[solved] unable to use my new usb wireless adapter

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[solved] unable to use my new usb wireless adapter

Post by loic »

Hi guys, I've spent 3 nights trying to configure my new USB Wireless micro adapter (Belkin surf N150). I've read so many posts, tried with and without ndiswrapper, etc. Anyway, it seems that the hardware works now but I can't connect to my BBox (internet routeur).

Here is the result of mintWifi:

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loic@loic-mint ~ sudo /usr/bin/mintWifi
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* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
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* II. querying ndiswrapper...
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* III. querying iwconfig...
eth0      no wireless extensions.

lo        no wireless extensions.

wlan0     unassociated  Nickname:"<WIFI@REALTEK>"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency=2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Sensitivity:0/0  
          Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=0/100  Signal level=0 dBm  Noise level=0 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

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* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr c8:60:00:9f:b5:2f  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          Packets reçus:0 erreurs:0 :0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 lg file transmission:1000 
          Octets reçus:0 (0.0 B) Octets transmis:0 (0.0 B)

lo        Link encap:Boucle locale  
          inet adr:127.0.0.1  Masque:255.0.0.0
          adr inet6: ::1/128 Scope:Hôte
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          Packets reçus:4 erreurs:0 :0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 lg file transmission:0 
          Octets reçus:240 (240.0 B) Octets transmis:240 (240.0 B)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr ec:1a:59:d5:aa:2e  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          Packets reçus:0 erreurs:0 :0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 lg file transmission:1000 
          Octets reçus:0 (0.0 B) Octets transmis:0 (0.0 B)

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* V. querying DHCP...
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* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached

loic@loic-mint ~ $ 
My internet connection works well, and right now I'm using the modem access of my mobile connected (through wifi) to the Bbox.

Here is other information about my system configuration:

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loic@loic-mint ~ $ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=LinuxMint
DISTRIB_RELEASE=15
DISTRIB_CODENAME=olivia
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 15 Olivia"

loic@loic-mint ~ $ lsusb | grep Belkin
Bus 002 Device 011: ID 050d:1102 Belkin Components F7D1102 N150/Surf Micro Wireless Adapter v1000 [Realtek RTL8188CUS]
I'd really appreciate if someone could resolve my problem, so I could spend my time to enjoy life instead of sitting in front of my computer and getting mad! ;)
Thanks a lot!
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Re: unable to use my new usb wireless adapter

Post by karlchen »

Hello, loic.

Not that the following answer is going to help achieve your goal, it is meant to prevent you from wasting your time:
The lsb-release file reveals that you are using Linux Mint 15. Linux Mint 15 has passed the end of its supported lifetime in January 2014. [1]
Spending your time on Linux Mint 15 Olivia is therefore a waste of time.
You should seriously conside changing to Linux Mint 17. Linux Mint 17 will be supported until April 2019. [2]

Kind regards,
Karl
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Re: [solved] unable to use my new usb wireless adapter

Post by loic »

Thanks a lot for your precious advice!
I've just installed Mint 17 and my wireless adapter works fine without any custumization... Linux mint rocks! ;)
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Re: [solved] unable to use my new usb wireless adapter

Post by maddvector »

I had the same problem with my Netgear WNA3100 wireless card after installing Linux Mint 17.

I used this video and the instruction from Ndiswrapper 1.59.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jDOEhtDOiA

It took me about 8 hours to figure it out but it works great now!
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