How to get a Belkin Wireless adapter to work?


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Hey,

Just downloaded SUSE 9. If i install it, will it install and configure my Belkin Wireless Adapter (F5D6050) automatically, or will i have to mess around with it myself as i havent a clue how i would get it working otherwise lol.

If it doesnt automatically install what would i do, as on the Belkin website there are only Windows drivers?

Many thanks for any help

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I will let you know within the next 2 days. I am going to install SUSE 9 and I have the same adapter. By the way in Mandrake 9.2, the BeElkin F5D6050 works directly out of the box.

Sylvain

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I found an amtel driver here:

http://atmelwlandriver.sourceforge.net

although i dont know how to install it, i need a really n00b explanation e.g cd *driver dir*, type *command* etc etc.

thanks, heres where i found the link to the driver on the belkin website, maybe the page makes sense to someone? http://web.belkin.com/support/kb/kb.asp?a=1512

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I will try the Belkin ideas. When I installed Suse 9 with the Belkin Wireless USB device in, Suse asked me at one point to wnsure that pcmcia-cs was installed. I was not sure why it asked but now having read the info on Belkin's website, it makes sense.

I will keep you opsted

Sylvain

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try the atmel driver from here instead. I've had better luck with it in the past.

http://at76c503a.berlios.de/

It says is specifically supports your device.

BTW, I have the Linksys WUSB11, and it works in suse 9 now. it wasn't out of the box, but after editing my

/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-wlan0 file, it now works fine.

here's how to tell if you ned the drivers. Boot into linux without it plugged in. Open up a terminal, then plug it in. type 'dmesg' and see if it was identified. If it was, then it's just configuration. here's my ifcfg-wlan0 in case it helps:

BOOTPROTO='dhcp'

DHCLIENT_SET_DEFAULT_ROUTE='yes'

BROADCAST='192.168.2.255'

IPADDR=''

MTU=''

NETMASK='255.255.255.0'

NETWORK='192.168.2.0'

REMOTE_IPADDR=''

STARTMODE='hotplug'

UNIQUE=''

WIRELESS='yes'

WIRELESS_ESSID=any

WIRELESS_KEY=''

CHANNEL=7

WIRELESS_MODE='Managed'

WIRELESS_NICK='wlan0'

WIRELESS_NWID=''

yea, yea, I don't have WEP enabled. :o

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Well, ive found a package on disk 3 of suse 9 , just go to yast and search for wlan and a driver package comes up. This installs the driver to add support for the belkin adapter but still it doesnt work. Maybe i have to configure it?

What info do i have to put in and where do i put it in? (n00b explanation please)

and where do i find this info in windows so i know what to put in linux?

thanks

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I tried everything I could find and think of.

Kenlin, thanks for your info. You are correct except that somehow it did not work with the Belkin device. I will not give up, and try again.

Sylvain

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Here's a bunch of relevant system files:

my /etc/modules.conf file has

alias eth0 natsemi

alias eth1 off

eth1 is my wireless adapter. I'm actually not sure why this works :rolleyes:

In my /etc/sysconfig/hotplug file:

HOTPLUG_USB_NET_MODULES="at76c503-rfmd at76c503-rfmd-acc at76c503-i3861 at76c503

-i3863"

and here's my /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth1:

BOOTPROTO='dhcp'

DHCLIENT_SET_DEFAULT_ROUTE='yes'

BROADCAST='192.168.2.255'

IPADDR=''

MTU=''

NETMASK='255.255.255.0'

NETWORK='192.168.2.0'

REMOTE_IPADDR=''

STARTMODE='hotplug'

UNIQUE=''

WIRELESS='yes'

WIRELESS_ESSID=any

WIRELESS_KEY=''

CHANNEL=7

WIRELESS_MODE='Managed'

WIRELESS_NICK='eth1'

WIRELESS_NWID=''

some useful commands:

iwconfig - shows wireless info for all adapters

ifconfig - shows general network info for all adapters

run them as root

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ah the pos grrr. Looks like im switching to mandrake 9.1 then, as mandrake 9.2 has loads of major issues and suse wont work lol

You shouldn't downgrade. Maybe it's time to ditch Mandrake and try something new. Before you go back to Mandrake 9.1, give Slackware or Debian a go and see how you feel with them.

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From what ive been told, i really dont feel like id be able to install either of them lol. For example ive been told its pretty difficult for a n00b to install, and launches you into console and you have to install kde, and config it to go to x every time you boot etc, and i dont have a clue how to do any of it i can just about install things like mandrake and suse lol.

Also i like things like yast that has a control panel for config everything, as in slackware and debian you have to do it all by console.

Also, ive had enough trouble getting this damn belkin thing working in suse, the only reason i was going to mandrake is it works out of the box :)

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Thing is i still would not have the first idea what do do when it throws me into console. I need to learn my way around mandrake etc first :)

Learn all the various commands and their options,install as many apps as you possibly can to expand your knowledge. Know that ls lists the files in your current working directory, cd changes directories, for example. The console is a very powerful tool, %50 of the time I prefer using a console program instead of its GUI equivalent!

Oh yeah, and read www.freshmeat.net a lot.

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