[Solved]Getting Belkin F5D7051 wireless USB to work

shadeheim · 2007-03-08 20:13:10

My wireless USB dongle is a Belkin +G with product code F5D7051

I've managed to get other USB devices working with ndiswrapper so I already have ndiswrapper setup correctly and loaded in rc.conf. I've removed remenants of my old drivers ready for my new dongle. Searching around Google it seems that most people are using ndiswrapper for this device. I'm confident that I have followed the steps on the ndiswrapper site correctly; ndiswrapper -l reports that the device is present and I get no errors. Sadly there is an additional step to take since I have the 2.6.20 kernel, but I have a suspicion that the file that must be edited needs to be named differently under Arch, although I wouldn't have the first clue what to call it.

According to the ndiswrapper wiki: http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/medi … x.php/List

With 2.6.16 and later kernels, RNDIS devices are not initialized (when device is plugged in, nothing happens). To get it going, you need to set the variable bConfigurationValue in sysfs. An easy way to do this is to add
BUS=="usb", SYSFS{idProduct}=="001b", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0baf", \
PROGRAM="/bin/sh -c 'echo 1 > /sys/%p/device/bConfigurationValue'"
to /etc/udev/rules.d/z25_local_rules file and restart udev. Replace idProduct and idVendor as appropriate; for USR5421, 'lsusb' shows 001b (idProduct) and 0baf (idVendor).

I've tried manually creating this z25 file being sure to get the product id and vendor id in the correct order but upon rebooting (with ndiswrapper loaded) I still can't see the wlan interface with iwconfig. Any ideas how to edit this file correctly?

Last edited by shadeheim (2007-10-28 22:23:19)

foamcup · 2007-03-08 20:41:35

The file you are trying to edit doesn't exist in the first place. You have to create a new file.

As for it still not working after creating the file I'm not sure but at least you can rule something out. Heres a link that contains a guide that may be helpful.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2175921

shadeheim · 2007-03-08 21:51:14

Well I've followed the exact steps on the Ubuntu forums but iwconfig still doesn't show my interface and I don't get any messages from dmesg | tail -5 either although the device is listed under lsusb and according to ndiswrapper it is installed. So it is pretty frustrating knowing that on other distributions the dongle is working yet mysteriously on Arch it isn't. I am still thinking that maybe Arch uses a different naming convention or has different commands because I really have followed the steps exactly. Please someone, this is the third dongle I've gone through trying to get wireless internet working, so if you have even any vague ideas I would be glad to hear.

Last edited by shadeheim (2007-03-08 21:53:35)

shadeheim · 2007-03-09 01:05:01

Fixed: Scrap everything else I said as it complicates the matter. I've fixed this issue now.

As previously said other wikis recommend:

BUS=="usb", SYSFS{idProduct}=="7051", SYSFS{idVendor}=="050d", RUN+="/bin/sh -c 'echo 1 > /sys/$devpath/device/bConfigurationValue'"

But after further searching I found out that this code is now obselete. Following /etc/udev/readme-udev-arch.txt this syntax needs to be used instead:

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idProduct}=="7051", ATTR{idVendor}=="050d", ATTR{bConfigurationValue}="1"

I decided to put it in a file 99-custom.rules in "/etc/udev/rules.d/". Upon running iwconfig I now see wlan0 and it can be configured as usual. Internet working at long last.

Last edited by shadeheim (2007-06-29 08:29:46)

JohnnyAce · 2011-12-20 16:01:04

I'm having similar issue with my Belkin G+ F5D705, but after adding those rules on 99-custom.rules file in "/etc/udev/rules.d/" nothing happens. Even if I reconnect device, lsusb or dmesg isn't showing any traces of it. Anything I could do? Kernel version I'm using is 3.1.5-1.

fsckd · 2011-12-21 00:18:26

Hi JohnnyAce, please don't necro-post. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … Bumping.27
Closing.

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#1 2007-03-08 20:13:10

[Solved]Getting Belkin F5D7051 wireless USB to work

#2 2007-03-08 20:41:35

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