[vox-tech] Belkin wireless pcmcia F5D6020 ver. 1

Ryan vox-tech@lists.lugod.org
Sat, 3 Jan 2004 08:10:19 -0800


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On Friday 02 January 2004 11:14 pm, Jonathan Stickel=20
jjstickel-at-sbcglobal.net |lugod| wrote:
> I've been trying to get a Belkin pcmcia wireless card working,
> specifically F5D6020 _ver. 1_, in my wife's Sony laptop.  Note: I know
> that the card's chipset is supposed to be Prism 2.  The F5D6020 _ver. 2_
> has an Atmel chipset (which I have running in my laptop).  We purchased
> these at the same time and didn't notice the different "versions" until
> we got them home...

There's a file somewhere under /etc that lists the id numbers for cards and=
=20
what driver the card is supposed to use, I'd guess the info for your card=
=20
isn't there, try adding it.

> Anyway, when I plug the card in there is no beep.  cardctl ident shows
> "Realtek", "Rtl8180", which is clearly not correct.  In fact, that is
> the internal modem hardware!  Curiously, lspci gives "Ethernet
> controller: Belkin: Unknown device 6020 (rev 20)".  I didn't think
> pcmcia hardware should show up with lspci at all.  Finally, cardctl
> config shows 3.3V  After some (extensive) googling, it seems that this
> card should run with 5.0V.
>
> Is there anyway to force 5.0V for this card?  Any other suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Jonathan
>
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