Belkin USB Wireless - Hardy - Drivers?

[tigerplug]

Hey everyone,

I installed Gutsy on my GF computer last night but the computer is too far from the router to run a cable in my situation. However, it is not too far for wireless.


I picked up a Belkin G+ wireless USB adapter but it doesn't seem to work with Gutsy.
I'm just wondering will this device work out of the box with Hardy?
If not then how will I get it working?

[tigerplug]

Again guys - If anyone can help me at all I would really appreciate it.

I would assume I need to go ahead and install nDis wrapper from the Ubuntu CD.

Then get the .INF file (Windows Driver) - Which I cannot extract from the .exe
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Has anyone got any idea how I can get the .INF - downloads are offered in .exe only.

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Assuming I get the I.INF file I need to blacklist any Belkin Drivers on the Box correct? - How do I do this and how do I know which ones to Blacklist?




Thanks


Tigerplug

[blackaardvark]

I had loads of trouble with my Belkin + Feisty/Gutsy, I eventually used serialmonkey drivers which kind of worked.

I will look for the posts that helped me but I'm using Hardy now and it is supported out of the box!

EDIT: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=400236

Good luck with it.

[james_vanb]

I've used the Belkin Wireless USB in both Gutsy and Hardy. Install has been the same using ndiswrapper and the Belkin install CD.

Unplug adapter before you boot.

Install ndiswrapper through Synaptic.

Open terminal.

Remove the following drivers using these commands:

sudo modprobe -r rt2500usb
sudo modprobe -r rt73usb


I'm not sure that this actually removes the drivers, but after 3 weeks of farting around with them it made me feel better.

Blacklist rt2500usb and rt73usb by opening text editor (mousepad for Xubuntu - gedit for Ubuntu) as follows:

sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist


add "blacklist rt2500usb" and "blacklist rt73usb" (Without the quotes) to end of list, save and close.

REBOOT

This is where the guides I was following failed. Blacklist doesn't work until you reboot. If you don't, the wrong driver will be associated.

On your desktop, open "Home" - right click in an open area and create a file - I called mine "Belkin". Insert the install cd. Open and navigate to the driver file under XP. there will be 3 files. Copy all 3 files to the file you created under "Home" by dragging and dropping. The drivers will not load directly from the cd.

Now install the driver you just copied with the following (If the .inf file you copied is not the rt73, replace as appropriate below) :


sudo ndiswrapper -i /home/(your user name)/Belkin/rt73.inf


Insert the wireless adapter.

Now issue the following commands:

sudo depmod -a
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

I think these create the module. Now edit modules to load ndiswrapper when you boot as follows (If you are using Xubuntu, replace gedit with mousepad):

sudo gedit /etc/modules

Add "ndiswrapper" (without quotes) to the end of the list.

Establish alias with following command:

sudo ndiswrapper -m

Reboot

[tigerplug]

thanks guys! I got it working in the end

[jerryduk]

Hey everyone,

I installed Gutsy on my GF computer last night but the computer is too far from the router to run a cable in my situation. However, it is not too far for wireless.


I picked up a Belkin G+ wireless USB adapter but it doesn't seem to work with Gutsy.
I'm just wondering will this device work out of the box with Hardy?
If not then how will I get working?
I have just installed Hardy 8.04 and it detected my Belkin USB wireless adapter without any problem. I didn't need a wrapper or any special drivers. It just worked. Wonderful!