Praise me later you wifimax and vista users

Kai Beginner Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 14

For a while know one has been able to get the wifi max to work with vista.....i just have Smile

Time for the run down
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1. download ==> these drivers <==. These drivers are for the Belkin F5D7050 usb adapter, which conveniently uses the zd1211b chipset and is vista compatible. Extract the file to a folder on the desktop, use winrar to extract straight from the .exe file

2. Let vista install the Atheros drivers for the network adapter (via windows update)

3. reboot vista => click on start => type 'Device Manager' into the search box at the bottom of thes tart menu and open Device Manager that appears in the list above . Choose to update the drivers for the Atheros Device In Network Adapters.

4. Choose 'Browse my computer for driver software' then Choose 'let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer'.

5. Locate the extracted files on your desktop
e.g. c:\users\garfinkle\desktop\f5d7050\files\driver\

6. choose the only device displayed in the list (Belkin Wireless G USB Network Adapter)

7. The driver will now be updated and it will say you have installed the 'Belkin Wireless G USB Network Adapter'

8. Right click on the adapter, choose properties and select advanced, from here you can now enable pspxlink mode.

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9. Select network address in the advanced tab area and enter a network name such as 192.168.0.50 (as long as no other device is using the same ip address)

10. On the psp xmb, select game sharing (you can also enter a game lobby, game sharing is faster to get to than booting a game)

11. Vista should now detect the psp and collect the ssid then connect with an excellent connection, now download the latest xlink from the website and setup as usual.

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12. You should now be connected to the xlink-kai application with the psp configured.

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Hope this helps some of you who are ripping their hair out now.

Smile

EDIT: Change a few typing mistakes, updated point 3 as it was not clear enough and updated point 10 for a little extra information.

Kai Admirer Joined: 13 Oct 2006 Posts: 384

good job with the write up, should see the numbers increase now Very Happy

Kai Spammer Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 8681

IF this is successful then i will make a sticky out of it. Good work.

Kai Beginner Joined: 01 Mar 2007 Posts: 12

Thank you for your post and your reply for my post. Smile

Team XLink Administrator Joined: 11 Nov 2004 Posts: 5024

I had no problems on Vista with the 6.17.0.0 drivers. What kind of issues were you having before you went through all that?

Kai Beginner Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 14

the main problems people were having, including myself are: -

* Network card keeps undetecting itself and then redecting every 2 seconds.
* ZDWan Utility keeps closing
* ZDWan Utility keeps thinking that windows is using Wireless Zero Config (This is because vista does not use Wireless Zero Config but a process called WLAN Autoconfig) ZDWan utility does not know how to check for that process or take over the control of it....

Team XLink Administrator Joined: 11 Nov 2004 Posts: 5024

OK I wasn't using the ZDWlan utility at all.

Kai Beginner Joined: 11 Mar 2007 Posts: 1

Garfinkle wrote:

the main problems people were having, including myself are: -

* Network card keeps undetecting itself and then redecting every 2 seconds.
* ZDWan Utility keeps closing
* ZDWan Utility keeps thinking that windows is using Wireless Zero Config (This is because vista does not use Wireless Zero Config but a process called WLAN Autoconfig) ZDWan utility does not know how to check for that process or take over the control of it....

My ZDWan Utility keeps closing itself and i`m using XP...

Kai Beginner Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 14

download the drivers from this forum topic and you problem with the wan utility in xp will be solved. These drivers have been patched to solve the problem with WiFi max cards

http://www.teamxlink.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20910

Kai Beginner Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 1

im stuck on step 6... belkin does not seem to appear on the list..

Kai Beginner Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 11

me too =(

Kai Beginner Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 11

this doesn't work

Kai Beginner Joined: 06 Aug 2006 Posts: 10

can't get the driver to update. I get a message stating that it is not compatible with vista. (its 64bit)

Kai Spammer Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 8681

The wifi max drivers are not compatable with Vista 64 Bit.

Kai Beginner Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Posts: 7

so uh will this help me or not??? does it work??

Kai Spammer Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 8681

If your running Vista 32 Bit it should work. But if your running 64 Bit its not going to work.

Kai Beginner Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Posts: 7

meh ill try it..worth a shot

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 6:23 am

I got confused by the files and their dates in the package I downloaded by the provided link.

The file "F5D7050v4.exe" I've just downloaded is at 47.1M (while on the website http://www.belkin.com/support/article/?lid=en&pid=F5D7050&aid=5381&scid=221 said it should be 27.94M ). Extracted all the files on HDD and I checked with the ./files/driver folder. I saw 3 *.sys files but none of them are for Vista. Also, their file dates are all 2005-11-10 (long before Vista was out). Is there anything wrong for this download package? Many people above reported that they can't find the device from the list during installation. May be this is the problem source?

Please help. Thanks!
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D:\>dir D:\F5D7050v4\files\Driver
Volume in drive D is DATA
Volume Serial Number is 0675-6104

Directory of D:\F5D7050v4\files\Driver

06/07/05 14:38 <DIR> .
06/07/05 14:38 <DIR> ..
04/08/10 22:02 8,267 BLKWGU.CAT
05/11/10 16:03 14,142 BLKWGU.inf
05/11/10 11:54 401,408 BLKWGU2K.sys
05/11/10 11:54 401,920 BLKWGU9X.sys
05/11/10 11:54 402,944 BLKWGUXP.sys
05/11/10 16:03 14,142 Driver.2K
05/11/18 15:19 14,146 Driver.98
05/11/18 15:19 14,146 Driver.ME
8 File(s) 1,271,115 bytes
2 Dir(s) 21,823,021,056 bytes free

Kai Spammer Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 8681

there isnt a vista driver in that package what wifi card do you have anyways?

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:53 pm

I have a Sagem XG-760N. Heard that it is ZD1211B. It was disconnected to Sagem so it didn't come with any Vista driver. So I should use the one of Datel?

Thanks! Razz