Linksys wireless USB stick

[pinniped <cirilo_bernardo@yahoo.com>]

> I am running Lenny on a Dell Latitude laptop. The kernel
> version is 2.6.21. I've been trying to get this wireless
> stick to work for awhile, but so far no luck, although
> slight progress has been made.
> I determined that the chip set was Ralink and I downloaded
> the Linux drivers, (RT73), and compiled them. I can now get 
> the laptop to recognize the stick if I do the following:
> ifconfig rausb0 inet up.
> If I do iwconfig rausb0 it recognizes that the stick is
> there.
>
> But, now what? How do I get the stick to log on via DHCP to 
> my router? Also if I try to run a command like:
> iwconfig rausb0 essid linksys, it accepts the command but
> still says that the essid is set to "off/any." Thanks for any
> help in advance.

1. Which drivers did you download? (what's the file name/link)
2. You can try the rt2570 driver which is the one that you should use for the USB gizmos (the rt73 may be meant for PCMCIA cards - not so sure since it's been a year since I've done this).
3. How is your system configured - will you be using WPA-PSK or are you forced to use (eww) WEP?