Belkin USB WiFi Drivers F5D7050 v4000

[Lee McLain]

Hello all,
   I just got (as a gift) a Dell Inspiron B120 laptop that does NOT have
internal wireless installed.
   I checked into installing the miniPCI card myself, which is easy, but
there is no antenna in the LCD bezel, so that makes it MUCH harder to do and
is something that I am completely trying to avoid.
   This laptop also does not have a PCMCIA slot!  Yes, that's right, the
B120 now comes with an ExpressCard slot, which at the current time has NO
wireless cards in manufacture. Soooo...
   I started searching high and low for a USB adapter that works under Linux
with little trouble and found out that it's really difficult because a model
from a manufacturer might have a different chipset from one version to
another.
   I got myslef a Belkin F5D7050 WiFI USB adapter, seeing that they have a
chipset that has Linux drivers available.  But, I got the newest version of
the adapter, the v4000, and it has a different chipset!  I believe it has
the ZyDas 1211 chipset.  Go figure.
   I downloaded the latest drivers from the website and tried to compile the
drivers, but with no luck.
This is the point where I really start to get pissed off at hardware makers
and their stupid tactics.

  So my question is: Does anyone have a compiled version of the drivers for
the ZyDas 1211 chipset USB WiFi adapters for Ubuntu Breezy?  I just want to
install the drivers and make it work.  I don't want to compile anymore! :(
I don't mind if I have to tweak a few config files, but I just don't want to
jump through hoops anymore!

Thanks,
Lee McLain
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