Hello all, in first place, sorry for my english.

I recently buy a Belkin F5D6020 Wireless card to my laptop.I'm newbie in a linux world and i hope someone help me installing and configuring this card.

I have Debian Sid with 2.6.6 kernel and 3.2.5-3 version of pcmcia-cs package. I configure the pcmcia and activate it in the kernel. When i execute "cardctl ident" i obtain:

dreamer:~# cardctl ident
Socket 0:
no product info available
Socket 1:
no product info available

I unplug the card and plug it again but obtain the same. If i execute cardctl status i obtain:

dreamer:~# cardctl status
Socket 0:
no card
Socket 1:
3.3V CardBus card
function 0: [ready]

The information that i found in google about my card is that use Realtek 8180 driver (This driver, the webpage said that is for 2.4.20 or 2.4.18 kernels), i download it and try to compile with 2.6.6 kernel and gcc 3.3.3 but i obtain a lot of errors. I will try later to compile it in 2.4.20 kernel but i hope to run wireless card in my 2.6.6 kernel.

I also try to run this card with ndiswrapper using the Windows driver, and load sucesfully the driver but the interface wlan0 "wasn't created".


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Later, i instal the 2.4.20 kernel, and compile sucessfully the realtek driver, but i can't load it, it gives an error:

rtl8180_24x.o init_module: No such device

In dmesg i obtain:

****** RTL8180 Wireless Lan Driver 2003-11-24 loaded ********
rtl8180: No devices found, RTL8180 Wireless Lan Driver 2003-11-24 unregistered

But the card is plugged, i try tu unplug and plug it but don't work.

Also i compile atmel driver sucessfully without errors and try to use lvnet to configure card, but shows an error:

Card not found.

If anyone can help me post please.

Thanks!

You may want look here , where pointers are given about that card. It seems Belkin didn't like it looking like a Realtek TRL8180L, so they changed the vendor ID and Device number
You can use his tips so as to install it per ndiswrap or use the references for the native driver (read carefully, for there are several potential stumbling blocks).
If you are using Mandrake, you can check Linux Gazette , for it might be useful.
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