Re: Please help/ Belkin F5D6050 on Redhat 9.0

Hello,
FUXIANG YU wrote:

> Hi,
> I am trying to make a Belkin F5D6050 wireless adapter work on Redhat
> 9.0 but have failed a few times. I am using the driver offered by
> http://at76c503a.berlios.de/. My computer has an ethernet card for
> wired internet access, but I am not using it. My router is D-link
> 614+, which was configured on WinXP and works well under Windows, but
> I have not done anything to it on Linux (I think it is not needed, but
> not sure). The following is what I have done:
> First attempt: on a Redhat 9.0 just installed. I followed the readme
> in the at76c503a folder.
> make (fine)
> make install (fine)
> modprobe -v at76c503-rfmd(error: modules compiled for kernel
> 2.4.20-8custom, while the kernel version is 2.4.20-8)
> Give up.

Hmm, this was doomed to fail as you try a custom made module on a vendor
compiled kernel.

> Second attempt: I then compiled the kernel to get a custom version.
> And then follow the readme.
> make (fine)
> make install (error: depmod: cannot read ELF header from
> /lib/modules/2.4.20-8custom/kernel/drivers/usb/at76c503a.o/ depmod:
> unresolved symbols in ....a lot of files.../)
> modprobe -v at76c503-rfmd (fine, no info)
> iwconfig .... (fine)
> ifconfig .... (fine)
> By "lsmod", I know all at76c503 modules are loaded.

The output of ifconfig would help diagnosing your problem a lot here.
Was your network config a static one or was it one based on DHCP?
If it was static, you need to give information about your DNS server in
your linux machine. (that is, put this in your /etc/resolv.conf):

nameserver <ip of your nameserver>

And this is a minimum.
If setup by DHCP, you may need a dhcp client to get a new IP for your
device (Most of access points do have dhcp servers), so try running this
command as root and see what happens (and report if failed):

dhcpcd
(in some Redhat versions it might be dhclient)
Try to read some Network howto's for Linux. Try looking into google with
keywords (Linux network howto). There might be some available in chinese.

> Then I tried to ping google.com etc, nothing happened, and I still did
> not get wireless access.
> My questions are basically what steps I should do to get it work,
> which might include
> Must I compile the kernel to get a customed one?
> What to do to deal with the errors in "make install" mentioned above?
> If all succeeded up to "iwconfig, ifconfig", what else should I do
> before I finally get onto the net?
> I am really bad at these things, but I need to work on linux. Please
> help me out. Thanks a lot.
> Sean

Masoud