Getting Belkin Fd7051 wireless USB stick to work

[Semme]

Yeah, I watched. Since the other two fellas here are well versed with wifi, I'll exit stage right. Good luck.

[Semme]

Keep in mind you can swap >> http://ftp.nluug.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/di ... EAD_ME.txt

[ardvark]

Hi...

I looked up the error message that you mentioned in the video and found these two Ubuntu threads that might help you fix the issue with ndiswrapper. I would encourage you to first check with Belkin to ensure that they do not restrict the use of their Windows driver in Linux...

https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1987695

http://askubuntu.com/questions/132894/h ... -not-found

I'm not sure if swapping out the kernel will fix this issue.

Regards...

[tempestuous]

I typed in the depmod -a and used ndiswrapper and got nothing

"nothing" is actually good. It means that "ndiswrapper" is now a properly registered kernel module within the filesystem.

What happens when you now run the Network Wizard?
If there's an error, what is the exact error message?

Hopefully the error message will NOT be "Module ndiswrapper not found" -
because, in theory, this should have been resolved by you earlier having run "depmod -a".

[Cliffy]

Tempestuous - Thanks for your help.
I tried the connection wizzard, ndiswrapper and got..
ndiswdm : driver installed
device (4317:0711) present . I then clicked ok.

got this.
Loading ndiswrapper failed with the following message:
maybe try a different driver.

Here is the video of me doing it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1G1ozX ... P7GfqtfxoQ

Thanks for all the help.

[Cliffy]

I also double checked the driver I downloaded and it does seem to be the right one for windows xp

[Semme]

<stage>What I meant a ways back was using a different version of ndiswrapper, not necessarily a kernel change.</left>

[tempestuous]

From your video I see that some progress has been made - the ndiswrapper kernel module attempts to load, but fails, with this message -

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Loading ndiswrapper failed with the following message:

Maybe try a different driver.

Puppy has attempted to capture the actual error message, but failed - that's why the entire second line of the onscreen prompt is missing.

I don't think the exact error message is important, the fact is that ndiswrapper has failed. Typical situation. As far as I'm concerned, ndiswrapper should only be considered a last resort.
Sure, Semme is correct - it's feasible that a different version of ndiswrapper might work. But I, for one, wouldn't bother spending the time and effort.
If you want Puppy + wifi, get yourself a Linux-friendly wifi dongle.

[Cliffy]

I agree. Ran a cable and got internet. Will try it for awhile and see if I want to spend money on wireless.

Thanks for all the help.