but you could just try it as an exercise. If the Host machine doesn't even recognize the hardware in the first place then you've got a problem.

I don't think USB wireless adapters are very expensive so I think you'll just have to toss that one.

Cheers
jimbo

 

[ukgovsucks]

Ah well. It doesn't really matter I suppose. I have actually got XP installed on a spare drive caddy with this card installed. But it would be nice if I can make use of it in Windows 7 or Vista.

I purchased this old adapter as I wanted to tinker around with WEP hacking. Don't worry, nothing illegal! Just like everything else, I like to mess about with things techie!

 

[darkassain]

Ah well. It doesn't really matter I suppose. I have actually got XP installed on a spare drive caddy with this card installed. But it would be nice if I can make use of it in Windows 7 or Vista.

I purchased this old adapter as I wanted to tinker around with WEP hacking. Don't worry, nothing illegal! Just like everything else, I like to mess about with things techie!

hey you should have just went with either anything atheros....
or like what i had...
http://www.tuto-fr.com/en/tutorial/materiel/awus036s-alfa-network.php
you can even go for its big brother
http://www.tuto-fr.com/en/tutorial/materiel/awus036h-alfa-network.php
i loved this little adapter as i can be connected to the net and do "wep research" at the same time...
really hopeless when you see 80% of all the ap's are using wep protection and only about 15% have WPA-Tkip and i believe only two ap (other than mine) are using WPA-2

 

[ukgovsucks]

hey you should have just went with either anything atheros....
or like what i had...
Alfa network AWUS036s usb wifi ralink
you can even go for its big brother
Alfa network AWUS036H usb rtl8187
i loved this little adapter as i can be connected to the net and do "wep research" at the same time...
really hopeless when you see 80% of all the ap's are using wep protection and only about 15% have WPA-Tkip and i believe only two ap (other than mine) are using WPA-2

WOW! Many thanks for those links mate. VERY much appreciated. I think looking at it I may 'invest' in that big brother one. lol. Looks like it has a terrific range too, which is superb.

Looks like I'm going to have to take a crash course in using Ubuntu though, as I've always been a bit of a Windows fan. (sorry ). I have got the latest release of Ubuntu, but using it is something else! lol. Back to school time I think.

Well chuffed with the info mate. Nice one.

 

[jimbo45]

Hi all
if you have a new(ish) router ALWAYS use the latest encryption wpa2-psk.
WEP is too easily broken into.

Cheers

jimbo

 

[Digger]

Hi all
if you have a new(ish) router ALWAYS use the latest encryption wpa2-psk.
WEP is too easily broken into.

Cheers

jimbo

The only bad thing about having wpa2 jim is on home networks. Things like the Wii and PsP dont use wpa2, yet atleast. So i get the gripe if/when i have wpa2 enabled. I'd rather have it myself, but would have to trade a headache for it, here anyways, lol.

 

[ukgovsucks]

hey you should have just went with either anything atheros....
or like what i had...
Alfa network AWUS036s usb wifi ralink
you can even go for its big brother
Alfa network AWUS036H usb rtl8187
i loved this little adapter as i can be connected to the net and do "wep research" at the same time...
really hopeless when you see 80% of all the ap's are using wep protection and only about 15% have WPA-Tkip and i believe only two ap (other than mine) are using WPA-2

Done it mate. Ordered the 'big brother' one.
Now to get learning how to use Linux. gulp! :shock:

It's all fascinating stuff mind. I love it!

 

[darkassain]

Done it mate. Ordered the 'big brother' one.
Now to get learning how to use Linux. gulp! :shock:

It's all fascinating stuff mind. I love it!

if you want to go all out dont go with ubuntu...
backtrack 3 (while i do preffer 2 in some ways, but 3 is better)
is so much better for what you want to do...
if you want to learn more...
BackTrack - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remote-Exploit.org - Supplying offensive security products to the world

The only bad thing about having wpa2 jim is on home networks. Things like the Wii and PsP dont use wpa2, yet atleast. So i get the gripe if/when i have wpa2 enabled. I'd rather have it myself, but would have to trade a headache for it, here anyways, lol.

i do believe they are...
AFAIK you can in the PSP...
with the lastest firmware (or "homebrew" firmware)
the wii i cant say anything....
i have not tried it...
but what i do is have 2 nat routers
one for just wep encryption which no computers (only some old hardware does connect...)
connected to another router which is where all of my computers are connected to...
that way if a person gains access to the network they cannnot gain access to my main network...
and i can securely keep changing and cracking my own passwords without messing around with my main network...

 

[Jon55]

It doesn't install at all? I've ran many XP-only drivers for old devices before (in both Vista and Win7) and they usually install. Then Windows Update finds a newer driver for it.