Trouble with Knoppix 3.6 and Belkin F5D7000

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Originally Posted by jMon54

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Yes, it does: but it probably means that you DO NOT have a Belkin F5D7000. According to my sources they use the Broadcom chipset in that model.

It appears that you CD was correct. Its the rt2500.inf driver you want

We will go with the chipset I think ...

It appears that this chipset actually has native linux drivers; not that I know how to install them. Type in Google "Ralink linux" and that could get you started. Better I suppose would be to go direct to the Ralink website. See: http://www.ralinktech.com/supp-1.htm

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Well I KNOW for a fact the card I have is a Belkin F5D7000 because I just bought it and the box it came in is sitting on top of my printer. However, if Knoppix wants to call it something else, I won't argue as long as it works. I have gotten a hold of the files and instructions for installation of native Linux drivers for the RT2500 and will attempt to install. I'll report back the results. Stay tuned...

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Well speaking as Ph. D. student in philosophy you don't "KNOW," you have the Belkin F5D7000 merely because of the box it came in.... :-) The evidence could be suggestive though.

However, I am puzzled with the contradiction between the chipset in all other Belkin F5D7000s I know (including my own) i.e. Broadcom; and yours, which ostensibly is using a Ralink chipset -- at least according to Knoppix. What does M$ say?

Its interesting in any case. Maybe Belkin is beginning to see sense and use a chipset vendor that supports Linux. But I think that something screwy is going on. Maybe someone is trying to pull a fast-one ... Hmmmm ....

I take it that you have just bought the card? I take it you bought it from a reputible supplier?

In any case I'd phone Belkin on their 1-800 number, or email them and ask if they have suddenly switched to Ralink chipsets! I had a look at their website (for N. America), and there is nothing in the support section that indicates they have changed; such specifying a different driver for the new chipset.

Has anyone else heard about the change?

Regards,

Grant D. Vallance

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However, I am puzzled with the contradiction between the chipset in all other Belkin F5D7000s I know (including my own) i.e. Broadcom; and yours, which ostensibly is using a Ralink chipset -- at least according to Knoppix.

Its interesting in any case. Maybe Belkin is beginning to see sense and use a chipset vendor that supports Linux. But I think that something screwy is going on. Maybe someone is trying to pull a fast-one ... Hmmmm ....

I take it that you have just bought the card? I take it you bought it from a reputible supplier?

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I bought the card at Staples, a giant office product chain, quite reputable. Oh and Knoppix does know it's a Belkin based on what I got when I used "lspci -v". So maybe Belkin has seen the light and is supplying Linux friendly cards. However, I tried to install the ndiswrapper RT2500 driver and got totally overwhelmed. The instructions may as well be in Chinese for me! Here's what they say:

run 'cd STA/Module'
'cp ../2.6.x/Makefile .'

$make -C /path/to/source SUBDIRS=$PWD modules
where /path/to/source is the path to the source directory for the (configured and built) target kernel.

run '/sbin/insmod rt2500.ko' (as root)
'/sbin/ifconfig ra0 inet YOUR_IP up'

Help!!! I can make no sense of this... I tried keying it all in best as I could but am totally in over my head. :?

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Originally Posted by jMon54

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However, I am puzzled with the contradiction between the chipset in all other Belkin F5D7000s I know (including my own) i.e. Broadcom; and yours, which ostensibly is using a Ralink chipset -- at least according to Knoppix.

Its interesting in any case. Maybe Belkin is beginning to see sense and use a chipset vendor that supports Linux. But I think that something screwy is going on. Maybe someone is trying to pull a fast-one ... Hmmmm ....

I take it that you have just bought the card? I take it you bought it from a reputible supplier?

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I bought the card at Staples, a giant office product chain, quite reputable. Oh and Knoppix does know it's a Belkin based on what I got when I used "lspci -v". So maybe Belkin has seen the light and is supplying Linux friendly cards. However, I tried to install the ndiswrapper RT2500 driver and got totally overwhelmed. The instructions may as well be in Chinese for me! Here's what they say:

run 'cd STA/Module'
'cp ../2.6.x/Makefile .'

$make -C /path/to/source SUBDIRS=$PWD modules
where /path/to/source is the path to the source directory for the (configured and built) target kernel.

run '/sbin/insmod rt2500.ko' (as root)
'/sbin/ifconfig ra0 inet YOUR_IP up'

Help!!! I can make no sense of this... I tried keying it all in best as I could but am totally in over my head. :?

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Unfortunately, its over mine too ... For all intents and purposes I am a Knoppix noob ... My only claim to fame is that I have managed to get ndiswrapper working with my wireless cards and written a vaguely comprehensible HowTo, which a number of folks have found helpful. Oh and a willingness to learn by helping and doing research ...

Now I can help if you want to go through the ndiswrapper route ...

Grant D. Vallance