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Alxe

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From: /home/alex

Registered: 2009-01-20

Posts: 102

How to change the wireless driver?

Well, firstly, hello all.

I've been looking around for some time alredy, about the correct driver for my wireless card (Belkin F5D7000 PCI). I found that the most compatible one is b43. I followed all the steps on the wiki, but still when I look on the info of NetworkManager, it says I use the rtl8180 driver. How could I change this?

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tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: How to change the wireless driver?

What does lspci say about your card?

Alxe

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From: /home/alex

Registered: 2009-01-20

Posts: 102

Re: How to change the wireless driver?

The output.

00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Host Bridge (rev b1)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller (rev b1)
00:03.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 LPC Bridge (rev b2)
00:03.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller (rev b1)
00:03.2 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP79 SMBus (rev b1)
00:03.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller (rev b1)
00:03.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Device 0a98 (rev b1)
00:03.5 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Co-processor (rev b1)
00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev b1)
00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev b1)
00:06.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev b1)
00:06.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev b1)
00:08.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP79 High Definition Audio (rev b1)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Bridge (rev b1)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Ethernet (rev b1)
00:0b.0 RAID bus controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 RAID Controller (rev b1)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge (rev b1)
00:15.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge (rev b1)
00:16.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge (rev b1)
00:17.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge (rev b1)
00:18.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge (rev b1)
01:07.0 Ethernet controller: Belkin Device 700f (rev 20)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0644 (rev a1)
05:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): JMicron Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller

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tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: How to change the wireless driver?

And what gave you the idea that it's a b43 device? A very quick google brings up rtl8180 answers here.

Another thing - if the rtl8180 driver was autoloaded for you, that's a strong indiciation that it's the right driver.

Alxe

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From: /home/alex

Registered: 2009-01-20

Posts: 102

Re: How to change the wireless driver?

Here said that the Belkin F5D7000 PCI works with B43. It  just works with the rtl8180, but it's quite bad-quality for my card (falls sometimes, doesn't get a good signal and the router is on the next room, etc).

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