belkin usb f5d7050

goldfita · n00b Joined: 27 Nov 2005 Posts: 40

Hello,

I'm trying to get my wireless usb (belkin f5d7050) stick up and running. I spent a few days trying rtxxxx (http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=820). Then I was told it was probably a prism2 chipset. I'm trying wlan-ng now (version 0.2.3). Prism2_usb installed without trouble. But the interface is not showing with ifconfig.

There is also orinoco, hostap, and ndiswrapper, but I haven't been able to figure out if they support my device. I also have 2 cpus; so, it would well if it worked with smp or will in the future. I would prefer to use wlan-ng just because it's already installed, but if there is a better driver please point me in the right direction. Check the link above to see what I've done so far.

thank you

-Todd

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 9:07 pm Post subject:

goldfita,

The rt2x00 is the right driver. Its a ralink chipset. I can't get it to work either.
I get an unable to allocate memory error when I try to set an IP address but the interface appears as ethX and all the iWconfig things work.

I've begun unpicking the code to see where it goes wrong. Watch this space.
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clintpatty · Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 9:35 pm Post subject:

My advice is get a different one unless you're going to pay for one of those programs that uses Windows drivers. I bought one of these yesterday and already gave up and took it back.

goldfita · n00b Joined: 27 Nov 2005 Posts: 40

Are you sure it's ralink? Windows is using a prism driver. I also found a web site that said the f5d7050 could have an ralink or prism device inside it. Maybe we should contact belkin?

(Unfortunately I got this on Ebay. There is no taking it back.)

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 10:35 pm Post subject:

goldfita,

Are you sure about the f5d Vendor ID?
Belkin are 50d. At least, thats what I get in usbview.

goldfita · n00b Joined: 27 Nov 2005 Posts: 40

It says v050Dp. Lsusb also tells me 050. However the device itself says f5d. In any case, if you read my other post, the device appears to be working with the windows prism driver. Beyond that, I don't know. I'm just doing what people suggest. I know some people have gotten the f5d7050 to work with rt2x00, but I think the chip was different inside.

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 11:44 pm Post subject:

goldfita,

The box I have is maked Part # f5d7050uk. My original device had a sticker on the box saying Version 2000 and its Vendor/Device ID was the same as the part number. The packaging for my new device is the same except for the sticker, which now reads version 3000uk.
The first device works fine with the older serial monkey drivers, (not the rt2x00 ones) the replacement does not. Well not yet.

Run modinfo on the prism driver you made. If the Vendor and Device IDs are not listed, it won't work. Thats not to say its the wrong driver, just that the driver will not recongise the device. Its easy to add things the module so it thinks its OK for the hardware.
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goldfita · n00b Joined: 27 Nov 2005 Posts: 40

Are you saying the rtx00 driver can be made to work with the new f5d7050 (even though it's a different chip)?

author: http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
version: Beta 3
description: Ralink RT2500 USB Wireless LAN driver.
license: GPL
parmtype: debug:bool
parm: debug:Set this parameter to 1 to enable debug output.
vermagic: 2.6.15.1 PENTIUM4 gcc-3.3
depends: rt2x00core
alias: usb:v0B05p1706d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
alias: usb:v0B05p1707d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
alias: usb:v050Dp7050d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
alias: usb:v050Dp705Ad*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
alias: usb:v13B1p000Dd*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
alias: usb:v13B1p0011d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
alias: usb:v13B1p001Ad*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
alias: usb:v14B2p3C02d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
alias: usb:v2001p3C00d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
alias: usb:v1044p8001d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
alias: usb:v1044p8007d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
alias: usb:v06F8pE000d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
alias: usb:v0411p0066d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
alias: usb:v0411p0067d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
alias: usb:v0411p008Bd*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
alias: usb:v0DB0p6861d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
alias: usb:v0DB0p6865d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
alias: usb:v0DB0p6869d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
alias: usb:v148Fp1706d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
alias: usb:v148Fp2570d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
alias: usb:v148Fp2573d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
alias: usb:v148Fp9020d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
alias: usb:v0707pEE13d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
alias: usb:v114Bp0110d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
srcversion: 359ED840E85EA2079A8E8CD

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 1:00 pm Post subject:

goldfita,

No, its the other way around. If your Vendor and Device IDs appear in modinfo rt2x00 then someone somewhere thought
that the rt2x00 was right for you. However, new devices, needing the same driver appear from time to time. The drivers reject the new devices because they are not listed in the Vendor and Device IDs that the driver 'knows' about.
All thats needed to make the driver work with such a device is to add it to the list in the driver source code and rebuild the driver.

What Vendor and Device ID does the device itself show?
Look in /proc/bus/usb/devices.
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goldfita · n00b Joined: 27 Nov 2005 Posts: 40

It's displayed in my last post. I think these are the lines you want.
http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=820

P: Vendor=050d ProdID=7050 Rev= 2.02
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs=11 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=rt2500usb

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 5:41 pm Post subject:

goldfita,

The plot thickens. Your device is

goldfita · n00b Joined: 27 Nov 2005 Posts: 40

Do you know how I can use this information to find the appropriate driver for ndiswrapper? I read that you shoudn't use the one that came on the install cd.

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 7:47 pm Post subject:

goldfita,

These is no harm in using the driver from the install CD but there may be a later one on the Belkin site.
It looks like you need the XP driver on this page.

We know it not the _v3 driver, because we have different ProdIDs and I need _v3. Also your

goldfita · n00b Joined: 27 Nov 2005 Posts: 40

I ran the self extracting executable. Unfortunately I don't know where it put the files or what they're called. I've tried to call belkin and I sent them a few emails. It remains to be seen if I get a response. I do know that the device was working succesfully with the prismaxp.sys driver, but I don't know the inf file.

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 8:46 pm Post subject:

goldfita,

Read

goldfita · n00b Joined: 27 Nov 2005 Posts: 40

I found it. It's called bknUSB.inf. I can now scan for access points. Thank you. I've been working on this for a week.

goldfita · n00b Joined: 27 Nov 2005 Posts: 40

I checked dmesg and it says prempt=no,smp=no. I had those disabled for rtx00. I haven't been able to figure out if smp will work with ndiswrapper. Do you know if it's ok to compile it back in?

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 10:03 pm Post subject:

goldfita,

I don't know if ndiswrapper works in SMP mode or not. I would expect the XP drivers to be SMP safe or there will be a lot of unhappy P4 users - they would need to turn off hyperthreading.

Make it work with one CPU, when you are sure its rock solid, rebuild for SMP and test.
Good luck with it.
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Gherkin · n00b Joined: 03 Mar 2006 Posts: 4

Shiryou · Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 5:35 pm Post subject:

Well i've tried every single solution and none of them work. The closest i can get is the NDISWRAPPER with either the drivers NeddySeagoon mentioned or the ones on the CD. No others work. I have 16k stack sizes and kernel 2.6.17-gentoo-r4. It appears to work but it never actually does. The DHCP times out totally and static settings dont work either. I have the exact same device as you Neddy. What did you settle for in the end?