Linksys WMP54G Wireles Adaptor Wont Work; Or I Don't Know How To

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> On 02/08/2008 10:56 AM, Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> > Thanks, one more question. Did you use the legacy
> > drivers marked as such in the modules lib?  How
> does
> > one tell which to use?  Prob a dumb question but I
> am
> > a network dummy, He, He.
> 
> 
> >> But I only tested a Linksys WUSB11v2.1 (old usb
> >> device), 
> 
> Used the drivers from the linksys downloads support
> page & then used
> ndiswrapper.
> 
I may end up using ndiswrapper in the end but have
made significant progress with the rt61pci mod(not
receiving signal yet but searching for one) and would
like to continue if the list will keep replying. I
will report on progress and what I've done as soon as
I answer my list mail.
> a
> >> Dynex 802.11g Enhanced Wireless-G Laptop Card
> >> (pcmcia card - that popped
> >> right in with the 3rd party drivers) 
> 
> As soon as I plugged it in, Gutsy automagically
> asked me if I'd like to
> use 3rd party drivers (it's a Broadcom chipset) - I
> selected the one
> from the web, Gutsy downloaded & installed and the
> card came right up...
> with the generic driver, didn't work with the 386
> driver. Blew my mind.
> So I went out and bought another one for my other
> son; same easy install.
> 
> and a Wireless
> >> G Notebook Card
> >> (which drove me nuts until I backed down to the
> >> generic kernel & used
> >> ndiswrapper & ngisgtk)
> 
You need to show me what uname -a puts out as I see
several generic mernels with i386 and i686 tags on
them.

> The last was a Belkin (pcmcia)... I did get it to
> work, but it was a
> pain to get installed and I wasn't happy with it's
> performance, so I
> returned it. My son is using the WUSB11 on his
> desktop and the Dynex on
> his laptop.
> 
Thanks for all the input. I have used it and OP's to
slowly get into wifi setup.  Thanks to all,


Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net