SirDice, thats interesting. I didn't know that it *could* work that way. I have a 802.11b usb wifi adapter that has support under SuSE that I'll have to try. My prismGT(g) PCMCIA card will not work like you've indicated.
I also have a linksys usb g adapter that I can't find linux firmware/drivers for. However, I have not tried to use ndiswrapper with it. Just didn't need it yet because the other two cards worked.
Interesting. I'll add that to my list of things to play around with.