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Posted: July 22 2006,01:30

Yea, just use the ones you use for windows - should work

However, the easiest way to get your card working would be just to use that older version of DSL, though - which other people who have your wifi chipset seem to be doing.

But good luck, hopefully something works out for you!

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Posted: July 22 2006,17:31

I can try the older version (I assume that there are archives here somewhere). What would I lose by using the older version?

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Posted: July 22 2006,18:33

Well, scrub that idea! I obtained version 2.1b, booted up, and it still didn't connect via my wireless card. OK, perhaps I should just try the wrapper with the latest version.

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Posted: July 22 2006,19:12

Well, I found the location of my driver (w29n51.sys), and put that in ndiswrapper, but I got a "connection failed" message. What now?

ndiswrapper is not the friendliest program I've ever used!

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Posted: July 22 2006,19:57

OK, so my next move was to locate the w29n51.inf file, rather than the .sys file. Putting that into ndiswrapper, I still came up unable to connect.

I'm about ready to give up on this, and Linux. Now I understand why Linux is popular with techies, and Windows is popular with regular people who just want to get things done

I'm sure DSL is a wonderful OS for those with the technical know-how to work out how to do this without any help, but it really is difficult for the rest of us.

Perhaps I might try a different version of Linux, if I can find a free, but friendly flavor, that does this kind of thing for you.

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