Yet I'm glad you hung in there, I'd had tossed the card if not under warranty or exchange period. That page alone doesn't tell us, in simple terms, the commands used to make the card work. This would help people seeing this thread.Įdit: You followed the instructions from AlbertP's first response, correct?Īs this Topic is over a year old, an answer as to what fixed the issue would be beneficial to the community. My suggestion is that if it was recently purchased & you're still covered by return guarantee, do so while you can & get another of a different brand. However the USB wireless device, no, it was never seen by Mint, nor other Ubuntu based Linux OS's. Their router did work with Linux, the reason I quit using it was that it was incompatible with my VoIP device. Some companies may say this as a blanket statement to cover their back. I have contacted Belkin customer support, and was told that there is no way that any Belkin product would ever work with a Linux OS. The wires & antenna were there, the card just wasn't installed. Many notebooks had the option for one, but it wasn't installed, about 3-4 months ago bought one for my older T42 ThinkPad on eBay for $6 including shipping.
There is one thing to note about these devices, they're accessories & not intended to be a permanent Internet connection or replace one's native wireless card, if one was factory installed. Fortunately, it was purchased locally & was able to get a refund, picked up one on eBay for $10 that was much better, it used a Ralink chipset. It also would get hot with Windows 7, which it was designed for, and one that happened, download speeds would swing wildly & signal drop in & out. Tried moving to other ports & rebooting, to no avail. There was one of their USB wireless adapters I had, one with N-300 speed, and Linux Mint wouldn't pick it up in Live Mode, a bad sign from the go. There will be a lot of defectors from the brand, once Belkin's DNA is in the entire product line, and it'll happen. I've never had good luck with Belkin products (these cards & routers), and the worst part about that is, they've taken in the largest brand (by a huge margin) of wireless routers in Linksys.
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