daddio Tux's lil' helper


Joined: 11 Oct 2003 Posts: 145 Location: Orem, UT
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Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 6:47 am Post subject: Belkin FD7050 ver4 USB WLAN uses zd1211b chipset **WORKING** |
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Hey folks,
I just picked up a lovely Belkin FD7050 usb wireless adapter.
I am browsing this forum on said adapter (yay!)
BUT in order to figure out what chipset it used I had to go hunting on the internet and found an only half-correct Ubuntu forum post that pointed me in the right direction. so I'm posting this in hopes of saving other Gentooers the sadness of having to get help from a Ubuntu forum
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<< configured Kernel with 802.11 support>>
root@mybox# echo net-wireless/zd1211 ~x86 >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
root@mybox# emerge zd1211-firmware zd1211
root@mybox# ln -s /etc/init.d/net.eth /etc/init.d/net.wlan0
<< set essid and wireless options >>
root@mybox# /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 start
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it really was that easy.
If anybody wiser than I read this, I do have one question.
when I ran the command Code: | root@mybox# iwlist wlan0 scanning |
It would only pick up one AP, even though I know there are at least 2 in very close range! Is this a limitation of my hardware or am I doing something wrong?
regards, Daddio |
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