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howto: belkin wireless a/b/g usb network adapter F5D7050

 
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 4:27 am    Post subject: howto: belkin wireless a/b/g usb network adapter F5D7050 Reply with quote
Thought I would offer this brief howto on setting this device up, its related to this article I did - http://www.edwiget.name/content/view/103/26/ See article for pictures. It comes with a usb wireless G stick and also a base station that you could use to move the usb stick around. Cable on the base is about 8 - 10 feet long. Works with or without the base.

This device is a relatively cheap usb wireless G pen/stick - you can get them for less than $40 and mine has a great signal strength sitting 6 rooms away (about 200 feet) from an access point. You can get one from my online store even - http://www.nextdaypc.com/main/products/details.aspx?pid=1912738&rsmainid=ND0011694&

It can use 2 different modules depending on the FCC ID:
K7SF5D7050A - rt2500
K7SF5D7050B - rt73

The modules are in portage, however, I couldn't get it to work with the ones included in 3.2 DVD and lsmod would actually show both the rt2500 and rt73 modules loaded. I tried for about 3 hours to get it to work with the one for my card, which uses the rt73 module.

The modules are also available at http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com

This brief howto covers the rt73 setup.

Download the daily cvs from the above address - rt73-cvs-daily.tar.gz

Extract it:
Code:
tar xzfvp rt73-cvs-daily.tar.gz


Remove the ones that are in portage:
Code:
emerge -C rt2500
emerge -C rt73
emerge -C rt73-firmware


Remove the left over modules in your kernel modules directory, since I am still running 2.6.18-gentoo-4, mine are at:
Code:

rm /lib/modules/2.6.18-gentoo-r4/net/rt2500.ko
rm /lib/modules/2.6.18-gentoo-r4/net/rt73.ko


Change to the directory you extracted the daily cvs:
Code:
localhost ~ # cd rt73*/Module


Make and make install:
Code:
localhost ~ # make && make install


Edit the file /etc/modules.d/rt73 and change it to:
Code:
#alias usbra? rt73
alias ra0 rt73


Run modules-update force:
Code:
localhost ~ # modules-update force


Load the module:
Code:
localhost ~ # modprobe rt73


Now, run the command iwconfig and it should show something about rausb0 but it wont have an ip address yet.
Code:
localhost ~ # iwconfig


create the net.rausb0 by linking it to net.eth0 in init.d directory:
Code:
localhost ~ # ln -s /etc/init.d/net.eth0 /etc/init.d/net.rausb0


If you don't need anything special, such as setting ESSID or Encryption, you can go ahead and now run:
Code:
localhost ~ # /etc/init.d/net.rausb0 start


And use default settings. If you need to set ESSID or Encryption, you will need to modify /etc/conf.d/wireless

When done, you should be able to run iwconfig and show your connected settings:
Code:

localhost ~ # iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

vmnet1    no wireless extensions.

vmnet8    no wireless extensions.

rausb0    RT73 WLAN  ESSID:"tSp"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency=2.462 GHz  Access Point: 00:06:25:A5:A4:F5
          Bit Rate=11 Mb/s
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=65534 B
          Encryption key:off
          Link Quality=77/100  Signal level:-62 dBm  Noise level:-99 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

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