I just bought this USB wireless USB 802.11b/g wireless adaptor for my tower for only $30 brand new (cheaper than buying a new wireless PCI card!!). The install directions are for Windows 98 and up. I googled around and saw that there's a linux module for this here: http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader/wlan/changes.php (this is only a changelog).

Has anybody gotten one of these working Slackware and with which kernel? I have kernel 2.4.31, but that changelog mention 2.6.10. I think I need to upgrade. There's a 2.6.13 kernel on the Slack 10.2 cd2 that I'm trying now-hopefully that'll do it!

EDIT: boots into kernel 2.6.13 and picks up a lot of modules but won't detect my USR module-ideas?

what is the output form "lsusb" 99% of the time you just gotta get the right driver.

looks like it's been recognized in lsusb:

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0baf:0118 U.S. Robotics
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

lsmod gives this:

Module Size Used by
ipt_state 1664 1
ip_conntrack 37784 1 ipt_state
iptable_filter 2432 1
ip_tables 18560 2 ipt_state,iptable_filter
snd_pcm_oss 46240 0
snd_mixer_oss 15872 1 snd_pcm_oss
ipv6 225600 10
ohci_hcd 18436 0
ehci_hcd 29704 0
analog 10272 0
ns558 4612 0
gameport 11144 3 analog,ns558
snd_sb16 10472 0
snd_opl3_lib 8832 1 snd_sb16
snd_sb16_dsp 9216 1 snd_sb16
snd_pcm 75016 2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_sb16_dsp
snd_timer 19716 2 snd_opl3_lib,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 7556 1 snd_pcm
snd_sb16_csp 17408 1 snd_sb16
snd_sb_common 13056 3 snd_sb16,snd_sb16_dsp,snd_sb16_csp
snd_hwdep 6944 2 snd_opl3_lib,snd_sb16_csp
snd_mpu401_uart 5888 1 snd_sb16
snd_rawmidi 19232 1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 6924 2 snd_opl3_lib,snd_rawmidi
snd 45572 13 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_sb16,snd_opl3_lib,snd_sb16_dsp,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_sb16_csp,snd_sb_c ommon,snd_hwdep,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore 6880 1 snd
uhci_hcd 29584 0
i2c_piix4 7824 0
i2c_core 16656 1 i2c_piix4
natsemi 24032 0
agpgart 28616 0
evdev 7296 0
psmouse 29956 0

ndiswrapper built me a module and modprobe ndiswrapper works to give me a wlan0 device when I use iwconfig. I added a /sbin/modprobe ndiswrapper line to /etc/rc.d/rc.modules. It loads ok on boot. Problem is that only my installed PCI ethernet card is activated (which I don't want to physically remove from my pc but I'm not sure how to stop it from getting configured...it's eth0).

So, how can I configure wlan0 to my wireless network during boot?
How can I diable configuring of eth0 during boot?

Add this: ifconfig eth0 down.

Where do I put that ifconfig command? My new wireless device is wlan0...shouldn't this start it:

dhcpcd wlan0

It doesn't find my router (no encryption)?

Wireless tools are installed and rc.wireless.conf is this:

VERBOSE=1

case "$HWADDR" in

*)
INFO="USR 5422 Wireless USB"
ESSID="any"
MODE="Managed"
KEY="off"
;;
esac

Does this look ok? I still cannot use this wireless USB......

oh, I have done a modprobe ndiswrapper and dmesg says that ndiswrapper was loaded ok. Here's lsmod now:

Module Size Used by
ipt_state 1664 1
ip_conntrack 37784 1 ipt_state
iptable_filter 2432 1
ip_tables 18560 2 ipt_state,iptable_filter
ndiswrapper 175228 0
snd_pcm_oss 46240 0
snd_mixer_oss 15872 1 snd_pcm_oss
ipv6 225600 10
ohci_hcd 18436 0
ehci_hcd 29704 0
analog 10272 0
ns558 4612 0
gameport 11144 3 analog,ns558
snd_sb16 10472 0
snd_opl3_lib 8832 1 snd_sb16
snd_sb16_dsp 9216 1 snd_sb16
snd_pcm 75016 2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_sb16_dsp
snd_timer 19716 2 snd_opl3_lib,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 7556 1 snd_pcm
snd_sb16_csp 17408 1 snd_sb16
snd_sb_common 13056 3 snd_sb16,snd_sb16_dsp,snd_sb16_csp
snd_hwdep 6944 2 snd_opl3_lib,snd_sb16_csp
snd_mpu401_uart 5888 1 snd_sb16
snd_rawmidi 19232 1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 6924 2 snd_opl3_lib,snd_rawmidi
snd 45572 13 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_sb16,snd_opl3_lib,snd_sb16_dsp,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_sb16_csp,snd_sb_c ommon,snd_hwdep,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore 6880 1 snd
uhci_hcd 29584 0
i2c_piix4 7824 0
i2c_core 16656 1 i2c_piix4
natsemi 24032 0
agpgart 28616 0
evdev 7296 0
psmouse 29956 0

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dhcpcd wlan0 still doesn't find my wireless router.

Here's the last lines of dmesg:

ndiswrapper version 1.14 loaded (preempt=no,smp=no)
ndiswrapper: driver rsc4usb (U.S. Robotics,11/16/2005, 3.3.36.0) loaded
wlan0: vendor: 'U.S. Robotics Wireless USB Adapter'
wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:14:c1:01:a2:01 using driver rsc4usb, 0BAF:0118.F.conf
wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP; TKIP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2PSK; AES/CCMP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2PSK
usbcore: registered new driver ndiswrapper
wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
ip_conntrack version 2.1 (512 buckets, 4096 max) - 212 bytes per conntrack
wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
wlan0: no IPv6 routers present

Got it working. Not sure how to automate this:

ifconfig eth0 down
iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed
iwconfig wlan0 essid LinuxNeighborhood
ifconfig wlan0 up
dhcpcd wlan0

Ideas?