First, I installed dualboot with winxp, full install from CD.
When finished, boots up and NO WIFI icon.
I thought maybe had to reinstall Belkin usb adapter driver?
so, ran into Second problem: won’t run autoplay and the setup.exe file. geez.
wants to open it with an application ??? what…???
anyway,
I read the stickies. did the geeky stuff and got this:
dave@linux-5io7:~> /usr/bin/lsusb
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 050d:945a Belkin Components F7D1101 Basic Wireless USB Adapter v1000 [Realtek RTL8188SU]dm
dave@linux-5io7:~> /dmesg | less
80.910642] usb 1-4: USB disconnect, device number 3
84.930024] usb 1-3: new high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci_hcd
85.046463] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=050d, idProduct=945a
85.046468] usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
85.046471] usb 1-3: Product: Basic Wireless USB Adapter
85.046474] usb 1-3: Manufacturer: Manufacturer Realtek
85.046477] usb 1-3: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001
85.047072] r8712u: DriverVersion: v7_0.20100831
85.047108] r8712u: register rtl8712_netdev_ops to netdev_ops
85.047114] r8712u: USB_SPEED_HIGH with 4 endpoints
85.047585] r8712u: Boot from EFUSE: Autoload OK
85.420960] r8712u: CustomerID = 0x0000
85.420965] r8712u: MAC Address from efuse = 94:44:52:e3:4d:2e
85.420968] r8712u: Loading firmware from “rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin”
11.982766] USB Mass Storage support registered.
11.998639] r8712u: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unkn
own, you have been warned.
11.999930] r8712u: DriverVersion: v7_0.20100831
11.999968] r8712u: register rtl8712_netdev_ops to netdev_ops
11.999974] r8712u: USB_SPEED_HIGH with 4 endpoints
12.005239] r8712u: Boot from EFUSE: Autoload OK
12.031772] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
12.085474] iTCO_wdt: Intel TCO WatchDog Timer Driver v1.07
12.085632] iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH6 or ICH6R TCO device (Version=2, TCOBASE=0x
0860)
12.085723] iTCO_wdt: initialized. heartbeat=30 sec (nowayout=0)
12.405111] r8712u: CustomerID = 0x0000
12.405116] r8712u: MAC Address from efuse = 94:44:52:e3:4d:2e
12.405120] r8712u: Loading firmware from “rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin”
12.405257] usbcore: registered new interface driver r8712u
12.465154] firewire_core 0000:02:01.0: created device fw0: GUID 00e0180000ce
dave@linux-5io7:~> /usr/sbin/iwconfig
wlan0 unassociated Nickname:“rtl_wifi”
Mode:Auto Access Point: Not-Associated Sensitivity:0/0
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
dave@linux-5io7:~>
dave@linux-5io7:~> sudo /usr/sbin/iwlist scan
We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System
Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:
#1) Respect the privacy of others.
#2) Think before you type.
#3) With great power comes great responsibility.
root’s password:
wlan0 Interface doesn’t support scanning : Network is down
lo Interface doesn’t support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn’t support scanning.
dave@linux-5io7:~>
what do I need to do to connect to wifi?
thanks