Belkin wireless adapter

**Ketson** · April 29th, 2008

Does anyone know if Belkin wireless adapters work i'm having trouble finding it once its been plugged in.

**lwvmobile** · April 29th, 2008

What model is your Belkin wireless adapter and is it USB or PCMCIA or what?

**anewguy** · April 29th, 2008

I have a Belkin model that plugs into the USB and sits in a little cradle - it works "right out of the box" with Ubuntu.

**Ketson** · April 29th, 2008

its a usb model the on that sits in the cradle the model number is F5D7051.

**anewguy** · April 30th, 2008

Mine is a F5D7050. It was installed automatically by Linux and uses the zd1211rw driver. Check your device manager (System/Preferences/Hardware Information) and see if there is a USB device list as USB WLAN. If there is click on the line labeled "USB Vendor Specific Interface", then move to the right hand side of the screen and click the tab "Advanced". The Linux driver name should show there. IF all of that looks ok, then I have to ask if you have the network manager applet running -> is there a "network" icon on your top bar? If so, click it and see if your wireless network shows. Post back when you've checked all that.