Ok, one more update. I found something on the ndiswrapper mailing list archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=1163487957.19940.9.camel%40bds.jh1.ucs-software.co.za
Apparently, the way the hardware is, it requires a power off to reset the firmware. If you leave it in an reboot, it will not properly come back up. So, the workaround is to do a shut down if you want to leave the dongle in the computer. If not, you have to remove the dongle and put it back in when you reboot. I don't think it works properly if you leave it in while it is booting up, you need to: sudo modprobe -r ndiswrapper sudo modprobe ndiswrapper to reset it. -- [herd-5] no wlan0 device after loading ndiswrapper https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/89896 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs