Belkin F5D8011

[Whitey]

Hello all I am just now getting into the backtrack software and seem to like it so far. I have a couple of questions if someone is willing to help out I would appreciate it. Ok I have the current Belkin F5D8011 ver. 1000 and have backtrack 4 on a bootable disk. I am tryin to find out if this card will be able to work as I saw there was an older model card that was listed. If so which actual drivers would i need to get for this card and would I put the drivers on the disk so I am able to get to them that way?

[gabiz_ro]

Don't know about F5D8011 ver. 1000 but my Belkin N1 F5D8011 168c:0023 works fine.
As for driver is used ath9k which is also included in latest BT.

[Whitey]

Don't know about F5D8011 ver. 1000 but my Belkin N1 F5D8011 168c:0023 works fine.
As for driver is used ath9k which is also included in latest BT.

Ok I noticed you have the same model but where did you find the extra numbers that you have? I don't see any other numbers really on the card. Here is a link to the card I have just ver 1000 hxxp://ttt.belkin.com/support/product/?lid=en&pid=F5D8011&scid=221

[gabiz_ro]

lspci command or in windows in device manager hardware id

[Whitey]

lspci command or in windows in device manager hardware id

Ok here is my info and looks like it might be the same


PCI\VEN_168C&DEV_0023&SUBSYS_80111799&REV_01
PCI\VEN_168C&DEV_0023&SUBSYS_80111799
PCI\VEN_168C&DEV_0023&CC_020000
PCI\VEN_168C&DEV_0023&CC_0200


So how would I go about installing the drivers for this?

[Archangel-Amael]

So how would I go about installing the drivers for this?

Try here
Compiling and installing software from source in Linux

[Whitey]

Try here
Compiling and installing software from source in Linux

I am guessing this is if I have downloaded the drivers and have the actual file? Which I don't As was stated by gabiz_ro he used the drivers of ath9k which is also included in latest BT. So how about would I go about installing if the drivers are already on my hd in bt4? Or will your source still work for that and I run the same commands?


Also I tried this

ath9k is in the kernel already so modprobe works. to go from boot to connection, use:

modprobe ath9k
/etc/init.d/NetworkManager start
startx


when I do the /etc/init.d/NetworkManager start I get

-bash: /etc/init.d/NetworkManager: No such file or directory

so not sure what to do from here?

[Archangel-Amael]

ath9k is in the kernel already so modprobe works. to go from boot to connection, use:
modprobe ath9k
/etc/init.d/NetworkManager start
startx
when I do the /etc/init.d/NetworkManager start I get
-bash: /etc/init.d/NetworkManager: No such file or directory
so not sure what to do from here?

Generally if the driver is apart of the distro it will be accessed as a module by the kernel, as such modeprobe may be of help.
See also modprobe(8): add/remove modules from Kernel - Linux man page
Next up, the command is
/etc/init.d/networking start your syntax above is wrong that is the reason for the bash error.

[Whitey]

What do you mean by my syntax is wrong?

[Archangel-Amael]

What do you mean by my syntax is wrong?

google = syntax
LEARN THE NET: Glossary: Syntax Error

/etc/init.d/NetworkManager start is what you wrote above
/etc/init.d/networking start is the correct way.