Belkin Wireless G USB

[John]

John Pierce wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I posted this to the linux wireless list and have received not
> response.  I thought maybe someone on the fedora list might have had
> some success.
>
> I just purchased a belkin wireless g usb adapter and am not having any
> luck getting it to work.
>
> The following is the output from various commands, if more info is
> needed then I will post it back.
>
> Distro: Fedora 7
> Kernel: 2.6.22.4-65.fc7
>
> I have created a ifcfg-wlan0 file in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
> with the following:
>
> GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
> TYPE=Wireless
> DEVICE=wlan0
> BOOTPROTO=static
> NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> IPADDR=192.168.1.60
> ONBOOT=yes
> USERCTL=yes
> IPV6INIT=no
> PEERDNS=yes
> ESSID=thedungeon
> CHANNEL=11
> MODE=Managed
> RATE=Auto
> SECURITYMODE=open
>
> I have a keys-wlan0 file in that same directory with the wep key for my router.
>
> I set up a file named zd1211 in the /etc/modprobe.d/ directory with
> the following in it.
>
> alias wlan0 zd1211rw_mac80211
>
> This is the output of dmesg immediately after inserting the usb adapter.
>
> usb 2-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
> usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> usb 2-2: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
> wmaster0: Failed to select rate control algorithm
> wmaster0: Failed to initialize rate control algorithm
> usb 2-2: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
> zd1211rw_mac80211: probe of 2-2:1.0 failed with error -2
> usbcore: registered new interface driver zd1211rw_mac80211
>
> This is the output of lsusb after inserting the adapter.
>
> Bus 002 Device 007: ID 050d:705c Belkin Components
> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 15d9:0a33
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
>
> When I try the run ifup wlan0 this is the output.
>
> zd1211rw_mac80211 device wlan0 does not seem to be present, delaying
> initialization.
>
> Every thing I have read indicates that this device is supported in
> linux, including the vendor and device id.
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.
>
>   
  Did this ever start working for you?