D-Link Wireless N 150 PCI Adapter (DWA-525) -- Need Software

[etienne_marais]

Hi, please help.

I have bought a D-Link Wireless N 150 PCI Adapter (DWA-525), but displaced the CD. [ No, really ]

Furthermore I inserted the adapter in the PC without realizing that the wizard is supposed to be run beforehand. After the first reboot the bios and system time were reset. I may or may not have damaged something.

I then downloaded the drivers from ftp://ftp.dlink.com/Wireless/dwa525/Drivers/dwa525_drivers_100.zip but the adapter shows driver no installed in the device manager.

My question is twofold, how to fix the driver (if the adapter is not broken), and more relevant to this forum, which 'dialer' can I use to connect given I do not have the propriety D-Link connection software.

I came under the impression that certain PPPoE dialers can also be used for wireless adapters, but had no luck finding relevant software. (I can't find the relevant D-Link connection software online either).

The end goal is to connect wirelessly to my Zyxel ADSL router...

 

[Rickster]

Turn the PC off, disconnect the Wireless PCI card,start the PC up install the drivers then put the card back in and turn on.

 

[etienne_marais]

Thanks, will do. Any advice on wireless connection software (for desktop PC, Windows 7 Home Basic) ?

 

[Rickster]

Thanks, will do. Any advice on wireless connection software (for desktop PC, Windows 7 Home Basic) ?

The driver will do that.

 

[HavocXphere]

You use the windows built in stuff to connect. Just needs driver.

 

[rorz0r]

I recently installed dlink wireless drivers after having tried the stick already unsuccessfully. Worked 100%, just downloaded and ran the installer.

 

[etienne_marais]

Turned out there was a newer driver at:

ftp://ftp.dlink.com/Wireless/dwa525/Drivers/dwa525_drivers_121.zip

which was needed. I uninstalled the old driver, physically removed the PCI wireless device, installed the new driver and then reconnected the PCI wireless device (as Rickster suggested, it does not work if you install the driver while the wireless adapter is physically installed in the computer). So, up and running at last.