caspaul.blogg.se - Belkin wireless g usb network adapter driver mac os x

Download the following rt73 driver on another machine and transfer it to a pen drive or CD or heaven forbid – a floppy disk.

* I will make the assumption that you don’t have any internet access on the box. Ubuntu ver: Gutsy Gibbon 7.10 Server (i.e everything will be done from the command line – but Desktop users can just open a terminal and do exactly the same). Wireless USB : Belkin F5D9050B with chipset RT2671F So as help to anyone interested or just as a mental note I thought it pertinent to post about it. Thanks for the 5 hours wasted finding this one out, Ubuntu.

What it doesnt let you do is actually connect to any. The driver actually does let you do some things i.e Scan for Wireless networks.

What it doesnt seem to have is any intelligence to determine that the driver it just installed is of absolutely no use whatsoever.īut it doesnt stop there.

Linux on the other hand decides that it might have a working driver and automatically sets it up for you. Plug the device into the USB port and its already being configured for you. I have been setting up a new development environment in the office and the one thing that is sure to always get me frustrated is properly configuring a wireless network adaptor on a linux system.