wireless help

[DODGYKEBAB]

i recently transfered my laptop to ubuntu 10.04. my laptop hasnt got a build in wireless adapter so i brought a belkin n150 wireless adapter. this was working fine on windows but now im not sure if its recognising it as i cant seem to pick up my internet connection.
ive searched the internet and to be honest found answers but being new to linux i am horribly confused??????

[reed9]

Post the output of

lsusb
lsmod

I believe you'll find the usbid is either 050d:935b or 050d:935a.

If so, the driver you want is the rt2870sta. Instructions are here.

There are reports of folks still having trouble with the card and that driver. A possible solution if that is the case is to do the following:

Open the text editor gedit with root permissions here

gksudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/network_drivers.rules

Paste in this line and save

ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="050d", ATTR{idProduct}=="935a", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe -qba rt2870sta"

Now open gedit to here

gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/network_drivers.conf

Paste in this line and save.

install rt2870sta /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install rt2870sta $CMDLINE_OPTS; /bin/echo "050d 935a" > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/rt2870/new_id

Depending on the usbid lists it as 935a or 935b, you'll need to change the where it says in the first ATTR{idProduct}=="935a" to match, ie, change the a to a b if necessary, and same in the second one, where it says 050d 935a.