Third Party Wireless

Hullo all,
Is there any way to connect a third party wireless device to a mac? Specifically I am talking about a MacMini G4 (bought june/july of 2005) using a Ashton Digital AirDash USB stick. I can plug it into my mini and it lights up but I am not sure how to make the mini utilize it. I have tried the IOExperts Drivers to no avail. I know the stick can be used my the mini (using KisMac) but I do not know how to use it to connect to the internet.
Thanks for any help
Tom Johnson

Alternitavely, you said that it works
with KisMAC, so you could try and find out what
driver KisMAC is using to make the card work and
apply that driver.
This idea seems to be the best or rather the only one that will work, unfortunately I have absolutely no idea as to how to do it. KisMAC uses the USB PRISM II driver and only in passive mode. (I am not sure if that makes a big difference) Anyway I have no idea where OS X puts its drivers. I've looked in the console application and it calls the drivers USBIntersilJack and specifically uses the lines:
2007-03-11 23:29:01.966 KisMAC[336] USBIntersilJack is now ready to start working.
2007-03-11 23:29:02.307 KisMAC[336] USBIntersilJack: Detected a Prism2 card
2007-03-11 23:29:02.345 KisMAC[336] USBIntersilJack: Firmware vendor 31, variant 6, version 1.5
2007-03-11 23:29:02.346 KisMAC[336] USBIntersilJack: MAC 0x0 0xa 0xe9 0xa 0x81 0x79
when it is loading.
You need to find a Mac Compatible driver. If there is
one for the usb stick, it will probably be on the
Ashton website.
As for finding a mac compatible driver i think chances are nil. I've tried everything from open source to the DLink 1.47 driver. Either they do not work or I am to noobish in this area to know how to get them to work properly.
Any other ideas?
Thanks
Tom

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