Belkin Wiresless G USB Network Adapter F5D7050

[cyberdog]

I am running a laptop with PCLinux 2007 TR4. I won't get into the specs, but to say, all my hardware is compatible. However, since my PCMCIA Slot died on my laptop about 9 months ago I was forced to use a USB stick-Belkin F5D7050 for my wireless net. Anywhoot, I had my Belkin working like a charm in PCLINUX .93BD and actually had options to choose my driver and what not.

But, since doing a new install of TR4 I am not able to get this puppy working. This is what I can give you for information.

The chipset uses the ZyDAS zd1211 driver.

I have a solid green light on it.

lsusb shows

Bus 004 Device 004: ID 050d:705c Belkin Components
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:c03e Logitech, Inc. Premium Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

dmesg shows

usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new driver hub
ohci_hcd: 2005 April 22 USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver (PCI)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:03.0[A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
ohci_hcd 0000:00:03.0: OHCI Host Controller
ohci_hcd 0000:00:03.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
ohci_hcd 0000:00:03.0: irq 18, io mem 0xe8001000
usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:03.1 -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
ohci_hcd 0000:00:03.1: OHCI Host Controller
ohci_hcd 0000:00:03.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
ohci_hcd 0000:00:03.1: irq 19, io mem 0xe8002000
usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:03.2[C] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
ohci_hcd 0000:00:03.2: OHCI Host Controller
ohci_hcd 0000:00:03.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
ohci_hcd 0000:00:03.2: irq 20, io mem 0xe8003000
usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:03.3[D] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
ehci_hcd 0000:00:03.3: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:03.3: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
PCI: cache line size of 128 is not supported by device 0000:00:03.3
ehci_hcd 0000:00:03.3: irq 21, io mem 0xe8004000
ehci_hcd 0000:00:03.3: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 4-0:1.0: 6 ports detected
usb 1-2: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 3
ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[0000000000000000]
usb 1-2: device not accepting address 3, error -110
usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 2
usb 4-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
usb 4-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
ohci_hcd 0000:00:03.0: wakeup
usb 1-2: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 5
usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usbcore: registered new driver hiddev
input: Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse as /class/input/input2
input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse] on usb-0000:00:03.0-2
usbcore: registered new driver usbhid
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver
usbcore: registered new driver usbmouse
drivers/usb/input/usbmouse.c: v1.6:USB HID Boot Protocol mouse driver
Capability LSM initialized

Whenever I go into PCC into Networking and setup a New Wireless Connection. It only gives me the option of using a Windows Driver with Ndiswrapper. But, drivers for this card don't work w/ndiswrapper.

If I do a lsmod it does show the module.

Module Size Used by
zd1211 262444 0

Anyone have any ideas to help me get this puppy working.

Thanks,

[Tim_Wright]

Hey cyberdog - If you check out the thread I posted for that adaptor there may be some information that you find useful!

Tim

[cyberdog]

Thanks Tim. I did do some serious work with this card. Mainly version 4 of this card. I previously also had version 2 of this card. Version 2 and 4 worked flawlessly with 9.3. However, neither worked with 2007 TR4.

Long story short. I gathered a bunch of information from several sites and tested some theories. And I was able to get the card to work. So needless to say I was overjoyed.

I am in the process of writing a "How To" for getting V2-4 working on PCLinux 2007. I do believe it may also be the same for Mandrake as well. And hopefully it will help someone.

Thanks...