Eve V. E. Kovacs wrote:
> We have a wireless USB device that we have been trying to get working on
> a linux box with a 32-bit SL5.3 OS.
> The device is an ASUS WL-167g USB 2.0.
> We have tried both the driver on the CD that came with the device, and a 
> more recent version available on the ASUS website. In each case, the 
> driver compiles and loads without errors (the kernel module is rt73),
> but when we try to bring up the wireless adapter, the system complains 
> that the device cannot be found.
> 
> Has anyone tried this device and got it to work successfully on linux?

I wrote the report here and briefly had the device working:

http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless#head-a7388039af96da5400e599133447452d2ca61fb5

I didn't use it for any length of time, just borrowed the device long 
enough to test it had basic connectivity and wrote it up.

Hope that helps.