My USB wifi dongle doesn't work on Ubuntu 8.10 and later!

[wodzu12]

calrogman, i have the problem you solved (on 9.04), could you please explain what should i do? step by step? im a newb with ubuntu.

[calrogman]

Sorry for not replying sooner, I thought this thread was dead.

I did the following:

cp /lib/firmware/zd1211 /lib/firmware/`uname -r`/zd1211
modprobe zd1211rw

If your dongle starts working then add zd1211rw to /etc/modules using:

echo zd1211rw >> /etc/modules