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PCMCIA Card (Belkin F5D6020) not recognized on Slackware 10

I've installed Slackware 10 on a IBM A21m laptop. I'm trying to install a Belkin F5D6020 v 3 Wireless Notebook Network Card. I can't get my system to recognize the card. When I insert the card there is no beep and the light on the card does not go on. I've also tried booting with the card already inserted.

When I run "cardctl ident" I get the following:

Socket 0:
product info: "Realtek", "Rtl8180"
manfid: 0x0000, 0x024c
function: 6 (network)

But I get this when I run "ndiswrapper -l":

Installed ndis driver:
net8180 hardware not present.

Does anyone have any ideas on what I can do to fix this? Thanks in advance for your help.

I got this card working (on SuSE 9.1) this weekend using driverloader

http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader

and the driver from RealTek site.

I had tried ndiswrapper before, but only using the Belkin driver from the CDROM.
I haven't tried the RealTek driver with ndiswrapper yet.

Thanks for the reply nickI-S. I'll give that a shot.

Is the light on the card active and does your system make a beep when inserting the card? Thanks.

The light comes on when it gets link established.
Note that I had to edit the .ini file from the realtek site to match the vendor/product
code for the belkin card. (I did a diff between bel6020.ini and the realtek one,
it was obvious they were similar - I can send you the edited version if it would help.)

My system doesn't beep when a cardbus card is inserted - ANY cardbus card not just
this one. This may be as simple as my having muted 'pc speaker' in my ALSA setup though...

Thanks for your help nickI-S. I'm going to give your fix a try tonite.

I was able to get it to work using the ini and sys files from the CD but I couldn't get the drivers I downloaded to work. Could you email me a copy of your edited ini file? hardbap@comcast.net.

Thanks again for your help.

E-mailed the modified file as requested.

For me the Bel6020.sys driver didn't work - if it does for you then you don't need
the downloaded one.

In my case the Belkin driver got me a wlan0 device, but changing WEP with iwconfig
didn't result in a link - never got a light on the card.

try the new belkin f5d7010 card and read my post, I'm on internet having configured my belkin card :D

And that's why i need to 5+ posts to write my success story :D lol

Thank you for the email nickI-S. I still have no luck with your modified .inf file. The Linuxant Configuration tells me "No devices found" when I use your file. It will only work with the the .inf and .sys off the CD.

iwconfig sees my card as eth0 not wlan0, is this a problem?

I also can't change the WEP and can't get a link. I'm not sure what else to do. Do you think trying to use ndiswrapper or Atmel Wireless LAN driver before Linuxant messed things up? I also tried editing /etc/rc.d/rc.wireless.conf to put my WEP information, could this be a problem?

I'm at my wits end and about to throw in the towel. I'll just have to deal with my girlfriend yelling at me about the cable across the living room.

Thanks again for all your help. I really appreciate it.

A device on which I couldn't set WEP or get a link are same symptoms I had
with the Belkin driver.

I don't think it being called eth0 is a problem - distributions tend to differ.
(But a possible snag with eth0 is if something is loading driver for your wired ethernet
due to an alias to eth0 - is your wired ethernet another PCMCIA/Cardbus or on
motherboard?)

Before you thow in the towel:
Do "diff" between the belkin driver that sort-of-works for you and the one in my e-mail.
As a check that you card is really same as mine.

Do
lspci -n

and see if you get something VERY like:

0000:02:00.0 Class 0200: 1799:6020 (rev 20)

which is what I get. My edits to .inf file were to put the 1799 and 6020 into
various fields.

Thanks for your help and encouragement nickI-S. I'm going to keep trying. I was just a bit discouraged last night.

A diff between the Bel6020.inf you sent me and the Bel6020.inf from my CD shows no differences.

My wired ethernet is on the motherboard. It is assigned eth0, the wireless is actually eth1.

lspci -n gives me: 02:00.0 Class 0200: 1799:6020 (rev 20)

I got it!!!!!

Your fixed inf worked with the driver. I must have done something wrong last night. I also had the KEY wrong in my /etc/rc.d/rc.wireless.conf file.

Thank you for all your help and your patience.

Could you post a walkthrough of what you did? I can't seem to get it to work, same card, slackware 10 my laptop :)

EDIT:

Ok, got driverloader running now, and uploaded the drivers and everything seems fine. Seems beeing the operative word, as I have no clue as to how to connect to a wlan. Any tips?

Have you entered your wireless settings in /etc/rc.d/rc.wireless.conf?

<example>
## --------- START SECTION TO REMOVE -----------
## Pick up any Access Point, should work on most 802.11 cards
*)
INFO="Realtek"
ESSID="PlaceYourSSIDHere"
MODE="Managed" # either Managed or AdHoc
KEY="YourWEPKey" # Passphrase is not supported
;;
## ---------- END SECTION TO REMOVE ------------
</example>

Also what inf file did you use?

Make sure you use the latest XP driver from Realtek. I replaced the inf file with this (thx to nickI-s).
<code>
;; NET8180.INF (NT 5.0 & Win98 combined inf for NDIS5 driver)

;;

;; Realtek RTL8180 Family PCI/Cardbus Fast Ethernet Network Interface Cards.

;;

;; Copyright 1996-2002, Realtek Semiconductor Corporation

;;

;; .this release is primarily for motherboard OEM for WHQL test.

[version]

Signature = "$Chicago$"

Compatible = 1

Class = Net

ClassGUID = {4d36e972-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}

Provider = %Realtek% ;;

CatalogFile = net8180.cat ;; for WHQL certified

;CatalogFile.NT = netr8180n.cat

DriverVer = 07/09/2004,5.170.0709.2004

[Manufacturer]

%Realtek% = Realtek

[ControlFlags]

ExcludeFromSelect = PCI\VEN_1799&DEV_6020

ExcludeFromSelect = PCI\VEN_1799&DEV_6020&SUBSYS_60201799

[Realtek]

%RTL8180.DeviceDesc% = RTL8180.ndi, PCI\VEN_1799&DEV_6020

%RTL8180.DeviceDesc% = RTL8180.ndi, PCI\VEN_1799&DEV_6020&SUBSYS_60201799

;;****************************************************************************

;; Windows 9x

;;****************************************************************************

[rtl8180.ndi]

DriverVer = 07/09/2004,170

AddReg = rtl8180.id.reg, RTL8180.common.reg, RTL8180.win.reg

CopyFiles = RTL8180.CopyFiles98

;DeviceID = "PCI\VEN_1799&DEV_6020"

;LogConfig = DefaultConfig

;;****************************************************************************

;; NT 5.0

;;****************************************************************************

[RTL8180.ndi.NT]

AddReg = RTL8180.common.reg, RTL8180.reg

Characteristics = 0x84

BusType = 5

CopyFiles = RTL8180.CopyFiles

[RTL8180.ndi.NT.Services]

AddService = rtl8180, 2, rtsnt.Service, RTL8180.EventLog

[RTL8180.CopyFiles]

RTL8180.sys,,,2

[RTL8180.CopyFiles98]

RTL8180.sys,,,2

;;----------------------------------------------------------------------------

;; RTL8180 Parameters

;;----------------------------------------------------------------------------

;;***************************************************************************

;; Windows 9x parameters

;;***************************************************************************

[rtl8180.id.reg]

HKR, Ndi, DeviceID, 0, "PCI\VEN_1799&DEV_6020"

HKR, Ndi\Install, , 0, rtsnt.install

HKR, NDI\Params\NetworkAddress, flag, 1, 30, 00, 00, 00

[RTL8180.win.reg]

;; key,subkey,valuname,type,value

HKR, , DriverDesc, 0, "Realtek RTL8180 Wireless LAN (Mini-)PCI NIC"

HKR, , DevLoader, 0, *ndis

HKR, , DeviceVxDs, 0, rtl8180.sys

HKR, , EnumPropPages, 0, netdi.dll, EnumPropPages

;;params

HKR, , MediaType, 0, 1

HKR, , AdapterType, 0, 5

HKR, , BusType, 0, 5

;; NDIS Info

HKR, NDIS, MajorNdisVersion, 1, 03

HKR, NDIS, MinorNdisVersion, 1, 0a

HKR, NDIS, LogDriverName, 0, "RTL8180"

;; Interfaces

HKR, Ndi\Interfaces, DefLower, , "ethernet"

HKR, Ndi\Interfaces, LowerRange, , "ethernet"

HKR, Ndi\Interfaces, DefUpper, , "ndis3"

HKR, Ndi\Interfaces, UpperRange, , "ndis3"

;; Install sections

HKR, Ndi\Install, ndis3, 0, "rtl180.ndis5"

;;****************************************************************************

;; RTL8180 common parameters

;;****************************************************************************

[RTL8180.common.reg]

;HKR,Ndi\Params\Coalesce, ParamDesc, 0, "always coalesce"

;HKR,Ndi\Params\Coalesce, Type, 0, "enum"

;HKR,Ndi\Params\Coalesce, Default, 0, "0"

;HKR,Ndi\Params\Coalesce\enum, "0", 0, "Disable"

;HKR,Ndi\Params\Coalesce\enum, "1", 0, "Enable"

;HKR,Ndi\Params\RateDependentAck, ParamDesc, 0, "Enable Rate Dependent Ack"

;HKR,Ndi\Params\RateDependentAck, Type, 0, "enum"

;HKR,Ndi\Params\RateDependentAck, Default, 0, "0"

;HKR,Ndi\Params\RateDependentAck\enum, "0", 0, "Disable"

;HKR,Ndi\Params\RateDependentAck\enum, "1", 0, "Enable"

HKR,Ndi\params\NetworkAddress, ParamDesc, 0, %NetworkAddress%

HKR,Ndi\params\NetworkAddress, type, 0, "edit"

HKR,Ndi\params\NetworkAddress, default, 0, "000000000000"

HKR,Ndi\params\NetworkAddress, LimitText, 0, "12"

HKR,Ndi\params\NetworkAddress, UpperCase, 0, "1"

HKR,Ndi\params\NetworkAddress, Optional, 0, "1"

;HKR,NDI\Params\TxMaxDMABurst,flag,1,30,00,00,00

;HKR,Ndi\params\TxMaxDMABurst,ParamDesc,0,"Transmit DMA burst size"

;HKR,Ndi\params\TxMaxDMABurst,type,0,enum

;HKR,Ndi\params\TxMaxDMABurst,default,0,6

;HKR,Ndi\params\TxMaxDMABurst\enum,0,0,"0:16 bytes"

;HKR,Ndi\params\TxMaxDMABurst\enum,1,0,"1:32 bytes"

;HKR,Ndi\params\TxMaxDMABurst\enum,2,0,"2:64 bytes"

;HKR,Ndi\params\TxMaxDMABurst\enum,3,0,"3:128 bytes"

;HKR,Ndi\params\TxMaxDMABurst\enum,4,0,"4:256 bytes"

;HKR,Ndi\params\TxMaxDMABurst\enum,5,0,"5:512 bytes"

;HKR,Ndi\params\TxMaxDMABurst\enum,6,0,"6:1024 bytes"

;HKR,Ndi\params\TxMaxDMABurst\enum,7,0,"7:2048 bytes"

;HKR,NDI\Params\RxMaxDMABurst,flag,1,30,00,00,00

;HKR,Ndi\params\RxMaxDMABurst,ParamDesc,0,"Receive DMA burst size"

;HKR,Ndi\params\RxMaxDMABurst,type,0,enum

;HKR,Ndi\params\RxMaxDMABurst,default,0,6

;HKR,Ndi\params\RxMaxDMABurst\enum,0,0,"0:16 bytes"

;HKR,Ndi\params\RxMaxDMABurst\enum,1,0,"1:32 bytes"

;HKR,Ndi\params\RxMaxDMABurst\enum,2,0,"2:64 bytes"

;HKR,Ndi\params\RxMaxDMABurst\enum,3,0,"3:128 bytes"

;HKR,Ndi\params\RxMaxDMABurst\enum,4,0,"4:256 bytes"

;HKR,Ndi\params\RxMaxDMABurst\enum,5,0,"5:512 bytes"

;HKR,Ndi\params\RxMaxDMABurst\enum,6,0,"6:1024 bytes"

;HKR,Ndi\params\RxMaxDMABurst\enum,7,0,"7:unlimitted"

;HKR,NDI\Params\EarlyRxThreshold,flag,1,30,00,00,00

;HKR,Ndi\params\EarlyRxThreshold,ParamDesc,0,"Receive FIFO threshold"

;HKR,Ndi\params\EarlyRxThreshold,type,0,enum

;HKR,Ndi\params\EarlyRxThreshold,default,0,2

;HKR,Ndi\params\EarlyRxThreshold\enum,0,0,"0:16 bytes"

;HKR,Ndi\params\EarlyRxThreshold\enum,1,0,"1:32 bytes"

;HKR,Ndi\params\EarlyRxThreshold\enum,2,0,"2:64 bytes"

;HKR,Ndi\params\EarlyRxThreshold\enum,3,0,"3:128 bytes"

;HKR,Ndi\params\EarlyRxThreshold\enum,4,0,"4:256 bytes"

;HKR,Ndi\params\EarlyRxThreshold\enum,5,0,"5:512 bytes"

;HKR,Ndi\params\EarlyRxThreshold\enum,6,0,"6:1024 bytes"

;HKR,Ndi\params\EarlyRxThreshold\enum,7,0,"7:Disabled"

;HKR,defaults,ListenInterval,0,"3"

;HKR,Ndi\params\ListenInterval,default, 0,"3"

;HKR,NDI\params\ListenInterval,ParamDesc,,%LISTENINTERVAL_STR%

;HKR,NDI\params\ListenInterval,type, ,"int"

;HKR,NDI\params\ListenInterval,flag, 1,"30","00","00","00"

;HKR,NDI\params\ListenInterval,min, 0,"0"

;HKR,NDI\params\ListenInterval,max, 0,"77"

;HKR,NDI\params\ListenInterval,step, 0,"1"

;HKR,NDI\params\ListenInterval,optional, 0,"1"

;HKR,defaults,AH_BcnIntv,0,"1000"

;HKR,Ndi\params\AH_BcnIntv,default,0,"100"

;HKR,NDI\params\AH_BcnIntv,ParamDesc,0,%AH_BCNINTV_STR%

;HKR,NDI\params\AH_BcnIntv,type,0,"int"

;HKR,NDI\params\AH_BcnIntv,min,0,"20"

;HKR,NDI\params\AH_BcnIntv,max,0,"1000"

;HKR,NDI\params\AH_BcnIntv,step,0,"1"

;HKR,defaults,AH_ATIMWnd,0,"1000"

;HKR,Ndi\params\AH_ATIMWnd,default,0,"10"

;HKR,NDI\params\AH_ATIMWnd,ParamDesc,0,%AH_ATIMINTV_STR%

;HKR,NDI\params\AH_ATIMWnd,type,0,"int"

;HKR,NDI\params\AH_ATIMWnd,min,0,"0"

;HKR,NDI\params\AH_ATIMWnd,max,0,"1000"

;HKR,NDI\params\AH_ATIMWnd,step,0,"1"

;HKR,defaults,RTSThresh,0,"2432"

;HKR,Ndi\params\RTSThresh,default,0,"2432"

;HKR,NDI\params\RTSThresh,ParamDesc,0,%RTSTHRESH_STR%

;HKR,NDI\params\RTSThresh,type,0,"int"

;HKR,NDI\params\RTSThresh,flag,1,"20","00","00","00"

;HKR,NDI\params\RTSThresh,min,0,"0"

;HKR,NDI\params\RTSThresh,max,0,"2432"

;HKR,NDI\params\RTSThresh,step,0,"64"

;HKR,NDI\params\RTSThresh,optional,0,"1"

;HKR,defaults,FragThresh,0,"2432"

;HKR,Ndi\params\FragThresh,default,0,"2432"

;HKR,NDI\params\FragThresh,ParamDesc,0,%FRAGTHRESH_STR%

;HKR,NDI\params\FragThresh,type,0,"int"

;HKR,NDI\params\FragThresh,flag,1,"20","00","00","00"

;HKR,NDI\params\FragThresh,min,0,"256"

;HKR,NDI\params\FragThresh,max,0,"2432"

;HKR,NDI\params\FragThresh,step,0,"128"

;HKR,NDI\params\FragThresh,optional,0,"1"

;HKR,defaults,PreambleMode,0,"1"

;HKR,Ndi\params\PreambleMode,default,0,"1"

;HKR,NDI\params\PreambleMode,ParamDesc,,%SHORT_PREAM_STR%

;HKR,NDI\params\PreambleMode,type,,"enum"

;HKR,NDI\params\PreambleMode,flag,1,"30","00","00","00"

;HKR,NDI\params\PreambleMode\enum,1,,"Long Tx Preamble"

;HKR,NDI\params\PreambleMode\enum,2,,"Short Tx Preamble"

;HKR,NDI\params\PreambleMode\enum,3,,"Auto"

;HKR,NDI\params\PreambleMode,optional,0,"1"

;HKR,defaults,AuthentAlg,0,"65535"

;HKR,NDI\params\AuthentAlg,default,0,"0"

;HKR,NDI\params\AuthentAlg,ParamDesc,,%AUTHENT_TYPE_STR%

;HKR,NDI\params\AuthentAlg,type,,"enum"

;HKR,NDI\params\AuthentAlg,flag,1,"30","00","00","00"

;HKR,NDI\params\AuthentAlg\enum,1,,"Open System"

;HKR,NDI\params\AuthentAlg\enum,2,,"Share Key(40 bit)"

;HKR,NDI\params\AuthentAlg\enum,3,,"Share Key(128 bit)"

;HKR,NDI\params\AuthentAlg,optional,0,"1"

;HKR,defaults,AdhocDemoMode,0,"0"

;HKR,Ndi\params\AdhocDemoMode,default,0,"0"

;HKR,NDI\params\AdhocDemoMode,ParamDesc,,%ADHOC_DEMO_STR%

;HKR,NDI\params\AdhocDemoMode,type,,"enum"

;HKR,NDI\params\AdhocDemoMode,flag,1,"30","00","00","00"

;HKR,NDI\params\AdhocDemoMode\enum,0,,"Disable"

;HKR,NDI\params\AdhocDemoMode\enum,1,,"Enable"

;HKR,NDI\params\AdhocDemoMode,optional,0,"1"

HKR,defaults,Channel,0,"1"

HKR,Ndi\params\Channel,default, 0,"1"

HKR,NDI\params\Channel,ParamDesc,,%CHANNEL_STR%

HKR,NDI\params\Channel,type, ,"int"

HKR,NDI\params\Channel,flag, 1,"30","00","00","00"

HKR,NDI\params\Channel,min, 0,"1"

HKR,NDI\params\Channel,max, 0,"14"

HKR,NDI\params\Channel,step, 0,"1"

;HKR,NDI\params\Channel,optional, 0,"1"

;HKR,defaults,DataRate,0,"0"

;HKR,Ndi\params\DataRate,default,0,"0"

;HKR,NDI\params\DataRate,ParamDesc,,%DATA_RATE_STR%

;HKR,NDI\params\DataRate,type,,"enum"

;HKR,NDI\params\DataRate,flag,1,"30","00","00","00"

;HKR,NDI\params\DataRate\enum,0,,"Auto"

;HKR,NDI\params\DataRate\enum,1,,"1 Mbps"

;HKR,NDI\params\DataRate\enum,2,,"2 Mbps"

;HKR,NDI\params\DataRate\enum,3,,"5.5 Mbps"

;HKR,NDI\params\DataRate\enum,4,,"11 Mbps"

;HKR,NDI\params\DataRate,optional,0,"1"

HKR,defaults,PowerSaveMode,0,"0"

HKR,Ndi\params\PowerSaveMode,default,0,"0"

HKR,NDI\params\PowerSaveMode,ParamDesc,,%POWER_SAVE_STR%

HKR,NDI\params\PowerSaveMode,type,,"enum"

HKR,NDI\params\PowerSaveMode,flag,1,"30","00","00","00"

HKR,NDI\params\PowerSaveMode\enum,0,,"CAM"

HKR,NDI\params\PowerSaveMode\enum,1,,"MAX_PSP"

HKR,NDI\params\PowerSaveMode\enum,2,,"Fast_PSP"

;HKR,NDI\params\PowerSaveMode,optional,0,"1"

HKR,Ndi\params\SSID, ParamDesc, 0, %SSID_STR%

HKR,defaults, SSID, 0, "ANY"

HKR,Ndi\params\SSID, type, 0, "edit"

HKR,Ndi\params\SSID, default, 0, "ANY"

HKR,Ndi\params\SSID, LimitText, 0, "32"

;HKR,Ndi\params\SSID, Optional, 0, "1"

HKR,defaults,NetworkType,0,"1"

HKR,Ndi\params\NetworkType,default,0,"1"

HKR,NDI\params\NetworkType,ParamDesc,,%NETWORK_TYPE_STR%

HKR,NDI\params\NetworkType,type,,"enum"

HKR,NDI\params\NetworkType,flag,1,"30","00","00","00"

HKR,NDI\params\NetworkType\enum,0,,"Ad Hoc"

HKR,NDI\params\NetworkType\enum,1,,"Infrastructure"

HKR,NDI\params\NetworkType\enum,2,,"Auto select"

;HKR,NDI\params\NetworkType,optional,0,"1"

HKR,,DefaultKeyID,,"0"

HKR,,DefaultKey0,,""

HKR,,DefaultKey1,,""

HKR,,DefaultKey2,,""

HKR,,DefaultKey3,,""

HKR,,FastRoaming,,"0"

HKR,,AdHocRateAdaptive,,"1"

HKR,,ShortRetryLimit,,"127"

HKR,,LongRetryLimit,,"127"

;;****************************************************************************

;; NT 5.0 parameters

;;****************************************************************************

[RTL8180.reg]

HKR, Ndi\Interfaces, UpperRange, 0, "ndis5"

HKR, Ndi\Interfaces, LowerRange, 0, "ethernet"

HKR, Ndi, Service, 0, "RTL8180"

[rtsnt.Service]

DisplayName = %RTL8180.Service.DispName%

ServiceType = 1 ; %SERVICE_KERNEL_DRIVER%

StartType = 3 ; %SERVICE_DEMAND_START%

ErrorControl = 1 ; %SERVICE_ERROR_NORMAL%

ServiceBinary = %12%\RTL8180.SYS

LoadOrderGroup = NDIS

[RTL8180.EventLog]

Addreg = RTL8180.AddEventLog.reg

[RTL8180.AddEventLog.reg]

HKR, , EventMessageFile, 0x00020000, "%%SystemRoot%%\System32\netevent.dll"

HKR, , TypesSupported, 0x00010001, 7

;;****************************************************************************

;; Destination Directory

;;****************************************************************************

[DestinationDirs]

RTL8180.CopyFiles = 12

RTL8180.CopyFiles98 = 11

DefaultDestDir = 11 ; LDID_SYS

;;****************************************************************************

;; Source Files

;;****************************************************************************

[SourceDisksNames]

1=%DISKNAME%,,,

[SourceDisksFiles]

rtl8180.sys = 1

;netr8180.inf = 1

;netr8180.cat = 1

;netr8180n.cat = 1

;;****************************************************************************

;; Strings

;;****************************************************************************

[Strings]

;Msft = "Microsoft"

Realtek = "Realtek"

;;Source disk name

DISKNAME = " Realtek RTL8180 Wireless LAN (Mini-)PCI Driver Disk "

NetworkAddress = "Network Address"

ADHOC_DEMO_STR = "Adhoc Demo Mode"

SHORT_PREAM_STR = "Preamble Mode"

AH_BCNINTV_STR = "Beacon Interval"

AH_ATIMINTV_STR = "Atim Window"

RTSTHRESH_STR = "RTS Threshold"

FRAGTHRESH_STR = "Fragmentation Threshold"

AUTHENT_TYPE_STR = "Authentication Algorithm"

LISTENINTERVAL_STR = "Listen Interval"

CHANNEL_STR = "Channel"

DATA_RATE_STR = "Data Rate"

POWER_SAVE_STR = "Power Save Mode"

SSID_STR = "SSID"

NETWORK_TYPE_STR = "Network Type"

RTL8180.DeviceDesc = "Realtek RTL8180 Wireless LAN (Mini-)PCI NIC"

RTL8180.Service.DispName= "Realtek RTL8180 Wireless LAN (Mini-)PCI NIC NT Driver"

;

</code>

Ah crap.... I might as well keep this thread going. Everyone else has their stuff resolved, yes?

I have this same card... F5D6020 v3. Running Slack 10 on my laptop.... :-) I had limited/no sucess with ndiswrapper over the past 2 days and decided to try driverloader. I've gotten alot farther than I have in the past. Used the drivers off my CD that came with the card. I am getting a green connection light on the card itself.... Alright, what gives? I can even see it talking to my router when the card is activated (WLAN lights on the router flash). I just dont seem to be getting a connection to the net. I turned WEP off via the web interface and made the appropriate changes to /etc/rc.d/rc.wireless.conf.... Speaking of wich, can somebody take a look at it and tell me if they see any probs? I cleaned it up alot cause I hate messy scripts... The format still seems to be right...

Code:

VERBOSE=1



case "$HWADDR" in



*)

    INFO="Belkin"

    ESSID="MadPenguin"

    MODE="Managed"

    KEY=""

    FREQ="2.462G"

    CHANNEL="11"

    RATE="auto"

    ;;

esac

On the web interface, "Belkin" was the default for 'Local Domain Name'. Says it was optional and I assume thats what the $INFO variable is refering to. Channel "11" is specifically set on the web interface for my router... This is all new stuff to me. Not exactally sure what I'm doing. I'll enable 128bit WEP as soon as I figure out how to get online with this thing. MAC Adress filtering is turned off on the router.... Umm.... dmesg looks really good... Finds the card, assigns an IRQ, loads driverloader..... Should I try the latest realtek drivers? and use the .inf from the previous post? It looks as if it should be working with the ones that i've got... Also... When ever I 'iwlist scan' the light on my card goes out and I have to restart the pcmcia service.... Makes no sense.... Atleast the scan picks up my SSID of MadPenguin.....

Am I supposed to be assigning a Gateway, Subnet and all that other crap? I thought that was the routers job.... Is there any other config files that I'm overlooking? Any help would be MOST apprecieated... Thanks all.... I can't wait to get this damn thing working. Hopefully it's something really stupid and I just haven't a clue as to what I'm doing... :D

I had to use the INI file posted to this thread. It was the only way I could get it to work.

In my /etc/rc.d/rc.wireless.conf I don't have the fields: FREQ, CHANNEL, or RATE. I only have INFO, ESSID, MODE and KEY.

Cool... Thanks for the speedy reply.. Now, did you have a green light when you used the Belkin drivers? And when you used the modified .inf, did you use that with the Belkin .sys or the Realtek .sys....? I'm assuming it was the latter... Thanks again... I have nothing in /etc/resolv.conf as well... It just seems as tho I'm not getting assigned an IP or something... I'll keep pushing forward blindly.... :study:

And, I don't have to have a license key entered in order to use this right? I should have 30 days or something, correct?

OK.... Got it.... My problem was ignorance...:newbie: Why isn't there NOOB info readily available for this kinda shit.... Damn....

I had to edit /etc/rc.d/rc.init1.conf

That was it... I put in my Gateway at the very bottom and put "yes" for the USE_DHCP[0] variable.... Did a '/etc/rc.d/rc.pcmcia restart' and here I am.... I'm too tired to be happy about it actually. I did one loud "YES!!!!" and that was that. Thanks to all who have posted in this thread and especially AnheuserBusch for stating the overly obvious in his motorola/slackware post....

I'm curious if the Belkin drivers on my CD will work now. I used the Realtek .inf file from above with the latest .sys driver obtained from their web site. Also makes me wonder whether or not I can get ndiswrapper working. I had that keybbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbboard proooooooooooooooooblem with ndiswrapper.. Oh well. I'll cough up 19 bones and stick with Linuxant.... My card was 15 and the router was 17... Whats another 19 I suppose?

Don't think I need to explain step by step for any future readers. The 'driverloader' from Linuxant rivals windows executables. It's a breeze installing that. Just make sure you get on their actual web site and click on the "Free Trial" button. Give an email and your MAC Address for the card and you'll be assigned a 30 day trial key. Go back to that same web interface where you selected your driver .inf/.sys files and click on the settings link. Enter your key to activate the driver and then edit /etc/rc.d/rc.init1.conf as I stated above and your good to go.

Thanks again!

Not trying to be totally dense, but... Could you post, in detail, what driver you ended up using, and where you found it? What files you had to use from the CD? What was modified?

I just got one of the cards (version 3), and have been down so many false paths (orinoco, realtek, ...) that I'm very frustrated. I'd just like a rundown from top to bottom of what it takes to make the card work, rather than little bits and snippets.

Thanks in advance....

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Originally posted by rpnix
Not trying to be totally dense, but... Could you post, in detail, what driver you ended up using, and where you found it? What files you had to use from the CD? What was modified?

I just got one of the cards (version 3), and have been down so many false paths (orinoco, realtek, ...) that I'm very frustrated. I'd just like a rundown from top to bottom of what it takes to make the card work, rather than little bits and snippets.

Thanks in advance....

I used the Linuxant driver www.linuxant.com/driverloader/?PHPSESSID=edea88eec57589fd7b139c6d2d84e3ae

to get it running. It cost $20 USD but it was worth it for me cause I went through all the trouble you have.
The install is simple.

To complete the Linuxant set up you will need the Realtek driver and the inf file.

Download the latest Windows XP Realtek driver from the Belkin web site. Do not use the one on the CD.

Use the inf file posted to this thread. Do not use the one with the download.

Finally, modify your /etc/rc.d/rc.wireless.conf and enter your SSID, etc.

Hope this helps. Good luck!

I am using ndiswrapper which is the free equivalent of driverloader.
You need a recent one though. SuSE9.2's is new enough
or get it from sourceforge.net.
Then you need the windows driver from realtek site (not the one on the CD)
and use the .ini file from realtek as basis but change vendor/product
hex values to match the card - either by comparing with .ini on CD
or by looking at what lspci -n shows with card plugged in.
See my entry in HCL for this card for URLs etc.