I'm relatively new to Linux and have just loaded a fresh install of CentOS 5.3 and would like to run wireles using the Linksys WUSB54GC wireles USB adapter. I cannot seem to get a definitive answer on how to get it to work. Is Ndiswrapper the way to go? How about the Ralink RT73 driver? Please, any help is appreciated. If you have configured one and go it to work, please let me know the steps/commands to do it. If you have a link to a working set of instructions, please link me to it! Thanks for all the help!

I'm a bit surprised that it doesn't work right out of the box for you - it does, now in Slackware, since version 12.0 (a bit more than a year ago.)

You do need the Ralink RT73 driver.

Originally, I did have the adapter running on Fedora (a cousin of Centos), going back about 2 years, following these instructions:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...cs%2FDevice%29

with a couple of small modifications which escape me now....

So, you should be able to get it working without resorting to ndiswrapper.

hope this helps, post back if you run into problems.

cheers,

As requested:
The device is recognized with lsusb

[root@localhost Module]# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 13b1:0020 Linksys WUSB54GC 802.11g Adapter [ralink rt73]
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000



With iwconfig, this is what I get:

[root@localhost Module]# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

Warning: Driver for device wlan0 recommend version 21 of Wireless Extension,
but has been compiled with version 20, therefore some driver features
may not be available...

wlan0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thr=2352 B
Encryption keyff
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

eth0 no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.

wlan1 RT73 WLAN ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency=2.412 GHz Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Encryption keyff
Link Quality=0/100 Signal level:-121 dBm Noise level:-111 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

I have compiled and install the latest rt73 driver. In my hardware device manager, this is what I see:

CK804 USB Controller
WUSB54GC 802.11g Adapter [Ralink RT73}

I have yet to be able to get the device recognized in the network configuration tool. Any additional ideas?