> Has anybody had any luck working wirelessly with a USB adapter under
> Mandrake Linux (or, more spefically, any Linux distribution with a
> Netgear WG121 USB adapter).
>
> On  a dual boot machine, the wireless adapter  works fine under Windows
> XP Home SP2.
>
> On the same machine, I have had success using a Linuxant Prism 54
> chipset driver, which changed the status of the the adapter from
> unpowered and not communicating with the network to powered and
> transferring data (based on the 2 LEDs on the adapter).
>
> During this process, the Linux side also promoted for and located the
> exisitng Windows drivers.
>
> The adapter clearly seems to think it's connected to the router...but
> Mandrake hasn't got the word yet. No answer to this question after a
> week on their forums....

>  ropey***@gmail.com wrote:
>
>
>>Has anybody had any luck working wirelessly with a USB adapter under
>>Mandrake Linux (or, more spefically, any Linux distribution with a
>>Netgear WG121 USB adapter).
>>
>>On  a dual boot machine, the wireless adapter  works fine under Windows
>>XP Home SP2.
>>
>>On the same machine, I have had success using a Linuxant Prism 54
>>chipset driver, which changed the status of the the adapter from
>>unpowered and not communicating with the network to powered and
>>transferring data (based on the 2 LEDs on the adapter).
>>
>>During this process, the Linux side also promoted for and located the
>>exisitng Windows drivers.
>>
>>The adapter clearly seems to think it's connected to the router...but
>>Mandrake hasn't got the word yet. No answer to this question after a
>>week on their forums....
>
>
> The drivers needed to support USB wireless adapters are very recent, or
> still in development.  You need to find out exactly which chipset is
> in this USB adapter and then research the state of the relevant USB
> driver.
>
> David

> Has anybody had any luck working wirelessly with a USB adapter under
> Mandrake Linux (or, more spefically, any Linux distribution with a
> Netgear WG121 USB adapter).
>
> On  a dual boot machine, the wireless adapter  works fine under Windows
> XP Home SP2.
>
> On the same machine, I have had success using a Linuxant Prism 54
> chipset driver, which changed the status of the the adapter from
> unpowered and not communicating with the network to powered and
> transferring data (based on the 2 LEDs on the adapter).
>
> During this process, the Linux side also promoted for and located the
> exisitng Windows drivers.
>
> The adapter clearly seems to think it's connected to the router...but
> Mandrake hasn't got the word yet. No answer to this question after a
> week on their forums....