by leokef on Sun Jan 02, 2011 7:59 pm
Actually, I couldn't get the adapter to work with Windows Vista after a cursory install. Still, I know for a fact the adapter should work in Linux. Linux recognized the adapter and loaded the appropriate drivers for it. I checked the drivers out and they were supposed to work with my model of device, although I could only find moderate assurance they worked with my particular adapter's chipset. I threw up my hands with the native drivers and decided to give ndiswrapper a try, but unfortunately found that ndiswrapper does not work with my adapter.
I also tried installing Fedora 13 for the hell of it, but whatever update to the distro that rendered my device incompatible must have come before that. So I finally gave up and bought a new wifi adapter, Belkin's basic Wireless-G adapter. Fedora didn't even recognize that one. So I had to go back to the store and exchange it for a Netgear adapter which worked at long last.
Whole lot of trouble, but educational too. Now I know to check for hardware compatibility before I go off making any upgrades or purchases.