I finally got ndiswrapper installed and working properly. I used the "ndiswrapper -i driver.inf" command to install the Windows98 driver for my TrendNet Wireless Usb Adapter (TEW-424UB firmw-3.1). When I use "ndiswrapper -l" to list the drivers, I see...
sis163u :driver installed
However, I have not been able to get Ubuntu (8.04) to recognize the actual hardware. iwconfig only gives me my lo (loopback) and eth0 (PCI Ethernet Card for Wired-Lan). I don't see wifi0 or wlan0 or anything related to that.
When running an lsusb, the USB Adapter shows up as...
0dba:8189 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Why can't I use my Wireless USB Adapter? When I go to System -> Administration -> Hardware Drivers Ubuntu tells me that there no proprietary drivers are in use, and nothing appears in the component list.
I think I'm missing something simple. Thanks, and I am glad to finally join a Linux forum!
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