Comment 8 for bug 264881

I tested a bit further with as Wireless USB device, reported by lsusb as a "ZyDAS 802.11b/g USB2 WiFi".

With this device I can associate with my network using kernel 2.6.27-2.

Please note that nm-applet lists my network (with a bar of around 80%) under the Zydas device, but the network is not listed beneath the intel integrated chipset (network name r-stue, see attached png).

Also note that nm-applet shows no bars in the tray icon, but my wireless network connection trought the zyda device is okay, and iwconfig reports this:
wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:""
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.447 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
          Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm
          Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=63/100 Signal level:-69 dBm Noise level=-97 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

wmaster1 no wireless extensions.

eth2 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"r-stue"
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.467 GHz Access Point: 00:14:BF:E1:C8:76
          Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=0 dBm
          Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=100/100 Signal level:32/100
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0