This is the only wireless adapter I've owned that doesn't work in either Windows or Linux. The Linux part I can understand since it uses the wlan-ng driver set and it's mostly due to my lack of knowledge of these drivers. Windows is beyond me since it's advertised as being supported for all current versions.
The original driver loaded and worked for a few hours under the Windows Zero Configuration drivers until the laptop hibernated. On resume, the laptop froze in a blue screen of death indicating the WSG11 as the culprit. This was consistent, happening every time without fail.
Searching the Netgear http://www.netgear.com support site revealed a compatibility problem with XP SP2 and provided a beta driver (2.9.??). I downloaded it and reinstalled. The driver interface is much improved, now providing its own driver setup utility, so no more Windows Zero Config. It worked through the first hibernate, but has since caused three blue screens. It's still not production material.
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