belkin f5d7050 won't work on newest computer.

lunaz · 05-18-2007, 04:35 PM

i had issues w this before on this old comp & got them resolved by following this post:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...9&postcount=22

now i switched to cable & have to either use the belkin on the new comp or move it out the the living room.... since i don't want to do that i put the edgy cd in & got the ndiswrapper-utils1.8 stuff off it.

i tried to re do what i did before but 2 problems:

the green light on the belkin only comes on for part of boot up time then turns off.
i can't find BLKWGU.sys anywhere on the belkin cd. it just has an .inf one, and the BLKWGUxp,2k,or 9x.sys files.

update
last night i downloaded this stuff again thinking i could find a BLKWGU.sys in there but i didn't. i didn't so i tried w32n55.ini only to see it not work. i don't understand why it says blkwu.inf driver installed hardware present when nothing works....

Code:

gail@badassness:~$ sudo ndiswrapper -l
Password:
Installed drivers:
blkwgu          driver installed, hardware present 
blkwgu2k.sys    invalid driver!
blkwgu.cat      invalid driver!
blkwgu.sys      invalid driver!
blkwguxp.sys    invalid driver!
w32n55.ini      invalid driver!
gail@badassness:~$ sudo ndiswrapper -e
Usage: ndiswrapper OPTION

Manage ndis drivers for ndiswrapper.
-i inffile        Install driver described by 'inffile'
-d devid driver   Use installed 'driver' for 'devid'
-e driver         Remove 'driver'
-l                List installed drivers
-m                Write configuration for modprobe
-da               Write module alias configuration for all devices
-di               Write module install configuration for all devices
-v                Report version information


where 'devid' is either PCIID or USBID of the form XXXX:XXXX
gail@badassness:~$ sudo ndiswrapper -e blkwgu2k
Driver blkwgu2k is not installed.Use -l to list installed drivers
gail@badassness:~$ sudo ndiswrapper -e blkwgu2k.sys
gail@badassness:~$ sudo ndiswrapper -e blkwguxp.sys
gail@badassness:~$ sudo ndiswrapper -e blkwgu.sys
gail@badassness:~$ sudo ndiswrapper -e blkwgu.cat
gail@badassness:~$ sudo ndiswrapper -e w32n55.ini
gail@badassness:~$ sudo ndiswrapper -l
Installed drivers:
blkwgu          driver installed, hardware present 
gail@badassness:~$

mechdave · 05-20-2007, 02:43 AM

What happens if you try and install the windows 2000 driver instead of the win 98 driver?

lunaz · 05-24-2007, 09:24 AM

i tried every file in there except hte driver.xx files. here's what's in there from memory:

/media/cdrom/files/Driver
blkwgu.inf
blkwgu.cat
blkwgu98.sys
blkwguxp.sy
blkwgu2k.sys
driver.2k
driver.me
driver.98

when i do sudo ndiswrapper -l i see

blkwgu hardware present, driver installed.

the other files i try off the cd all say

(name) invalid driver.

i now have a wired connection for htat computer so i tried to un/reinstall the drivers & ndiswrapper, and start all over. i still get the same results: nothing working.

i installed network-manager-gnome & disabled the connections in system>networking(i think) and that didn't make a difference either.

the only thing i can think of to make it work is to get to a windows computer & download fresh ones from the belkin site & see if i can find a blkwgu.sys

lunaz · 06-01-2007, 05:54 PM

any ideas?