[HOW TO] Belkin F5D7050 v2 WiFi (WEP) with ndiswrapper

[Krytus]

My first statement is: I'm a linux noob (but not an I.T. ignorant).
So I don't know if this is the best method, but it works well, at least for me.

Step 1

Plug your adapter before turning on your puppy.
When X starts, puppy has already configured the adapter for use with the rt2570 module, which doesn't function properly with the adapter, creating a line in etc/modprobe.conf:

alias rausb0 rt2570

Step 2

All you have to do is remove that line and add another to prevent the rt2570 from loading

alias rt2570 off

Step 3

Now grab the WinXP driver for v2

http://www.belkin.com/support/article/? ... 7050v2.exe

install it on a windows machine and grab the rt2500usb.* files from the installed folder.

Step 4

Through the "Connect" icon on puppy desktop choose to

"Connect to internet by network's device"

Then "load usb module" -> "more" -> "ndiswrapper" and load the rt2500usb.inf that you grabbed before.

Step 5

Configure the adapter preferences the standard way, and you're ready to go.

Hope this is helpful to someone.

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Comments are welcome.

I would like some help to understand how to config wpa_supplicant with ndiswrapper so to get better protection and complete this how to.

[axel]

-- don't know if you already have the solution.
I was able to setup the above mentioned file for WPA2 connection.
WLAN hardware:
Fritz!WLAN USB stick and router Fritz!Box Fon WLAN 7113.

I am using Puppy 4.1.1 and found the file 01:4A:1D;64:23.wpa2.config
in dir /etc/network-wizard/wireless/wpa-profiles.

It looked to me as if I had to change the name to my wlan usb stick MAC. But I was wrong. I had to take the original file, renamed the original file name and made a copy.

Changed the file to define the ESSID and the key. Very important: change the ap-scan from "0" to "1".

That established the connection to the WLAN router.
Before doing that I had to do the mandatory SCAN, define and save a profile and "use profile"

Strange enough - after power off and restart the ......wlan2.config file was altered - had ap-scan ="0" again and the key parameter substituted by hex characters.

I used the network wizard with the Auto DHCP function.

[ndujoe1]

Followed your instructions and was up and running in less than 10 minutes on an old Dell Inspiron 1100. It had XP on it, I never got it to work on the xp side. I must have done something wrong I guess. But no matter I wanted to work on puppy anyway.

[ecomoney]

Extracting the files under windows is a pain

here are the files you need to set this usb driver up using ndiswrapper under puppy

http://www.ecomoney.eu/puppy/ndiswrapper/rt2500/

I dont know if a working native linux driver has been found, if so I would be willing to test.