Belkin FSD6050 Under SUSE Linux 10.0

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AngusL
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Belkin FSD6050 Under SUSE Linux 10.0

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Okay, I'm still something of a newbie to Linux. Can anyone explain to me how to get a Belkin FSD6050 external USB wireless adaptor to work under SUSE Linux 10.0? I've heard that the atmel-firmware package can make it work... but I'm a little confused as regards a) how to install it and b) how to configure it thereafter.

It's not a major problem (obviously! I'm writing from the system in question) as I can just plug myself in using cat 5, but it's probably the only thing stopping me now from switching for virtually everything to Linux - it's my default boot on this computer at the moment (haven't booted into my Win2k on this system for ages), but if I just want to idly do something, I'll normally use my laptop as the wifi makes it a lot more convenient.
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Have heard of ndiswrapper? It lets you use windows wireless cards in Linux without using any linux drivers... simply load ndiswrapper with your windows drivers and voila. I'm using right now and it's bug-free with my Belkin PCMCIA card.

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/

The wiki doesn't list your exact model but that doesn't mean it wont work

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/medi ... x.php/List

There are similar model numbers listed that are known to work. Always worth a shot :D
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