Belkin F5D6020 802.11b revision 3 PCMCIA wireless on Mandrake 10?

Hi all,

I've searched lots of hardware databases and these newsgroups, but I
haven't seen any information on this - my apologies if this is
redundant.

I have a Compaq Presario 722US latpop that I use with a Belkin F5D6020
revision 3 (says version 3000 on the back) PCMCIA 802.11b wireless
card under Windows XP Home. I would like to wipe Windows off this
machine and run Mandrake 10 on it. So far it seems like Mandrake
supports all the laptop's hardware fine, but I can't find anything on
supporting this wireless card. Can anyone point me to any information
on this combination (or just tell me that it works fine right out of
the box)? I appreciate any tips and pointers to documentation you can
provide.

Chuck.

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 11:28:09 -0700, Chuck wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've searched lots of hardware databases and these newsgroups, but I
> haven't seen any information on this - my apologies if this is
> redundant.
>
> I have a Compaq Presario 722US latpop that I use with a Belkin F5D6020
> revision 3 (says version 3000 on the back) PCMCIA 802.11b wireless
> card under Windows XP Home. I would like to wipe Windows off this
> machine and run Mandrake 10 on it. So far it seems like Mandrake
> supports all the laptop's hardware fine, but I can't find anything on
> supporting this wireless card. Can anyone point me to any information
> on this combination (or just tell me that it works fine right out of
> the box)? I appreciate any tips and pointers to documentation you can
> provide.
>
> Chuck.

Here are a few links to look at. You´ll probably find that the Belkin
card is supported - not just under the name Belkin.

http://www.linux-wlan.org

A good thread on wireless NICs

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...s+wireless+nic

After tearing around for a few weeks I finally found all the info I
needed. Problem was that it was right in front of me - I just didn see
it. I running Mdk10.1 and it picks up the wireless NIC (Orinoco) and
works with WEP just fine.

Bill

Thanks very much for the information, Bill! I've been digging around
myself and I feel pretty good about the compatibility now, so I think
I will go ahead with Mandrake on this laptop.

Chuck.

"William B. Cattell" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>. ..
> On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 11:28:09 -0700, Chuck wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've searched lots of hardware databases and these newsgroups, but I
> > haven't seen any information on this - my apologies if this is
> > redundant.
> >
> > I have a Compaq Presario 722US latpop that I use with a Belkin F5D6020
> > revision 3 (says version 3000 on the back) PCMCIA 802.11b wireless
> > card under Windows XP Home. I would like to wipe Windows off this
> > machine and run Mandrake 10 on it. So far it seems like Mandrake
> > supports all the laptop's hardware fine, but I can't find anything on
> > supporting this wireless card. Can anyone point me to any information
> > on this combination (or just tell me that it works fine right out of
> > the box)? I appreciate any tips and pointers to documentation you can
> > provide.
> >
> > Chuck.
>
> Here are a few links to look at. You´ll probably find that the Belkin
> card is supported - not just under the name Belkin.
>
> http://www.linux-wlan.org
>
> A good thread on wireless NICs
>
> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...s+wireless+nic
>
> After tearing around for a few weeks I finally found all the info I
> needed. Problem was that it was right in front of me - I just didn see
> it. I running Mdk10.1 and it picks up the wireless NIC (Orinoco) and
> works with WEP just fine.
>
> Bill