lynksys wusb11 adapter
 

hello,
first off i should say im a newbie (so i need any instruction u can give me in plane english please) who just installed a dual boot of windows xp & mandrake9.1.

i need to know how i can get my lynksys wusb11 adapter to connect to my wireless network under so i can get online under linux. the computer w/the internet connection in the other room is running win98 and the connection is through roadrunner if that makes a difference.

i figure i need a driver but ive never installed 1 b4 and dont know how or which 1 + can i even install 1 when i cant go online w/linux @ all? some1 please help! thanx!

Need to build a driver
 

Looks like you'll need to build the drivers for your wireless adapter yourself... Just try your best to follow the instructions here and if you have any specific questions (or if you are completely lost), feel free to ask.

Note that I myself don't have that wireless adapter, and I have never tried to build this driver myself... but one thing is for sure, you will need to use the command prompt (more commnly referred to as the "shell"), so I'd suggest that you read up on it a bit before trying to build the driver. Mandrake's web site has a pretty decent introduction to the shell here. RedHat has a better introduction (in my opinion) here. I suggest you read them both, even though you may notice that some stuff is repeated.

Good luck! :D

im still having some problems:
i can get it through the questions but then it says i need to install the "xforms library" before i can do anything. what is the xform library and how do i get it? thanx for the help.

I am guessing this error pops up when you try to run the lvnet program... You may want to look for xforms at RPMFind.

I found a version of the XForms library (slightly outdated) for the Mandrake distro as an RPM archive (so installing it will be a cinch) here its download page is here.

UPDATE! Here's the URL to the search for downloading xforms RPMs for Mandy: http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2htm...mandrake&arch=

Hope this helps!

There is a really east way to get it to work . I also have the wusb11 ver 2.6 and i used the atmel driver with it . Get the driver go to the comand line and expand the file
the cd to "atmelwlandriver" do a make config and the answers are almost all no.Say yes to the build usb drivers and the first usb driver it list is the correct one so say yes to it then its no to everything else.I forgot to mention before all of this edit your modules.conf it need to have a line in it that alias usbcontroller uhci
then compile the driver
alias eth0 sis900
alias usb-controller usb-ohci
alias usb-controller1 ehci-hcd
alias usb-controller2 uhci
alias sound-slot-0 es1371
post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
post-install usbvnetr /bin/fastvnet.sh

after you compile the driver modprobe it
"modprobe usbvnetr"
then reset your computer
i have never had any problems with it so if it doesnt work i apologize but email me and i will try to help you with it