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| Belkin Wireless Card
I installed the latest version of Ubuntu earlier today after Windows crapping out on me again. And, I wanted to know if I could get some help getting my Belkin Wireless Card(Wireless G USB Adapter, model F5D7050 version 4) to work. I've read a bit on how to get it working on the internet, but I'm completely new to Linux and it's all over my head. So I was hoping someone here could give me some simple, step-by-step instructions?
Thanks for all help in advance.
Oh. And the computer with Ubuntu on it doesn't have another internet connection. I can 'port things over from this laptop, but it can't connect on its own. | 
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09-27-2009
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by etherrose  I installed the latest version of Ubuntu earlier today after Windows crapping out on me again. And, I wanted to know if I could get some help getting my Belkin Wireless Card(Wireless G USB Adapter, model F5D7050 version 4) to work. I've read a bit on how to get it working on the internet, but I'm completely new to Linux and it's all over my head. So I was hoping someone here could give me some simple, step-by-step instructions?
Thanks for all help in advance.
Oh. And the computer with Ubuntu on it doesn't have another internet connection. I can 'port things over from this laptop, but it can't connect on its own. | See this link for starting with Wireless. http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/wir...tart-here.html
If you have a USB thumbdrive, you can copy the .txt file to that USB drive and then upload it here.
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| Hi and welcome to the forum.
We can provide help if you let us know what chipset the card is using. Plugin the card and then go to Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal and enter Code: sudo lspci | grep -i net
Post back the output. | |
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| Okay. I entered that and it gave me this. Code: 00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge (rev 10)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:12.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 Serial ATA Controller
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 11)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge
00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 [Radeon Xpress 200G Series]
02:01.0 Communication controller: Agere Systems V.92 56K WinModem (rev 03)
02:03.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
02:04.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306 Fire II IEEE 1394 OHCI Link Layer Controller (rev 80)
And this is the information from the wireless setup topic's thing the first replier mentioned. Code: ============ lspci ============
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge [1002:5950] (rev 10)
Kernel modules: ati-agp
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge [1002:5a3f]
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:12.0 IDE interface [0101]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 Serial ATA Controller [1002:4379]
Kernel driver in use: sata_sil
00:13.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller [1002:4374]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:13.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller [1002:4375]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:13.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller [1002:4373]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller [1002:4372] (rev 11)
Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c-piix4
00:14.1 IDE interface [0101]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller [1002:4376]
Kernel driver in use: pata_atiixp
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge [1002:4377]
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge [1002:4371]
00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller [1002:4370] (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: ATI IXP AC97 controller
Kernel modules: snd-atiixp
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration [1022:1100]
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map [1022:1101]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller [1022:1102]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control [1022:1103]
Kernel driver in use: k8temp
Kernel modules: k8temp
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 [Radeon Xpress 200G Series] [1002:5954]
02:01.0 Communication controller [0780]: Agere Systems V.92 56K WinModem [11c1:048c] (rev 03)
02:03.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10)
Kernel driver in use: 8139too
Kernel modules: 8139too, 8139cp
02:04.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306 Fire II IEEE 1394 OHCI Link Layer Controller [1106:3044] (rev 80)
Kernel driver in use: ohci1394
Kernel modules: firewire-ohci, ohci1394
============ lsusb ============
Bus 001 Device 012: ID 0930:6545 Toshiba Corp.
Bus 001 Device 009: ID 050d:705c Belkin Components F5D7050 v4000 Wireless Adapter
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 058f:9360 Alcor Micro Corp. 8-in-1 Media Card Reader
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:c315 Logitech, Inc. Classic New Touch Keyboard
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c50e Logitech, Inc. MX-1000 Cordless Mouse Receiver
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
============ lsmod ============
Module Size Used by
nls_iso8859_1 12032 1
nls_cp437 13696 1
vfat 18816 1
fat 58272 1 vfat
arc4 9856 2
ecb 10752 2
zd1211rw 52740 0
mac80211 217208 1 zd1211rw
cfg80211 38032 2 zd1211rw,mac80211
binfmt_misc 16776 1
radeon 342816 2
drm 96296 3 radeon
bridge 56340 0
stp 10500 1 bridge
bnep 20224 2
input_polldev 11912 0
video 25360 0
output 11008 1 video
lp 17156 0
snd_atiixp 24204 3
snd_ac97_codec 112292 1 snd_atiixp
ac97_bus 9856 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 46336 0
snd_mixer_oss 22656 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 82948 3 snd_atiixp,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 10756 0
snd_seq_oss 37760 0
snd_seq_midi 14336 0
snd_rawmidi 29696 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 15104 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 56880 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 29704 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14988 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd 62628 16 snd_atiixp,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 15200 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 16904 2 snd_atiixp,snd_pcm
ati_agp 14988 0
agpgart 42696 2 drm,ati_agp
i2c_piix4 18448 0
shpchp 40212 0
k8temp 12416 0
psmouse 61972 0
lmpcm_usb 12800 0
serio_raw 13316 0
ppdev 15620 0
parport_pc 40100 1
pcspkr 10496 0
usbhid 42336 0
parport 42220 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
usb_storage 82880 1
ohci1394 38576 0
ieee1394 94660 1 ohci1394
8139too 32128 0
8139cp 27776 0
mii 13312 2 8139too,8139cp
fbcon 46112 0
tileblit 10752 1 fbcon
font 16384 1 fbcon
bitblit 13824 1 fbcon
softcursor 9984 1 bitblit
============ dmesg-firmware ============
[ 251.319824] usb 1-5: firmware: requesting zd1211/zd1211b_ub
[ 251.356984] usb 1-5: firmware: requesting zd1211/zd1211b_uphr
[ 251.403051] zd1211rw 1-5:1.0: firmware version 4725
[ 695.322539] usb 1-5: firmware: requesting zd1211/zd1211b_ub
[ 695.332043] usb 1-5: firmware: requesting zd1211/zd1211b_uphr
[ 695.377420] zd1211rw 1-5:1.0: firmware version 4725
============ kernel version ============
2.6.28-11-generic
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09-28-2009
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| lspci is for PCI devices. lsusb is the useful one in this case. Quote: |
Bus 001 Device 009: ID 050d:705c Belkin Components F5D7050 v4000 Wireless Adapter
| This is your card.
The zd1211rw driver is loading, which seems correct.
What is the output of | |
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| Your wireless requires firmware to be installed, before it will work. Code: ============ dmesg-firmware ============
[ 251.319824] usb 1-5: firmware: requesting zd1211/zd1211b_ub
[ 251.356984] usb 1-5: firmware: requesting zd1211/zd1211b_uphr
[ 251.403051] zd1211rw 1-5:1.0: firmware version 4725
[ 695.322539] usb 1-5: firmware: requesting zd1211/zd1211b_ub
[ 695.332043] usb 1-5: firmware: requesting zd1211/zd1211b_uphr
[ 695.377420] zd1211rw 1-5:1.0: firmware version 4725
Ubuntu should have the firmware installed by default. Check to see if there is a /lib/firmware/zd1211 folder. Also check for the firmware that it is asking for.
If the firmware is missing, it can be downloaded with this link: Download ZD1211 USB WLAN Linux Driver from SourceForge.net
Then unpack it with this command: Code: tar xvfj zd1211-firmware-1.4.tar.bz2
Enter the newly created folder: You now should create a folder in the /lib/firmware directory, to put the firmware in. Code: sudo mkdir /lib/firmware/zd1211
You then copy the firmware files to the new folder. Code: sudo cp zd1211b_* /lib/firmware/zd1211
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| Okay. All the firmware is there already. And this is iwconfig's output. Code: a@a-desktop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
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
pan0 no wireless extensions.
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| It looks as if it is working. What symptom made you think that it wasn't?
Did you click on the NetworkManager icon in the taskbar, next to the Date/Time? It should show available wireless networks. Clicking on one will allow you to connect to it, after yo enter the password.
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| -oi. I feel like an idiot. The network was hidden. Sorry for wasting your time. >.< | |
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| No worries. We've all made silly mistakes. I've spent an hour troubleshooting my wireless only to find I had flipped the kill switch on accident. | |
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