Wireless belkin on Slackware 10.0

crackticus · 01-28-2005, 03:14 PM

hi, i have a belkin wireless router f5d7630-4a/b and a belkin wireless card f5d7000. i have slackware 10.0 but i can't get them working together. could anyone tell me, or direct me to a place so i can see, how to get it working. i'm quite new to linux so i would be grateful for a detailed description of how to do it.

DyeKid · 01-28-2005, 09:08 PM

I'll try and point you in the right direction.

If I were you, I would post the output of the following command to this thread:

lspci

** You will need to be root for the command to work. **
No need to post the entire contents, just check for anything that looks like a network controller.
(Ethernet will be your nic card)

That should tell you if your card is recognized and give you a better idea of if there are linux drivers for the card, or if you will need to use ndiswrapper.

hieudt · 01-29-2005, 08:30 AM

Belkin wireless card use Atheros chipset, you can use madwifi (http://madwifi.sf.net). Madwifi hasn't released any files yet so you just have to use CVS. It worked perfectly for me on Slackware 10 with a Belkin wireless PCMCIA card.

akaBeaVis · 01-29-2005, 09:59 PM

The F5D7000 uses Broadcom, no native linux drivers are available, you'll need ndiswrapper from http://ndiswrapper.sf.net, or DriverLoader from Linuxant.com ($).

You'll need to compile ndiswrapper from source, so make sure the development and kernel-source packages are installed. I can confirm that 0.10rc1 compiles and works ok with kernels up to 2.6.10 and all my wireless cards (not usb).

crackticus · 04-04-2005, 06:44 PM

i have installed and tried ndiswrapper many times but it doesnt work. exactly how would i set ndiswrapper up for slackware/belkin. ask me to post anything if you need it.

crackticus · 04-06-2005, 07:19 PM

bump?