Networking :: wireless and ndiswrapper or driverloader

ndiswrapper is bundled with DSL starting with version 0.8.2
If you have the windows inf file then you might try the simple GUI from the main menu->System->Net Setup->ndiswrapper.
If this fails, then you might have to find an inf file that will work with ndiswrapper.

I find ndiswrapper "weird"

Sometimes my card gives that bright green led,
and I've been able to see my network, yet I wasn't able
to configure it properly.
While sometimes it just sits there turned on, but not usable
(wlan0 doesn't exist).
ndiswrapper is great, but i'm still having a hard time with my card.

ico2 wants ndiswrapper but has 0.8.0
aaaaaaaaaahhhh well, will have to get it from packages.debian.org.
i don't even have the wavelan card yet, but when i do, i don't want to be limited to using the very few that have linux drivers supplied.

original here.