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

Jonathan Stickel vox-tech@lists.lugod.org
Sun, 04 Jan 2004 17:08:56 -0800


I just discovered that my wife's card is actually a ver. 3 (not ver. 1). 
  It doesn't seem anyone in the Linux community has dealt with these 
yet, so I guess we wait.

Jonathan


Ryan wrote:
> On Friday 02 January 2004 11:14 pm, Jonathan Stickel 
> 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 
> what driver the card is supposed to use, I'd guess the info for your card 
> 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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