Wireless cards

[Colin McGregor]

--- Madison Kelly <linux-5ZoueyuiTZhBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Merv Curley wrote:
> > A while back I purchased a wireless USB adaptor
> for my notebook, a DLink 
> > GA-122.  Works very well with the windows driver
> and while there appears to 
> > be a Linux driver for it, I haven't a clue how to
> install it and even then 
> > there may be two packages to download and install.
>  Life is so-o confusin. 
> > The Dlink is nice, comes with an extension cord
> and a stand so it doesn't 
> > have to be at floor level plugged into the desktop
> case.
> > 
> > Can anyone suggest a USB [ is dongle the word?]
> unit that will work with the 
> > current 2.6.17 kernels?  If it is generally
> available, that would be a help, 
> > I have no wish to go downtown to the College St
> area that some of you love so 
> > well.  Factory Direct would be nice,  :-) but I
> have many computer shops 
> > along Kennedy Rd in Scarborough.  Incidentally,
> one of the shops with good 
> > prices [Canada Computers] is almost ready with a
> new big store with ample 
> > parking on Kennedy south of Ellesmere. The old
> White Rose Nurseries bldg.
> > 
> 
> This link:
> 
> http://ch.tudelft.nl/~arthur/wpc54g/
> 
> Is for Debian/Linksys but it covers the steps needed
> to install the NDIS 
> wrappers and so I think might be helpful. It was
> really easy to read and 
> follow so if you just substitute your OS/Model you
> should be fine.
> 
> Goodluck!
> 
> Madi

Here is another take on Ndiswrapper:

  www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000167

Colin.
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