I managed to install my usb adapter properly but when I connect it in the Mandriva controlcenter it can't signal properly. I know it works cause when I use it in windows it gets signal back from the router thus now I can only send to it. I used the Ndiswrapper to install the windows driver with no errors during the install.


Does anyone got a clue?? please....

When you say it can't signal properly, is it correctly associated with your access point? What does "iwconfig wlan0" return? It should detail the access point connected to, along with the security settings in place. With encryption enabled, some cards require a firmware update to work correctly. Also, does "ndiswrapper -l" report the driver + card being detected and working properly?

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iwconfig wlan0 returns:

wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"NETGEAR" Nickname:"localhost"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:0F:B5:56:41:7A
Bit Rate=11 Mb/s Tx-Power:16 dBm Sensitivity=0/3
RTS thr=2432 B Fragment thr=2432 B
Encryption key:A150-28CB-6EE3-495A-964C-97C5-7B Security modepen
Power Managementff
Link Quality:50/100 Signal level:-45 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:1648 Invalid misc:776 Missed beacon:0

looks good to me but when I launched ndiswrapper -l i only got driver present though I had the hardware present last time i started my computer.

But then I mounted it again with: mount -t usbfs -o devmode=0664,devgid=43 none /proc/bus/usb

it came up again in the hardwarelist....