
Get the driver Step number one is to download the driver from Belkin’s website.Įxtract the driver files The download from Belkin results in an executable from which the necessary driver files cannot be extracted using cabextract. Using Belkin N Wireless USB Adapter with Ubuntu I picked up a wireless N router and adapter a while ago–both from Belkin–and decided to get them working with Ubuntu. Guide to getting Belkin F5D8053 Wireless N USB Adapter to work in Ubuntu as described on I would assume this solution will also apply to i386 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.ĭescribe WifiDocs/Device/Belkin F5D8053 here.

There is no need to install the belkin windows driver using wine1.2 and ndiswrapper, nor should you blacklist any native usb drivers. Open in terminal: 'sudo gedit /etc/modules' then add the line:

Make sure you add rt2870sta at the end of the /etc/modules file For Ubuntu 10.04 LTS AMD64 - the native rt2870sta driver will handle most wireless n usb adapters including Belkin F5D8053.
