It all started with Puppy Linux 5.2.  I setup a LiveCD and jumped in to get familiar with it.  I had some trouble with connectivity.  I eventually got around to trying my linksys Wireless-G dongle.  This showed some promise although I was unable to find the correct Puppy driver for the dongle and eventually removed the Wireless-G and shelved that project.   Later on, I tried to log on with Fedora and found that NetworkManager was now unusable.  Okay, after fiddling around with it for a while, I did a complete reinstall of Fedora (including reformatting the disk) and low-and-behold NetworkManager still doesn't work. I would have thought the Fedora reinstall would have installed the correct driver but apparently it didn't.  I am able to send this because I have plugged the Wireless-G back in. (aargh!)   Has anyone ever seen this sort of thing?