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Drivers for Linux OS?

I've a belkin FSD8053 v3 wireless card, and have a laptop running linux ubuntu 9.04: any ideas as to where to find this driver? I've poked around a bit, and hadn'a really come up with much. Any help is most appreciated!

Danke Sheon.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Here is the Official Ubuntu Wireless Documentation

    Cards Supported

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Wireles...

    Troubleshooting/Howto/General

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WiFiHow...

    In the event of your Wifi card being unsupported you can use Ndiswrapper Here is the Official Ubuntu Ndiswrapper Documentation

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/...

    LUg.

  • 1 decade ago

    You'll probably have to use the .inf and .sys files that came with the windows driver CD for it. You'll also want to install ndiswrapper, I had to do this for a family members computer recently.

    First use the CD and find the .INF and .SYS files, they are usually in a folder marked Drivers.

    Next download and install ndiswrapper (use the GUI its easier) open up a terminal and type:

    sudo apt-get install ndisgtk

    I forget the exact details but its fairly self explanatory once it's installed, just look for Ndiswrapper-GUI or NDISWRAPPER-GTK in your applications menu. Once you open it, you should be able to import the .INF file and it should work for you without issue.

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