Wireless, that dreaded F5D8053v6 Belkin

[OllieMarriott]

Ok heres the dealio, i just reinstalled mint for like the third time in a day, but have now made the most progress...

I have installed the drivers for my device using ndiswrapper, ndiswrapper -l lists the hardware as present. When i right click the network i cant find enable wireless, or anything to do with wirelress andf wireless config, the GUI for ndiswrapper says no network tool can be found, someone please help me this is now day 5 without internet on my pc without having to bring it downstairs.

Hardware... Acer PC, Quad core 9500, 3gb ram, wireless keyboard and mouse, BELKIN F5D8053V6, ruled out the extreme possible things like conflict between devices...
LinuxMint 7 lastest Ndiswrapper.

Ndiswrapper returns this

WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release.
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper, it will be ignored in a future release.
net8192su : driver installed
device (050D:815F) present

Lsusb returns this

Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 045e:00f1 Microsoft Corp.
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 050d:815f Belkin Components
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:0151 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Mass Stroage Device
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

LSUSB -V Returns this (for belkin only)

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 050d:815f Belkin Components
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x050d Belkin Components
idProduct 0x815f
bcdDevice 2.00
iManufacturer 1
iProduct 2
iSerial 3
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 46
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0x80
(Bus Powered)
MaxPower 500mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 4
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 255 Vendor Specific Subclass
bInterfaceProtocol 255 Vendor Specific Protocol
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x83 EP 3 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x04 EP 4 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x06 EP 6 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x0d EP 13 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
can't get device qualifier: Operation not permitted
can't get debug descriptor: Operation not permitted
cannot read device status, Operation not permitted (1)

Iwconfig returns

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

pan0 no wireless extensions.

(DONT KNOW WHAT THE HELL PAN0 IS!!!)

I cant think of much more information to help you kind people...
I have tried NetANI.INF which says only driver installed, nothing about hardware
I have tried the win xp, win xp 64, win 2k, Win vista, win vista 64 drivers all do the same except 2k and XP dont work at all.

[HROAdmin26]

A) The pan0 interface is for Bluetooth (Google)

B) Use lsmod to check that no other RALINK/rtXXXX modules are being loaded that could conflict.

C) Make sure you're using the XP driver for this adapter in NDISwrapper. If it doesn't work, you may have issues, as non-XP drivers commonly do not work with NDISwrapper.

[OllieMarriott]

lsmod returns this...

Module Size Used by
ndiswrapper 250240 0
binfmt_misc 18572 1
ppdev 16904 0
bridge 63904 0
stp 11140 1 bridge
bnep 22912 2
input_polldev 12688 0
video 29204 0
output 11648 1 video
lp 19588 0
parport 49584 2 ppdev,lp
snd_hda_intel 557364 3
snd_pcm_oss 52352 0
snd_mixer_oss 24960 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 99336 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 11524 0
snd_seq_oss 41984 0
snd_seq_midi 15744 0
snd_rawmidi 33920 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 16512 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 66272 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
psmouse 64028 0
snd_timer 34064 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 16276 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
led_class 13064 0
pcspkr 11136 0
serio_raw 14468 0
snd 78792 15 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,sn d_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_de vice
soundcore 16800 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 18704 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
nvidia 8123768 36
i2c_piix4 20112 0
joydev 20864 0
usbhid 47040 0
ohci1394 42036 0
ieee1394 108288 1 ohci1394
sky2 63236 0
fbcon 49792 0
tileblit 11264 1 fbcon
font 17024 1 fbcon
bitblit 14464 1 fbcon
softcursor 10368 1 bitblit

i cant see anything down on here that would conflict, ive now tried the ralink drivers from ralink themselves and it says only driver load nothing about devices being present, i really want to pull my hair out, any other ideas?

[Charles4809]

AFAIK the Belkin adapter uses a Ralink chipset, either RT2770 or RT 2870. For this to work you need to have the firmware installed as well as the driver.
Ralink has good linux support. See their website.

Charles.