I would like to report my results (new gutsy install). I have been able to use both rtl8187 and the ndiswrapper driver, but both have problems:
Device is a netgear wg111v2 (real v2), reporting as 0846:6a00 NetGear, Inc. WG111 WiFi (v2)
rtl8187:
No security: Works, but performance degrades after a while
WEP/WPA: Works, but performance degrades after a while
ndiswrapper (tried with both the netgear (win98) 1_3_0 drivers and also the realtek manufacturers/OEM drivers)
No security: works perfectly. fast. holds connnection.
WEP/WPA: associates to AP, but does not "talk".. some packets are sent, but I can't get a DHCP response.
...since no security is not an option, I'm still stuck with the rtl8187 and degraded performance. If anyone knows why security might not be working with ndiswrapper and the two drivers I tried, I'm all ears.
also, router (siemens) is saying this when I try to connect with security:
2008-01-03 01:09:47 GMT E |Wireless |Station MAC 00:1B:2F:71:82:E9 - association failed - responding station does not support the specified authentication algorithm.
It should be noted that WEP/WPA works perfectly fine in windows with this device and AP.
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