Belkin Pre-N wireless card (F5D8000) resisting install
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Hi,
I need help. Thought I could plow my way through, but I am out of ideas. My card ids detected fine I think) as seen in lspci:
00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 LPC Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SMBus (rev a2)
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller (rev a2)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI bridge (rev a1)
00:05.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP61 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 IDE (rev a2)
00:07.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 03d1 (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:06.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c475 (rev 81)
01:08.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)
01:08.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Airgo Networks Inc AGN100 802.11 a/b/g True MIMO Wireless Card (rev 01)
But ndiswrapper is not cooperating. When i type:
ndiswrapper -l, I get nothing right now.
So i install my driver (know it works, cause it worked in pclinuxsos)
ndiswrapper -i NetAni.inf
I get
couldn't open NetAni.inf: No such file or directory at /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper-1.9 line 217.
But when i do Ndiswrapper -l, I get
netani : invalid driver!
I am guessing ndiswrapper is not case sensitive...or its using the wrong NetAni file...Is there a spot i should stick my driver for ndiswrapper to dind it? Any other magic commands to try? It has been 3 days of frustration now...
TIA
Hi EnigmaOne, Thanks for the
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Hi EnigmaOne,
Thanks for the info. Turns out Mepis already has a netani.inf driver...somewhere. I kept installing this bad driver. Over and over again. Even reinstalled from the 64bit version to the 32bit in case that was the problem...If I knew where it was, I would squash it right now...2 days of ndiswrapper fun...
I am posting using my wireless card...seems to work well. It took forever to connect though, is that a first time thing? I thought it was frozen there for a minute...
Anyway, thanks again, now my wireless works, printer works (MFC-210C), my scanner works (integrated), next step, the integrated fax 
Linux is not that hard after all 
(with google...and hordes of gurus...)
Can't say anything except
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Can't say anything except I've found various wireless cards to be all over the place on initial connect times...seems to be a luck of the draw type of experience.
Let us know how you do on the fax-side with that MFC-210C. I don't have one (an AIO PSCF machine), but am considering one for the kids' OnLine HighSchool use. Having something that isn't junk would be a nice change of pace in the AIO-PSCF venue.
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You need to run ndiswrapper
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You need to run ndiswrapper (as root) from the directory containing the .ini and other associated driver files.
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