Debian Belkin N300 wireless adapter

xninjacat · 08-16-2012, 01:50 PM

I have a Belkin N300 wireless adapter and i can't get it to work.

I have tried almost everything.

Is it even possible?

TobiSGD · 08-16-2012, 01:53 PM

The Belkin N300 is a WLAN router. What exactly are you trying to do?

xninjacat · 08-16-2012, 02:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TobiSGD

The Belkin N300 is a WLAN router. What exactly are you trying to do?

connect to the internet.

TobiSGD · 08-16-2012, 02:21 PM

Where exactly do you have problems?
Simple checklist:
1. Is the router connected to the modem and the power source?
2. Do you have the WLAN configured, following the instructions in the manual?
3. Does your computer have a WLAN device to connect to the WLAN router?
4. Are the drivers for that device loaded?
5. Have you configured that device using the Network Manager program?

jefro · 08-16-2012, 05:12 PM

lsusb command to see if it shows there.

ifconfig -a to see if it shows there.

See this page too. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1743385

Did you try ndiswrapper?

Tonyina · 08-16-2012, 09:30 PM

I'm having trouble with this adapter too. It's like it was detected partially, so to speak, somehow it gets lost between lsusb and iwconfig.

I can see in dmesg that the usb dongle is detected (and that, previously, the driver is registered ok), as well it's listed in lsusb. But, it doesn't show up in ifconfig and it isn't detected by any piece of software that uses a wifi connection. BTW, the blue led on the dongle never lights up.

Any idea what can I try next?
TIA

PS: oh yes, it's not a hardware problem (I'm clarifying this because of the led never lighting up), the dongle is working ok when I use another non-linux operating system.

TobiSGD · 08-17-2012, 03:53 AM

It would help if you post the output of

Code:

lsusb

when you have the device attached to the system.

Tonyina · 08-17-2012, 04:46 AM

Hi Toni,

This is the output I get for lssub:

Code:

Bus 001 Device 011: ID 050d:1004 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          0x1004 
  bcdDevice            2.00
  iManufacturer           1 Realtek
  iProduct                2 802.11n WLAN Adapter
  iSerial                 3 00e04c000001
  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     0x81  EP 1 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     0x02  EP 2 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     0x03  EP 3 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     0x84  EP 4 IN
        bmAttributes            3
          Transfer Type            Interrupt
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
        bInterval               1
Device Qualifier (for other device speed):
  bLength                10
  bDescriptorType         6
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass         0 
  bDeviceProtocol         0 
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  bNumConfigurations      1
Device Status:     0x0000
  (Bus Powered)

TobiSGD · 08-17-2012, 05:23 AM

Thanks for that. According to the USB ID database the device in question has a Realtek RTL8192CU chipset.
Most recent distribution should support that device out of the box, but, dependent on the distribution, it may be possible that additional firmware has to be installed.
Which distribution are you using?

Tonyina · 08-17-2012, 05:32 AM

Hey thanks for the fast reply.

I'm using the latest (13th) Mint distribution (linuxmint-13-cinnamon-dvd-64bit.iso). I've read somewhere that running under 64bit could be an issue, but it was just one post and not a general consensus.

You've given me a good idea. I'll download several other distros as Live CDs, 32bit just to be safe, and just plug it in and see what happens. Hopefully that will give me more info once I find a distro where this device works out of the box :-)