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i have a 2002 dell inspirion 4100 running 9.04
i tried to use a netgear usb wireless adapter it shows up as a usb device in device manager but in network connections it is not seen. please help thanks
i have a 2001 del inspirion 4100 laptop running 9.04 i have a netgear wg111 v3 usb wireless adapter.i installed ndiswrapper and installed the windows driver .in device manager you see the device but i never pick up any wireless signals in network connections window.i also saw that the firmware needs to be updated and downloaded the files but dont know how to install.
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