Thanks to this
post by
MrEngman
and this post
by
alanb32
I have got my RaspberryPi working using the tiny
Edimax EW-7811UN WIFI USB
adaptor
One thing to note is that though the instructions are still at the original
location (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/80256631/install-rtl8188cus.txt) the
script itself has changed its name slightly and so
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/80256631/install-rtl8188cus-latest.sh should be used
instead of the link in the original forum post.
The script requires only that you enter the SSID, password and encryption type
(WEP or WPA) of your WIFI network and everything else is automatic. Using the
recommended debian distribution I had no issues whatsoever - after the Pi had
downloaded the updates fetched by the script and installed the firmware it
rebooted and the WIFI adaptor worked first time.
