Re: [Ndiswrapper-general] Belkin F5D7010 w/ BCM4306 - sort of solved

[Jonas P. <za...@xm...>]

Hi all,

Jonas Petersson wrote:
> [...]
> The card is currently back with at the shop for a double check that it
> works correctly, but I'll hopefully have it back later today or tomorrow
> so that I can give you that.

Well, it took some time, but it seems that the people who tried to sell
that card to me were in fact unable to get it properly working with ANY
available driver even under Windows, so they sent for a replacement
(which took a while, and hence I've not responded earlier).

However, the replacement card has not got the same chipset, instead it
reports as "RaLink Ralink RT2500 802.11 Cardbus Reference Card (rev 01)"
or in numeric "1814:0201". This card works just fine with the rt2500
driver from the original Belkin CD.

So, the good news is: I have a working Belkin G-card running under
ndiswrapper.

The bad news is: I have no idea how to help anyone still stuck with the
BCM4306 version of the "same" Belkin G-card, other than trying to swap
it for a RaLink variation.

As a hint: The bad one has a yellow stickers which the good one has
light gray stickers, but they both labeled F5D7010. That coloring is
also reflected on the box, so basically the motto appears to be "yellow
sucks".

Also, I've seen that there is now a native Linux drivers for the rt2500
chipset, so I may be able to stop using ndiswrapper (it is a bit of a
last resort, but certainly a LOT better than no drivers at all).
See: http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/wiki/

			Best / Jonas
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