D-Link DWL-122 USB Wireless Adapter

D-Link does not have the latest drivers posted on their US site....however I just stumbled across their 1.4.7 drivers at the following URL...

http://www.dlink.com.sg/products/support.asp?pid=175#drivers

I have used it for a day and a half without issue. I'm running OS X 10.3.5

Andrew,

D-Link does not have the latest drivers posted on their US site....however I just stumbled across their 1.4.7 drivers at the following URL...

http://www.dlink.com.sg/products/support.asp?pid=175#drivers

I have used it for a day and a half without issue. I'm running OS X 10.3.5

Thank you, thank you. D-link support has been useless ... they had no clue there is a newer driver than the 1.3.2 posted on their web site. Over multiple calls last weekend and this, they were unable to solve the problem ... I kept getting "incorrect WEP code."

I installed the 1.4.7 driver and it worked right away. I'm running 10.2.8 on an iBook.

I'm running 10.2.8 on an iBook.

A much more elegant solution is using an AirPort card in the iBook's internal slot.

"A much more elegant solution is using an AirPort card in the iBook's internal slot."

Yes, but at 2X the cost, and without the flexibility of being able to move the adapter to another computer on an ad-hoc basis.

Another thing you forgot was that the USB wireless drivers may not work at the next OS update. Then you will be hounding D-Link for updates.

But the AirPort card will work with no problems.

I just want to add a note of skepticism to all the posts singing the praises of Ethernet Bridges over USB's. I bought a Linksys Ethernet Bridge last month--the WET11b-- and despite several hours on the phone with the help desk, was unable to get it to work.

Linksys says they offer no support on the Mac--they actually do, but it's limited. Anyway, mine is headed back to the store. I may try again to find an old Airport card. Prices seem to have come down since I last checked.

An interesting thing about the dwl-122 driver version 1.4.7, ... , it seems to recognize many different Prism-based devices. If you look at the extension 'Intersil Prism2.kext", specifically at the Info.plist inside, you will see not just the DWL-122 listed in the IOKitPersonalities, but also at least 5 other USB Prism items - the Netgear MA111, and a MicroSloth USB Wireless device, to name a few.

I am currently using the Netgear MA111.

The driver seems stable ( __finally__!!!) and now suddenly it doesn't need to be altered to work with USB wireless devices other than the DWL-122.

As I got the Netgear for free, it is a nice little backup/portable wireless unit. I originally bought the DWL-122 last fall for $30 at BestBuy, but returned it after so many freezes and problems.

I had the freezes so often cited in this and other threads, but 1.4.7 seems to have those licked.

Hope this helps some poor soul out there that still has the 1.3.2 driver.

Dave Purdy

This is GREAT news!

I see it also does many of the Linksys USB adapters 2.5, 2.6, & 2.7. I have one upstairs on a PC so now I can try it on an eMac!

Also I'm going to tigerdirect.com to get the DWL-122 recert for C$27.

I have had the same problem. I bought the DWL-810+ and have had no freezes since.

I have the same problem as you, BigD289 - how did you solve it? And also, if you look in the dropdown menu of the wireless link status - can you use the options " turn wireless card off"?
To me it seems that the system freezes whenever the network I'm on is rebooting (which happens quite frequently)...

Any help please??

welli have a different make but i cannot get the mac to installi it at all i have had the adapter replaced and used many??

Any ideas

Hello All,
I just downloaded the new version 1.4.7 from the Singapore site and sad to say that its no good either. There are still major bugs with the DWL-122 USB adapter: its very unstable; has poor connect rate; loading a simple Apple webpage stalls very often with many errors. The new version does not regcognize the signal from a Graphite Airport base station immediately, I had to play with the WEP password several times using either the $ sign before password, or with the 40-bit hex key (10 digit from the config info in the base station) It also slows down the iMac 333Mhz 256 ram Jaguar 10.2 to a crawl. I'm very frustrated and sending it back.

Well, I have to say that with the 1.4.7. Version from UK is seems to run very very well - no probs since 6 hrs online, and that seems to be quite a long time for a dwl -122...