Configure Belkin F5D7050 / F5D7050B on Debian Squeeze (and possibly Ubuntu too)

You just need to add the "non-free" component to /etc/apt/sources.list like this:

# Debian Squeeze/6.0
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian squeeze main contrib non-free

# Debian Lenny/5.0
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian lenny main contrib non-free

Then do an update and install a couple packages:

apt-get update
apt-get install firmware-ralink wireless-tools

And without blacklisting the rt2500usb module I couldn't make my adapter to work (it seems this module should not be autoloaded for some reason, don't know why exactly), so the last step is modifying /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf and add:

blacklist rt2500usb

Save the file, remove and plug again your adapter, or reboot if nothing seem to help at this point.

Your Belkin adapter should be working now and you should see it with an iwconfig.


Carlos