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   Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:50:11 -0800   
   From: Mike071    
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   Subject: Re: USB wireless adapters and Ubuntu   
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   n6xxxx wrote:   
   > I have a Compaq presario laptop with a Broadcom   
   > wireless adapter.  I have tried using methods I   
   > found online to make this adapter work using an   
   > ndis wrapper with no success yet. I have thought   
   > about using a USB adapter, if there is one that   
   > that will actually work under v. 6.06 or 6.10.   
   > Doing a search I found this list on the Ubuntu   
   > help page,    
   > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessCardsSupported   
   > but many of the USB adapters listed I cannot   
   > find any place to obtain them, and with others   
   > I have found various articles and forum posts   
   > stating that they do not work well.   
   > I am looking at this item which I have used in   
   > the past with a Windows computer   
   > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833162130   
   > with this driver   
   > http://sourceforge.net/projects/rt2400   
   > Does anyone here know of a USB wireless adapter   
   > that would function under Ubuntu 6.06/6.10   
   > without an excessive amount of playing around   
   > with it?   
   I just got a Belkin usb at Best Buy for $40.   
   I did this:   
      
   ndiswrapper    
   depmod -a   
   modprobe ndiswrapper   
   ndiswrapper -m   
      
   That's it. Works fine. Should work with any other usb   
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