Belkin USB Wireless F7D2101

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I’ve tried my best, and I can’t get a Belkin USB Wireless F7D2101 wireless to work using ndiswrapper.

I’ve read:
SDB:Ndiswrapper - openSUSE

I have not done the step:
ndiswrapper -d xxxx:xxxx <then the name of the driver>

is -d a valid switch?

Thanks anyone who can help.

I have the following information:

ndiswrapper -l
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper, it will be ignored in a future release.
net8192su : driver installed
        device (050D:845A) present (alternate driver: r8712u)


lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 050d:845a Belkin Components 
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 413c:1002 Dell Computer Corp. Keyboard Hub
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 413c:2002 Dell Computer Corp. SK-8125 Keyboard
Bus 004 Device 004: ID 045e:0095 Microsoft Corp. IntelliMouse Explorer 4.0 (IntelliPoint)
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

OS: Linux 2.6.34.7-0.7-desktop i686
System: openSUSE 11.3 (i586)
KDE: 4.4.4 (KDE 4.4.4) “release 3”

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Maybe you should think about not using Ndswrapper but a linux driver for your device with the ID 050d:845a ?
Compare:
Belkin Share Wireless USB Adapter F7D2101 v1

Regards
Martin
(pistazienfresser)

3

Thanks for the suggestion, I made that switch, but I’m starting to wonder if I do not have a driver problem after all. I logged into my router and see a DHCP entry for the wireless card. I have set up the wireless through YaST > Network Settings. But the web browser won’t load any data. Do I need to make any changes to YaST > Hostnames? Can someone point me to some commands for output that will diagnose a driver problem verses some other problem.

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To be bold - I think I have mostly used YaST > Network Settings concerning wireless LAN only for activating the configuration in the user space with NetworkManager and the according frontends - for GNOME: networkmanager-applet (nm-applett) or KDE: knetworkmanager etc.

And I may be to stupid for some fancy textline commands or scripts - I would just try a live system (live CD or live USB stick) to make faults of the hardware/software or just of my configuration more or less probably.

But most probably someone else is brighter and has bright sunlight now outside and new some fitting commands, scripts or other programs.

Sorry
Martin
(pistazienfresser)