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Old 11-28-2004, 07:04 PM   #1
FireDemon666
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wireless troubles...

hi all. i have verizon dsl with a westell versalink 327w router/modem and my linux machine (red hat 9) is on a wireless usb internet connection with a westell 802.11g usb adapter. my question is how in the f00k do i get linux to detect the usb adapter. any help is greatly appreciated. thanks.
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Old 11-29-2004, 02:02 AM   #2
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try ndiswrapper. the newest version has better support for USB devices than previous versions. get it at http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net
 
Old 11-29-2004, 06:33 AM   #3
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Make sure you download/print the installation instructions as well as they havent included these for some bizarre reason.
 
  


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