[ubuntu-uk] usb wireless

[norman]

On Sat, 2007-06-16 at 14:35 +0100, michaelweaver wrote:
> I have just purchased a piece of hardware to replace my Ralink Wireless
> card which my sister claims has broken as my laptop refuses to light up
> to show that it is trying to look for a network connection, I think the
> card gave up the ghost recently as even the people at Hudlug could not
> get a search for a connection at Voxbar when connecting to the wireless
> router there.
> The device I now have is a USB stick.
> Should this be supported under Ubuntu?
> I ask as I have not been able to find any documentation which might tell
> me if USB sticks for wireless are supported.
> I tried to look for an installation guide only the one I have marked the
> URL for is for Ubuntu 6 and the documnetation I could find seemed only
> seemed to mention wireless cards.

Assuming that this might be what you want have a look at 

ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=183297 

for a start

Norman