Has anyone had any success getting a USB Wireless adapter to work? I'm considering buying one for my HP laptop because the reception would stink if I bought the Mini-PCI card that HP can provide.

HP built a Mini-PCI adapter slot into my laptop (accessible from the underside of the laptop), but any wireless card that can fit in the slot requires an external antenna. According to an HP Tech-Support Rep, the heat generated by my P4 CPU would also end up cooking the wireless card in a short time. Apparently, they've had a few problems with heat in these monsters.

I'd appreciate knowing what packages to install and what would be required to get it up and running. I prefer a wireless adapter that doesn't need the ndiswrapper package, since I'd prefer to keep it as simple as possible.

FYI, I'm running KDE 3.4 and ML Limited Edition 2005 (a.k.a. Cooker) with a 2.6.11-6mdksmp kernel, in case that info helps.

Thanks in Advance for any suggestions and help.

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Mr. Geek
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