Belkin USB wifi stick F5D7050 & OSx 10.4.11 "Tiger"

I figured I would post this here since I only found un-answered questions here in the support community.
I have an old iMac running Tiger. I have an old Belkin USB wifi stick F5D7050. I found a driver that works.
I found the driver (RalinkUSBDrv1.0.5.0) here: Belkin USB wifi stick F5D7050 & OSx 10.4.11 "Tiger" on treiberupdate.de
-m

Great info, thanks!
I wonder if these would work also.
Ralink drivers...
http://www.ralinktech.com/support.php?s=3

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