belkin f5d7001 drivers

Belkin do not seem to be in any hurry to release Beta drivers for this PCI wireless adaptor and Vista tries to install the device as a Broadcom Network Adaptor but claims there's an error with no apparent solution. I've tried installing the XP driver but Vista comes back with an 'invalid inf file' error. Does any one know of an alternative driver that works?
Thanks
-- Charlie

Hi Charlie I haven't looked yet but all of these cards chipsets are made by a company called ralink I managed to get a mac osx86 driver off them for a belikn card so they might be worh looking at.
http://ralink.rapla.net/
http://www.ralinktech.com/home.asp
If anyone will have one usually it's these guys first.
:)

"Charlie Drake" wrote:

Belkin do not seem to be in any hurry to release Beta drivers for this PCI wireless adaptor and Vista tries to install the device as a Broadcom Network Adaptor but claims there's an error with no apparent solution. I've tried installing the XP driver but Vista comes back with an 'invalid inf file' error. Does any one know of an alternative driver that works?
Thanks
-- Charlie

Did you have any luck getting this to work as I have the same card and when Dell finally deliver my new PC I'm planning on installing Vista. Colin
"Charlie Drake" wrote:

Belkin do not seem to be in any hurry to release Beta drivers for this PCI wireless adaptor and Vista tries to install the device as a Broadcom Network Adaptor but claims there's an error with no apparent solution. I've tried installing the XP driver but Vista comes back with an 'invalid inf file' error. Does any one know of an alternative driver that works?
Thanks
-- Charlie

I emailed Belkin about this and they advise that the driver(s) are still being developed, perhaps no-one told them Vista was coming, most of the other hw manufacturers seem to do beta drivers for Vista, anyway, gripe over with. I ended up uninstalling the driver from Device Manager and letting Vista rediscover it, and it appeared to install and say the device is working OK. The only other issue is with my Router not bradcasting the SSID, Vista seems to be unable to reconnect to the network using the Broadcom driver if the SSID is not being broadcast. Turning the broadcast on allowed Vista to reconnect, and stay connected if the SSID is then turned off, but it fails to reconnect on the next boot.
A number of other threads list similar issues as well.
Cheers
Simon
"Charlie Drake" wrote:

Belkin do not seem to be in any hurry to release Beta drivers for this PCI wireless adaptor and Vista tries to install the device as a Broadcom Network Adaptor but claims there's an error with no apparent solution. I've tried installing the XP driver but Vista comes back with an 'invalid inf file' error. Does any one know of an alternative driver that works?
Thanks
-- Charlie

I emailed Belkin about this and they advise that the driver(s) are still being developed, perhaps no-one told them Vista was coming, most of the other hw manufacturers seem to do beta drivers for Vista, anyway, gripe over with. I ended up uninstalling the driver from Device Manager and letting Vista rediscover it, and it appeared to install and say the device is working OK. The only other issue is with my Router not bradcasting the SSID, Vista seems to be unable to reconnect to the network using the Broadcom driver if the SSID is not being broadcast. Turning the broadcast on allowed Vista to reconnect, and stay connected if the SSID is then turned off, but it fails to reconnect on the next boot.
A number of other threads list similar issues as well.
Cheers
Simon
"Charlie Drake" wrote:

Belkin do not seem to be in any hurry to release Beta drivers for this PCI wireless adaptor and Vista tries to install the device as a Broadcom Network Adaptor but claims there's an error with no apparent solution. I've tried installing the XP driver but Vista comes back with an 'invalid inf file' error. Does any one know of an alternative driver that works?
Thanks
-- Charlie

Hi I followed your advice about uninstalling the card in device manager and turning off SSID. Vista picked up my card and reinstalled the drivers, however it tells me there are no wireles networks in range, which is strange as I'm sitting 6 feet away from my router. Any ideas what I can try next. Cheers -- Ghost
"MrTickle" wrote:

I emailed Belkin about this and they advise that the driver(s) are still being developed, perhaps no-one told them Vista was coming, most of the other hw manufacturers seem to do beta drivers for Vista, anyway, gripe over with. I ended up uninstalling the driver from Device Manager and letting Vista rediscover it, and it appeared to install and say the device is working OK. The only other issue is with my Router not bradcasting the SSID, Vista seems to be unable to reconnect to the network using the Broadcom driver if the SSID is not being broadcast. Turning the broadcast on allowed Vista to reconnect, and stay connected if the SSID is then turned off, but it fails to reconnect on the next boot.
A number of other threads list similar issues as well.
Cheers
Simon
"Charlie Drake" wrote:
Belkin do not seem to be in any hurry to release Beta drivers for this PCI wireless adaptor and Vista tries to install the device as a Broadcom Network Adaptor but claims there's an error with no apparent solution. I've tried installing the XP driver but Vista comes back with an 'invalid inf file' error. Does any one know of an alternative driver that works?
Thanks
-- Charlie