Wireless G USB Adapter problems :(

[javageek1212]

I have openSUSE 11.1


Ok I have a Belkin or as I like to call it a belchin lol, but anyways I have a Belkin Wireless G USB adapter its code it F5D7050 and it wont work with KDE openSUSE my brother spent 2 hours trying to fix the problem...
We tried Ndiswrapper with the correct driver and when we tried to use that module it wouldnt display any networks....
Using the Default module it could see networks and connect to them but when we launched a browser it wouldnt connect.
Any help would be great.....

-Javageek

[lwfinger]

Please go to the wireless subforum and read the 3 stickies at the
beginning of that section. You will learn how to report the
information that we need to tell you how to get your device running.

Incidentally, we do not suggest the usage of ndiswrapper and the
Windows driver until all other options are exhausted.

[javageek1212]

But I need help BAD! those stickies I tried and they didnt fix my problem!!!!

Please just give me legit help.....


-Javageek1212

[caf4926]

Please just give me legit help.

Dude - Larry is legit. He's more than that... What he doesn't know on this subject ain't worth knowing!

My wireless doesn't work - a primer on what I should do next - openSUSE Forums

[javageek1212]

Ok this is beginning to get stupid! on the Ubuntu forums you dont get answers like:
DONT POST THINGS SAYING LIKE I NEED HELP THIS WONT WORK!
OK WAIT I posted in the forum in the first place is to say I need help... Not to have to read a 300 or more line doc before I can post I need answers FAST!
Im not just installing SUSE for enjoyment I WILL GET FIRED IF I CANT GET THIS WORKING!!!!!!
I have a job I cant read a 300 line document....

I just need help,

-Javageek

[caf4926]

Have a look here.. There are two references to your device:
HCL/Network Adapters (Wireless) - openSUSE

If you Open Yast - Network Devices - Network Settings
Does it give any detail about your device?

[javageek1212]

Ok, thanks for the quick reply.
I saw the info on that page you were talking about it said that yast worked out of the box with my adapter with openSUSE 11.1, I use SUSE 11.1 so it should work right?

Any way the info you wanted from yast:
model: F5D7050 v5012
chipset/driver: rtl8187

-Javageek1212

[caf4926]

I have never used a USB Wireless device. But if in Yast you switch to Network Manager for managing the network, how do you get on configuring the connection from the NetworkManager in the tray?
You'll need to scan for a new access point
Setup the SSID and network security WPA key...etc..

[malcolmlewis]

Originally Posted by caf4926

Have a look here.. There are two references to your device:
'HCL/Network Adapters (Wireless) - openSUSE'
(http://en.opensuse.org/HCL/Network_A...ireless%29#USB)

If you Open Yast - Network Devices - Network Settings
Does it give any detail about your device?

Hi
And I wrote one of them I used YaST to configure as well as the
network manager in Gnome with it on a via motherboard, worked fine for
me.

As lwfinger advised, provide the info.....

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.2 (i586) Kernel 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop
up 2 days 0:34, 3 users, load average: 0.11, 0.18, 0.09
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[lwfinger]

On 11/04/2009 11:26 PM, javageek1212 wrote:
>
> Ok, thanks for the quick reply.
> I saw the info on that page you were talking about it said that yast
> worked out of the box with my adapter with openSUSE 11.1, I use SUSE
> 11.1 so it should work right?
>
> Any way the info you wanted from yast:
> model: F5D7050 v5012
> chipset/driver: rtl8187

Thank you caf9246 for the endorsement. I don't want to pat myself on
the back too hard, but I am also one of the authors of the rtl8187 driver!

That device _WILL_ work. It doesn't need external firmware or any
other fancy stuff; however, it will work better with the
compat-wireless package for your kernel than it will with the standard
2.6.27 kernel of 11.1. If you do not want to install that package,
then you might consider getting 11.2, either the current RC2, which is
very stable, or the final release when it comes out.

See how much information you get when you finally tell us which device
you really have?