Linux With A Belkin Usb Wifi Dongle


If you wind up having/getting one like my mothers, then, a certain model of it has automatic support in ubuntu. Otherwise you can use the rt25x drivers or NDISWrapper.
 
Ubuntu supported wireless adaptors

Card: Belkin F5D7050 (USB 2.0 Adaptor 802.11g 54Mbps)
Chipset: Conexant (PrismUSB)
usbid: 050D:7050
Driver: Install the drivers for windows included in the box and fetch the .inf and .sys fyles from the installation directory.
Other: linux-2.6.9: Blocks Linux momentarily when another device is plugged into the same USB Hub, more precisely a 1.1 memory stick.
Other: SuSE 9.1, kernel-2.6.8-default (kernel-of-the-day 22 Dec. 2004): 1.0rc1 with bknUSB.inf from the vendor CD and WEP security works quite stable. The procedure as described in WiKi/SuSE 9.1. Professional.
Other: SuSE 9.1, kernel-2.6.x-smp: doesn't work, 'modprobe ndiswrapper' freezes the system.


Card: Belkin F5D7050 (USB 2.0 Adaptor 802.11g 54Mbps)
Chipset: RT2500
usbid: 050d:7050
Driver: Install the drivers for windows included in the box and fetch the .inf files from the installation directory.
Other: Works fine. When entering in resume mode, freeze the system.


Card: Belkin F5D7050B (USB 2.0 Adaptor 802.11b/g 54Mbps) ("version 3000uk" only tested at this time)
Chipset: RT73
usbid: 050d:705A
Driver: Install the drivers for windows included in the box and fetch the .inf files from the installation directory.
Other: Works fine with WPA(PSK-TKIP) using wpa_supplicant on ubuntu 6.06 with ndiswrapper driver. Will freeze the system if removed without ifdown and/or ifconfig down on the device, and even then sometimes. Even though WPA works, I have not yet managed to succeed in using with WEP!


Card: Belkin FSD7050 (or is it F5D7050) (USB 802.11b/g 54 Mbps) bought in UK 2005
Chipset: rt73
usbid: 050d:705a
Driver: I took drivers off CD (WinXP version, under W2KXP folder), copied all three files rt73.inf, rt73.sys, and rt73.cat to a folder in MEPIS Linux.
Other: Works fine with WEP 128 bit encryption to Belkin AP/router, would like to use WPA! Worked with ndiswrapper already installed in MEPIS which was downloaded from MEPIS site Nov 28th 2006.


Card: Belkin F5D7050E (USB 2.0 Adaptor 802.11g 54Mbps)
Chipset: Accton Technology Corp.
usbid: 083a:f503
Driver: Install the drivers for windows included in the box and fetch the .inf files from the installation directory.
Other: Suse 10.1, kernel 2.6.16.13-4-default, ndiswrapper 1.20rc1
Other: Works fine. Stops working from time to time requiring an unplug-replug.


Also, see this ---> http://linux-wless.passys.nl/query_part.php?brandname=Belkin
 
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