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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => Other D-Link Products => Topic started by: JavaLawyer on July 15, 2012, 09:43:34 AM
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Posted on behalf of member DaviSta (from PM):
Hi there sorry to bother you but I'm at a complete loss with this issue.
I'm struggling to install my :
D-Link Super G Wireless LAN Adapter IEEE 802.11 b/g
Unfortunately i know little information about the card , i brought a PC from E-Bay , 2ND hand and the card was already in the PCI slot , device manager finds the card but will not install the driver.
I have try to download manually but have installed several wrong drivers before i stumbled across this site , but I'm struggling to navigate around and find what I'm looking for.
If you could help id be ever so grateful , thanks in advance
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Any way to turn off the PC and take out the Wireless PCI card to collect model # information?
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Yes mate , i have it in my hand , i also have images of it if they would help ??
(http://i49.tinypic.com/16c857p.jpg)
(http://i49.tinypic.com/2ptukoj.jpg)
It also has a small gray antenna.
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This doesn't look like a DLink product... Odd ball for sure. Any DLink stickers at all?
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On the long silver part where the antenna pin pokes out , where the green light is it says "D-Link"
(http://i45.tinypic.com/6ozf5y.jpg)
Thanks for taking the time out to help.
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No other model # or part#?
The only thing I'm going to recommend is get on ebay or go to the store and find you a different model adapter. There are newer ones and do up to N mode and will connect nicely to your host router. What make and model host router do you have?
Model adapters recommended are DWA-160 or 131. Can even get into a DAP model device like a 1525, 1535, 1522 or 1360 and run it in bridge mode and connect it to the LAN port on the PC. This will act as a wireless connection to your PC and connect to the host router.
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What country are you in? I am starting to think that this model may not have had a U.S. release.
(From the use of "mate", I'm guessing Australia?)
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I dont have a clue what you just said , but i have a "Netgear" router hooked to a "Motorola surfbord" running "Haxoware" Main PC connected via wifi same as laptop , xbox connected via ethernet , this is a second PC i have a similar card in the Main PC running XP Pro will that driver work with this card or will it not be compatible with windows 7 , there same color and say D-Link in the same place ??
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What country are you in? I am starting to think that this model may not have had a U.S. release.
(From the use of "mate", I'm guessing Australia?)
I'm from the UK , Nottingham England
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I'm starting to think this may have been a non-US product that is discontinued (based on the b/g designation), which makes it that much more difficult to track down without a model number.
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Ok sorry i took so long been digging .......
So i managed to get some more info for the card here is what i found ......
Manufacture : GTS
Device : 108Mbps High Speed Wireless Adapter - PCI
Driver Version : 2.1.3.4 / 2.1.34 ar5211.sys
Found this information via main PC , inserted the card and it installed it automatically problem is my main PC is running XP Pro SP3 , is this information useful for windows 7 ???
I removed the driver from :
c:\windows\system32\drivers\ar5211.sys
And placed it on a removable drive , so i have that driver but its from XP Pro.
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I would do a search on the web for GTS mfr and see if there is a web site. Possible there maybe windows 7 drivers or not.
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***PROBLEM SOLVED***
So i did a search on "Google" for :
"High Speed Wireless Adapter driver windows 7"
And it led me to this RAR : (I re-uploaded)
http://www.slingfile.com/file/etmtkbyTO7 (http://www.slingfile.com/file/etmtkbyTO7)
This RAR contains 3 files :
Net5211 - setup information
ar5211.sys - system file
ar52119x.sys - system file
Using Device Manager to search my PC manually i directed it to the location of the "sys" files and it has installed the driver and the card is now working very well.
Thank you for all your help , i hope this thread helps others who have this issue.
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I'm glad everything worked out, and thank you for sharing your solution. ;)
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Enjoy.
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Sorry guys i did not explain that the RAR file needs to be extracted to the c:\windows\drivers destination or like me you will be stuck with the sys files on the desktop , if i delete them the adapter no longer works , i have re-installed the driver in the correct destination. lol
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Good info. Glad it's working well. Enjoy.