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AlexI
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Posted: 23rd Nov 2006 21:01 Edited at: 23rd Nov 2006 21:43
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Hi,
How can i get The Belkin Wirless G USB Adapter to work on my Suse (10.2) Linux machine? Someone told me it was something to do with ndiswrapper but i dont really no want to do i dont know much about linux

Any ideas?
Thanks,
Alex


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AlexI
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Posted: 23rd Nov 2006 21:41
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if its any help, i found out all the hardware information using my linux system:


Any ideas?
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Alex


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Mikey P
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Posted: 23rd Nov 2006 21:45 Edited at: 23rd Nov 2006 21:46
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It was I who told you to use ndiswrapper. I'm fairly sure you're reffering to a Belkin F5D6050, which is what you mentioned before. Like I said, go to the Belkin folder in C:/Program Files (On a windows PC with the drivers installed), get rt2500.sys, rt2500.cat and rt2500.inf. Copy them (By floppy, usb stick, whatever) to your linux box.

However, I don't use Suse, so I recommend that you follow this guide: http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/Suse_Professional_9.2, and when it tells you to do "ndiswrapper -i <inf>" do "ndiswrapper -i rt2500.inf" in a terminal, in the directory that you copied the drivers to. The guide seems pretty simply, just long winded. Take your time, and come post here if you need any help.

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AlexI
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Posted: 23rd Nov 2006 22:09
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There is only the following files in the belkin dir:
(from msdos)



Which file? i am guessing rt73.inf , rt73.sys


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AlexI
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Posted: 23rd Nov 2006 23:21 Edited at: 23rd Nov 2006 23:24
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Hi,
I followed the steps on that tutorial very carefully, and did not come accross any error's But then mc "Midnight Command" would not load in the terminal/command i just got a command not found error so i manually edited the files listed.

I then open up firefox, and get an error:
Quote: "
An eror occured while loading http://google.com/:
uknown host"


Any ideas?
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Alex

EDIT: It wont even let me access my router admin on the local network


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Mikey P
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Posted: 23rd Nov 2006 23:25
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Hm. It seems your card isn't what I thought it was There's a chance then it wont work with ndiswrapper, go to a terminal and type "ndiswrapper -l" with the stick plugged in, and see what it says.

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AlexI
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Posted: 23rd Nov 2006 23:32 Edited at: 23rd Nov 2006 23:35
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Interesting on one of my win xp pc's i can see a really strange named network, which is the linux one. It is called
Quote: "G604T_WIRELESS"
also although i set as encrypted it appears not be from my win xp wireless utilty though i have not tried to connect it. It also appears to be configured as an access point.

Your question, it's installed properly
Quote: "rtf73 installed, hardware present"


Although the usb adapter has a little flashing LED on it and its not flashing i think it flashes on data transfer so..

Any ideas?
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alex


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Mikey P
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Posted: 24th Nov 2006 19:32
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If you haven't already tried it, "modprobe ndiswrapper", and if you have the Wireless Config tools, do "iwconfig", identify which is your wireless device, and do "iwconfig <device> essid <Your Wireless Network Name> key s:<pass phrase>" without the <>'s naturally.

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AlexI
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Posted: 24th Nov 2006 20:32 Edited at: 24th Nov 2006 20:35
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i got it partially working now, i removed the encryption of my network, i know thats bad security but i have got MAC address filtering so thats pretty secure!

Its working now but its not. When i open up firefox or knoquerer and goto a website i just get an error but when goto iwconfig says theres a connection:
iwconfig:
Quote: "
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"linksys"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:18:39:6A:40:44
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power:20 dBm Sensitivity=-121 dBm
RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr=2346 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:100/100 Signal level:-56 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
"


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Alex


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indi
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Posted: 25th Nov 2006 01:46
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mac addresses can be spoofed in minutes
WPA is the go as well as limiting the ips.

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Oddmind
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Posted: 25th Nov 2006 04:41
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ndiswrapper is nothing but a windows wireless driver emulator, I would suggest using madwifi if you have an Atheros chipset or any other name brand chipset for that matter... Which I would believe belkin has.

ndiswrapper drivers are kinda sketchy and usually only temporary until some solid drivers have either been made or found and set in place.

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