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HomeComputersNetwork DevicesWireless NetworkingWireless NICsBelkin F5D7010 Wireless 54 Mbps Notebook Card |
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25 of 28 found the following review helpful:
 Linux Users Beware Mar 08, 2007
By theblackgecko
I purchased this card after borrowing a card with an identical product number from a friend. My friend's card worked out of the box with my version of Ubuntu Linux.
When I received my card, it simply did not work. After doing some research, I found that I had a card with a different version number, and a different chipset. My friend's card had a chipset made by Atheros, which worked out of the box. The card that I purchased had a Broadcom chipset, which is notorious for being incompatible with Linux. Even after going to the forums, I was unable to make the card work.
Belkin is dishonest, in that it makes changes to the chipset without changing the product number, only the version number, which the consumer is not made aware of. Had I been aware that the card had a different chipset, I would not have ordered it.
18 of 20 found the following review helpful:
Belkin's downloadable drivers do not function! Nov 10, 2005
By J. P. Robinson
I am writing this here for anyone having trouble installing this card using Belkin's drivers from their support website.
Simply they are not the right drivers & will not work!
For a working driver for Win9x/2K/XP copy the following into the address bar: http://www.ralinktech.com/drivers/Windows/IS_STA_2500_D-3.0.3.0_U-2.3.6.0_042505_1.0.2.0.exe
This driver is from the actual chipmaker and works fine :-)
Ralink's name for the product is 11g-RT2500 and downloads for other OS's including Mac can be found here: http://www.ralinktech.com/supp-1.htm
I hope this helps to shortcut somebody's efforts to get this card working...
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 Great for Xandros Desktop 3 Dec 12, 2005
By Sam Hsu
I don't write drivers for Linux so I want something that Xandros Desktop will support. I decided to give Belkin a try since it's name brand and in case I have issues I can call the tech support. I loaded the bundled CD (which was designed for Windows) into the drive. Copied the "Driver" folder onto my HDD. I went to Control Center, the network section, and added the driver to the list. I put the PC card into the PCMCIA slot, and the device was instantaneously recognized by Xandros. No problem at all. Highly recommend.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
A great upgrade May 12, 2004
I just replaced an older wireless card with this Belkin in my aged Pentium II laptop... wow! Who knew there were so many access points in my apartment building? And I'm getting an 80% signal from my own network, instead of a feeble and unreliable 20%. Way to go, Belkin!
9 of 10 found the following review helpful:
 Incompatible with Mac OS X - Error on Belkin's Website May 01, 2006
By Spock
I bought Ver. 5000 of this card to use with my Pismo PowerBook running Mac OS X 10.3.9. Despite the claims on Belkin's website, this card is incompatible with Macs. Belkin does not even provide Mac drivers for this 'Mac-Compatible' card !!! A quick call to Tech Support confirmed this.
Older versions of this card (ver. 2000 and 3000) used the Broadcom chipset and are Mac compatible. Newer versions use the Atheros (?) chipset, which does not work in Macs.
I returned this card and bought the F5D7011 Ver. 1101, which runs natively in Mac OS X 10.3.9 and Mac OS X 10.4.
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